Everything about Damian Marley totally explained
Damian Robert Nesta "Junior Gong" Marley (born
July 21,
1978 in
Kingston,
Jamaica), is a three time
Grammy-winning
reggae artist and is the youngest son of
reggae legend
Bob Marley.
Damian was two years old when his father died, and is the only child born to Marley and
Cindy Breakspeare,
Miss World 1976. Damian's nickname
Junior Gong is derived from his father's nickname of
Tuff Gong.
Damian has been performing since the age of 13. He shares with most of the Marley family a full-time career in music. Unlike his brothers and sisters, however, his musical specialty is "
toasting", a Jamaican style of rapping.
Albums
As of
2006, he's released three albums. His first,
Mr. Marley, was released in
1996, his second,
Halfway Tree in
2001, and his third,
Welcome To Jamrock in September
2005.
Halfway Tree was the
2002 recipient of the
Grammy Award for
Best Reggae Album. At the
2006 Grammy Awards, he won
Best Reggae Album again for
Welcome to Jamrock and
Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the song "Welcome to Jamrock". He is the first and only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night.
Tours and guest appearances
In 2004, Damian participated in the 27-city
Bob Marley Roots, Rock, Reggae Festival Tour with his four brothers,
Ziggy,
Julian,
Stephen, and
Ky-Mani, each of whom have their own professional recording careers.
Damian frequently tours with his brothers
Julian and
Stephen, who are both members of the
Ghetto Youths Crew.
In 2004, Damian recorded a song with hip hop group
Cypress Hill called 'Ganja Bus' on their album
Till Death Do Us Part. Damian Also appears on the song "Get a Light" by
Snoop Dogg. This song is on the album "The Blue Carpet Treatment." He is also featured on the track "put your lighters up" by
Lil' Kim and on a recent Gwen Stefani remix "Now That You Got It" (produced by Swizz Beatz).
During mid-2006, Damian went on tour with musical artist
Ben Harper all around the
US. He played in many known stages, such as
Central Park New York. He was also one of the many artists who played at the inaugural
Osheaga Festival, in
Montreal.
In May 2006, Marley performed at
KROQ Weenie Roast.
In June 2006, Marley performed at
Bonnaroo Music Festival. In
July 2006, Damian should have played at the Danish music festival
Roskilde Festival, however he'd to cancel due to troubles with customs.
On
January 7,
2006 Marley conducted the main performance at Peace Fest in Trinidad.
On
September 19,
2006 Marley became the first reggae artist to perform for the popular
PBS show
Austin City Limits.
Damian also participated in Season 3 of
Extreme Makeover Home Edition by performing a special concert for the Rainford family, in which the father Dunstin was a Jamaican native.
Over the last year he's played numerous University homecomings including Emory and Indiana, often accompanied by his brother Stephen. Stephen was also present when Damian played music festivals such as Miami's Bang, Earth Day in San Francisco and the
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2007 in Indio, CA.
Marley recently did a song with pop sensation
Gwen Stefani. The two made a remix version to the song "
Now That You Got It" off of the album
The Sweet Escape. Stefani now performs this song on her
Sweet Escape Tour.
He also collaborated with Snoop Dogg in his album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment in the song "Get A Light".
Furthermore a collaboration with Guru has been released on Jazzmatazz 4, "Stand Up Some Things'll Never Change" in 2007
He also collaborated with
Mariah Carey on her new album
E=MC² (April 15, 2008) on a song called "Cruise Control."
Personal life and beliefs
Born Damian Robert Nesta Marley, he was nicknamed "Jr. Gong" in honour of his legendary father, Bob "Tuff Gong" Marley. He is a
Rastafari and his music reflects both his beliefs and the Rastafari guiding principles of one love, one planet, and freedom for all nations. While he travels and tours the better part of the year, his home base is split between
Kingston,
Jamaica and
Miami,
Florida.
Discography
Singles
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