He won a Grammy for his 2005 breakthrough Welcome to Jamrock and topped the US charts in 2010 thanks to his collaborative album with Nas, Distant Relatives. The Melody Makers, fronted by Damian’s brother Ziggy and featuring their siblings Stephen, Sharon and Cedella, had a couple of hit albums in the 80s, but more recently it is Damian, Marley’s youngest child, who has enjoyed the limelight, thanks to a canny fusion of reggae, dancehall and hip-hop. His father Bob was not one of life’s monogamists and the number of children he had is open to debate, but the official figure stands at 11. He is not there in his capacity as a musician, although he is, by some distance, the most successful of the sprawling Marley clan. “You know, your guess is as good as mine.” “What am I going to be doing there?” he asks, raising an eyebrow. They’re left flowing as he leaves for the House of Commons. He says he has been growing them since 1996 and they now reach the floor, which is not without problems: a few years back, a video went viral featuring Marley preparing to play football by stuffing his dreads into a backpack. He is also a leading icon in the Caribbean.ĭiscography * 1996: Mr.E ven by Rasta standards, Damian Marley’s dreadlocks look incredible. He has a younger half brother Christian and a half sister Leah from his mother Cindy. While he travels and tours the better part of the year, his home base is split between Kingston, Jamaica and Miami, Florida. He is a Rastafarian and his music reflects both his beliefs and the Rastafari guiding principles of one love, one planet, and freedom for all nations. Marley has been in the music business since he was a child. Damian was two years old when his father died, killed by the spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain, at 36 years of age. He has 12 siblings total 10 on his father's side and 2 on his mother's side. Gong" in honour of his legendary father, Bob "Tuff Gong" Marley. The album title is inspired by Nas and Damian’s relationship, but also their shared African ancestry, which is a common thread throughout the album.īorn as Damian Marley, he was nicknamed "Jr. On May 17, 2010, Marley released Distant Relatives, a collaborative album with Nas. Welcome to Jamrock was considered the best reggae song of the decade by the New York Times. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. He is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. At the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock. Marley stated that Welcome to Jamrock is about hope and that he wants to continue to spread that throughout his music. Welcome to Jamrock centers on poverty and politics in Jamaica. His third album, Welcome to Jamrock was released in September 2005. His second release, Halfway Tree was released in 2001 and received the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. Unlike his brothers and sisters, however, his musical specialty is "toasting", a Jamaican vocal technique that is a predecessor to rapping. He shares, along with most of his family, a full-time career in music. Marley has been performing since the age of 13. Damian's nickname Junior Gong is derived from his father's nickname of Tuff Gong. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley.ĭamian was two years old when his father Bob Marley died he is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. He is a reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards.
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