Latest Release
- NOV 6, 2024
- 1 Song
- Welcome to Jamrock · 2005
- Doo-Wops & Hooligans · 2010
- 4:44 · 2017
- Stony Hill · 2017
- Made In Lagos · 2020
- Distant Relatives (Bonus Track Version) · 2010
- Make It Bun Dem After Hours (Remixes) - EP · 2012
- Welcome to Jamrock · 2005
- OCEAN · 2019
- Welcome to Jamrock · 2005
Essential Albums
- At least one critic has called his “Welcome to Jamrock” the reggae song of the decade. Its namesake album is equally striking, varied both in music and mood. Damian fashions affectionate odes to women (the bouncing dancehall track “Beautiful,” the languid “There for You,” the old-school party reggae jam “All Night” with brother Stephen) while also issuing warnings of social trouble (“Pimpa’s Paradise”) and straight-up commands to dance (“Move!”).
Artist Playlists
- Even with a massive family legacy, the youngest Marley creates a career all his own.
- 2024
More To Hear
- Becca is in for Julie. slowthai and Damian Marley are Breaking.
- Cuts from Khalil's Prove It All. Plus, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley.
About Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
The youngest son of Bob Marley, reggae singer Damian Marley brings an unmistakable gravitas to every project he touches. Born in 1978 in Kingston, Jamaica, Damian was just two years old when his father died. But music was in his blood: He joined his first band, The Shepherds, at the age of 13, with the children of a few other reggae stars, and the band earned a spot on the stage of the Jamaican festival Reggae Sunsplash in 1992. He went on to support his brother Ziggy on tour, and his first solo release, 1996’s Mr. Marley, situated itself in the then-unusual nexus of dancehall and hip-hop. It’s a deep well he’s returned to repeatedly ever since, first on 2001’s excellent, Grammy-winning Halfway Tree and then, with spectacular results, on 2005’s Welcome to Jamrock. The singer is an aficionado of rap, R&B, dancehall, and classic reggae, and he ably mixed them in a satisfyingly gritty, genuine way: Welcome to Jamrock’s urgent, driving title track became a hot commodity on mixtapes before the album’s release, propelling it to the Billboard charts and ultimately two Grammy Award wins. The magic continued on 2010’s Distant Relatives, an exhilarating collaboration album with Nas that bursts with African samples and dizzying verbal exchanges on songs like “As We Enter.” Marley has kept up a steady stream of collaborations in the years since, while finding time to release another solo album—the fierce, genre-hopping Stony Hill—in 2017.
- HOMETOWN
- Kingston, Jamaica
- BORN
- July 21, 1978
- GENRE
- Reggae