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Damian Marley is a male Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He began his professional work period in 1996 and performs under the pseudonym Junior Gong. His musical style encompasses reggae, roots reggae, dancehall, ragga, hip-hop, and kaya. He is associated with the genres of Jamaican music and has released works including *Smoke Signals* and *Stony Hill*.
Marley was born on July 21, 1978. He maintains an official website and has accumulated 2,830,000 social media followers. On the Last.fm platform, he has 1,203,747 listeners and a total playcount of 17,085,968. His discography includes two top works according to Open Library records, while Crossref lists five works.
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Jr. Gong
- Born
- Damian Robert Nesta Marley , ( 1978-07-21 ) 21 July 1978 (age 47) , Kingston , Jamaica
- Genres
- Reggae reggae fusion hip-hop dancehall
- Occupations
- Deejay singer songwriter
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Labels
- Tuff Gong Ghetto Youth International Motown Republic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Damian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Father
- Bob Marley
- Mother
- Cindy Breakspeare
- Sibling
- Ky-Mani Marley
- Occupation
- rapper
- Genre
- reggae fusion
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Republic Records
- Official website
- www.damianmarleymusic.com
- Image
- Damian Marley Summerjam 20150704 IMG 0167 cropped by Emha.jpg
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- Commons category
- Damian Marley
- date of birth
- 1978-07-21
- birth name
- Damian Robert Nesta Marley
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
- pseudonym
- Junior Gong
- social media followers
- 2830000
- name in native language
- Damian Marley
- member of
- SuperHeavy
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Encyclopedic overview
Damian Robert Nesta Marley (born 21 July 1978) is a Jamaican reggae singer. The youngest son of Bob Marley, he is the recipient of four Grammy Awards.
Early life, education and family
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Damian Marley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.