Mon-Keys nasce a Roma nel 1986. Muove i primi passi nell'ambito musicale nel 2001 entrando come cantante in un gruppo cover Queen. Ama collezionare i cd musicali di ogni genere dalla classica al hip hop.
Comincia a scrivere le prime poesie poi imparando a suonare la chitarra ed il piano si dedica anche alla parte musicale scrivendo il suo primo pezzo "false Testimonianze". Nel 2008 esce il suo primo EP "Fattelo Dire..." da li continua a scrivere moltissimi pezzi incidendoli a casa costruendosi un piccolo studio, sperimentando nuove fusioni musicali arrivando al punto di scrivere, comporre ed arrangiare i suoi pezzi.
Nel 2011 esce finalmente un album completo e maturo dal titolo "Xàos", nel 2013 esce il suo terzo album
"viaggio all'interno della mente umana, sempre nel 2013 fonda i Xàos Project un progetto electro/alternative
dove si dedica alla parte degli arrangiamenti e la composizione dei brani collaborando con Danesh Chillura alla batteria.......

L'informazione indipendente dal 1976 - Fm 107,6 Milano · http://www.radiopopolare.it

Damian Robert Nesta Marley, also known around the world as “Junior Gong” and more recently as “Gongzilla” was born in 1978 to parents Bob Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976.  As a young adult, he developed a passion and a gift to speak for those who cannot always speak for themselves. A self-proclaimed ‘Spiritual Revolutionary’, Damian has worked assiduously to carve his own niche in music history and to add a new perspective to the Marley legacy for the 21st century. 

At the age of 13, Damian began performing in a group called “The Shepherds” which comprised of Shiah Coore (son of Third World guitarist Cat Coore) and currently a member of his band, and Yashema Beth McGreggor, daughter of reggae singers Freddie Mcgreggor and Judy Mowatt and then began touring with his brothers, Stephen, Ky-mani, Julian and Ziggy. 

By 1996, Damian had already made his stamp as a different kind of Marley when he released his first solo album “Mr. Marley”, a heavily dancehall-influenced album produced by his brother Stephen Marley.  His second album “Halfway Tree” was released in 2001 by a major record label and showcased Damian’s unique gift for blending dancehall, reggae and hip-hop styles.  This album won Damian much recognition and remained on the Billboard Top Reggae Album Charts for 158 weeks and earned him his first Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2002. 
While honored by this recognition by the global music fraternity, Damian continued to work in the studio, laying the groundwork for the tracks that would become his highly anticipated album, “Welcome To Jamrock”. The lyrics in this album presented Marley as a true spiritual revolutionary, as he used his talent to evoke a spiritual change while trying to enforce a better way of thinking.  He is described as “rhyming with the conviction of a street preacher with the intellect of a university economist”.  

Damian’s hit single “Welcome to Jamrock” was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Decade by Rolling Stone, and at the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock. Damian is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. The New York Times called Welcome to Jamrock the “best reggae song of the decade.” 
Welcome to Jamrock led the pathway to Damian’s critically acclaimed collaboration with Nas for 2010’s much lauded album “Distant Relatives” – a project which explored the relationships between reggae, hip-hop and Africa. The album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. USA Today referred to the album as a “potent and often provocative collaboration” and by Rolling Stone as “an Afrocentric winner.” The album debuted at Number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and Number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums and Reggae Albums charts, with Billboard heralding the album as “a dynamic hybrid.”    

The Distant Relatives Tour kicked off in 2011 and saw Damian traveling and performing for thousands of fans all over the world, including South America, Europe, The United Kingdom, The Caribbean and North America.  

Damian continued to cross musical boundaries in 2012, as he went on to partner with Skrillex for their groundbreaking track “Make It Bun Dem”, which Rolling Stone called “a monster mash up of dubstep and dancehall” and has led to several remixes of the original version.  Damian recently released two other singles; “Set Up Shop” and  “Affairs of the Heart” which both received widespread airplay. 

Damian continues to tour with his band all over the world as a way of entertaining and healing as he continues to spread the message for those whose voices cannot be heard. He is working with his brothers Stephen and Julian under their Ghetto Youths International Label, to discover, develop and sign gifted artistes by applying their musical talent and vast experience to create new and different styles of music.  

Damian is currently in the studio working on his upcoming solo album.

La grande famiglia BoomDaBash vede la luce nel lontano 2002 , messa in piedi e allevata da Blazon , attuale selector/produttore e membro fondatore e Gandj l'anima foundation della crew salentina . Quanto ci si aspettava di fare era semplicemente creare una vera e propria squadra per la diffusione e promozione della musica reggae a tutto tondo , un team capace di offrire alle orecchie della massive un ascolto a 360 gradi al di la' di quanto potesse essere costume e moda . Dal foundation al new roots , passando per il rub a dub ed il raggamuffin fino ad arrivare al bashment ed alla dancehall piu' mondana : BoomDaBash calca dapprima le yard salentine e poi quelle dello stivale offrendo pura reggae music in tutte le salse , alternando e mescolando bene divertimento e consciousness , ma mai confondendoli . Numerose le collaborazioni e le crew con cui il BoomDaBash si e' trovato a dividere consolle e palco , partendo dalle figure nostrane come Gramigna , One love , Dancehall soldiers , Frisco sound e Mad kid finendo con nomi internazionali come Heartical , Runnsound , Tippa irie , Gentleman e Baby Cham .Da qualche anno a questa parte il BoomDaBash si occupa di un progetto interno e parallelo all'attivita' di sound system alla quale la crew e' dedita dal principio , quello di Biggie & Paya' , mc's e singers della formazione salentina . Dopo l'incontro con uno dei padri della reggae music italiana , Treble a.k.a. Lu professore , BoomDaBash da il via ai lavori per realizzazione del debut album del duo , puntando a dare vita ad un progetto di produzione che porti una ventata d'aria fresca nel panorama della penisola . Biggie & Paya' infatti propongono un mix fresco ed innovativo di liriche in salentino e patois , una fusione tra due diversi stili e identita' artistiche che non lasciano indifferenti .Diversi ma complementari approcci al reggae si fondono in "UNO" , primo lavoro del BoomDaBash sound . Per l'occasione la famiglia riunisce in tredici tracce l'operato dei producer che piu' stanno infuocando le dancehall italiane e non solo : Macro Marco (Maria riddim,Bullet era,Early morning..) , Mighty Cez(Yard d'italia..) Treble e Mr ketra ,nuovo talentuoso beatmaker entrato a far parte della crew pugliese . "UNO" segna non un traguardo ma un punto di partenza , un trampolino di lancio verso ogni singolo amante delle vibrazioni in battere e levare . Di tutte le cose che state cercando gran parte la troverete in "UNO" , prima fatica dei salentini BoomDaBash , di only an original reggae machine .

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