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.

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Giuseppe Antonino, 27 Maggio 1993, nasce a Bitonto da una famiglia rigida e affettuosa. Sin da piccolo insieme al fratello Michele cresce con la passione per lo stile e la moda della madre Isabella e con la passione musicale del padre Franco. Giuseppe, quindi, possiede un talento musicale non indifferente: prova di ciò è il suo “orecchio assoluto”.In tenera età è alle prese con la chitarra ed il pianoforte, da autodidatta. Giandomenico Castellano, il suo migliore amico, gli sta insegnando precetti di armonia e composizione relativi allo studio del pianoforte. Giuseppe, inoltre, è molto preso dalla musica elettronica, ed'è affascinato dal mondo del music business. Nella fascia adolescenziale scopre dunque, la cultura Underground e inizia ad esprimersi come disc jockey in vari locali di zona e non, grazie alle sue composizioni e alla sua creatività. La forte dedizione verso la musica elettronica lo porta a voler seguire un percorso musicale di alta qualità e professionalità con l’obiettivo di esprimere il proprio spirito artistico. Giuseppe attualmente frequenta l'ITC Vitale Giordano, e progetta per il proprio futuro un percorso di studi a New York.
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Giuseppe Antonino, may 27 1993, was born in Bitonto by a family rigid and affectionate. Since he was a child together with his brother Michael, has grown with the passion for style and fashion of the mother Isabella and with musical enthusiasm of his father Franco. Joseph, therefore, has a musical talent not indifferent: proof of this is his "ear absolute" .At an early age was struggling with the guitar and piano, self-taught. Giandomenico Castellano, his best friend, is helping him with the practice of harmony and composition for piano. He is very taken by electronic music, and is fascinated by the world of music business. In the band adolescent discovers therefore, the Underground culture is beginning to express themselves as disc jockey in various local area and not, thanks to his compositions and his creativity. The strong dedication toward electronic music leads him to want to create a musical route of high quality and professionalism by involving all his artistic side. Joseph currently attends the ITC Vital Jordan, and designs in the future a course of study in New York


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