Damian Marley Biography

Publish date: 2024-05-20

The Winner, Damian Marley is a reggae artist from popular all over the world as the youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley. He is also famous for his albums like , , and son. 

Damian Marley's early life

The tall Damian Marley was born Damian Robert Nesta Marley on , in Kingston, Jamaica to parents, mother Cindy Breakspeare, and father, Bob Marley. His father is a legendary revolutionary singer, who passed away just after 2 years of his birth, while his mother is the . He has no siblings as he was the only child of Bob and Cindy. 

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However, Damian has a lot of half-siblings from his father's as well as his mother's sides. From his father, he has 11 siblings and from his mother, he has two, a brother and a sister. Damian Marley has been singing for of age and with that, he has also been smoking since. The singer has only studied till mid-school as she left his high school to pursue his singing career. After he drop out of high school, he started growing dreadlocks in resemblance to his father.

He is a Jamaican national who is ethnically linked to Jamaica and Britain. He is a follower of the Rastafari religion, an Abrahamic religion developed in Jamaica. The same as his father Bob Marley, Damian is also famed for his dreadlocks. It has been reported that his dreadlocks have already moved way past his feet. During live shows, he trims a little bit of his hair to be on stage. Similarly, while playing soccer, Damian packs his hair into a backpack to prevent tangling in it and injuring other players with his hair. 

Damian Marley's personal life

Damian Marley isn't married nor has he any high-profile public relationships. However, allegedly he was in a less-known relationship with Lisa Bonet. Even with no wife, he has two children, both sons, Christian Marley, and Elijah Marley.

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Damian is not married yet, but he has been in a dating relationship with his girlfriend Cristal Chaitram since . The pair has been together till now too and there are no rumors of break up or extra affairs. Being said that, there are also no rumors of him and his girlfriend getting married. The pair had already hooked up some years earlier as on , Cristal gave birth to Damian's second child, Elijah Marley. Anything more than this fact is not known to any of us. 

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Damian Marley's musical career

In , when Damian Marley was just , he formed the musical group, the , which also included the daughter of Freddie McGregor and the son of the 's Cat Core. The group opened the festival and performed in several festivals and shows. Shephards was dissolved in the early and then Marley began pursuing his solo career.

He released his debut studio album in titled , and his second - was released in . was co-produced by Damian Marley and Stephen Marley, Marley's half-brother. The album was Marley's breakthrough, landing him the .

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In , he released his third studio album titled . Stephen Marley produced a song with the same title, , which was a huge success. Centered around poverty, politics, and crime in Jamaica, the song reached on the and on the . The single was also on the listing by .

At the , American hip-hop artist Nas announced that he and Marley would collaborate on an alum. was released on , as Marley and Nas's collaborative album.   debuted at on the chart with first-week sales of . Marley joined hands with Mick Jagger, Joss Stone (vocals), Dave Stewart, and A. R. Rahman to form . The group began recording their self-titled debut album in early . The band released its first lead single, on iTunes on .

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'' is a reggae song performed by Marley, Stone, and Jagger. His second single, (the national motto of India, which means 'Truth Alone Triumphs') was released on .

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In , Damian also worked with the e-artist Skrillex on the song, . The song appeared in the game . , Marley's fourth studio album was released in . won the for at the .

Damian Marley's net worth

The reggae singer and songwriter, Damian Marley has an estimated net worth of $ 20 million. He earns a decent amount of salary from his singing career. In 2005, he earned around $609K from his album, . Similarly, in , Damian earned around $134K from his album . 

Damian Marley's social media

Damian Marley AKA Jr. Gong is usually active on his social media profile such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. There are on his Twitter with over . Similarly, his Instagram profile has over , with over . The Gongzilla uses his social media profile to post much about his professional career rather than post anything about his personal life. 

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