Damian Marley News

After Nas and Damian Marley announced that they will be releasing a joint album called Distant Relatives, the pair have been previewing songs from the album on this summer's Rock The Bells tour, which also features Cypress Hill , The Roots , Common and more.

Last Tuesday First Avenue began to buzz immediately after the doors opened at 8p.m.A Hip-hoppers, beat stompers, reggae heads and plain old music fans filled the floor spaces in early anticipation; literally the floor was packed a good hour before anyone took the stage.A The bill listed Nas and Damien - " Jr.

This year's version of Rock The Bells came off pretty much without a hitch as rapper Nas and reggae star Damian Marley capped off the day-long affair Sunday before a roughly half-filled Molson Amphitheatre.

Posted on July 1st, 2009 8:25 AM By Chris Riemenschneider This one could very well end up on my list of favorite shows at the end of theA year, and three-fourths of theA fans acted like it was the bestA concert they'd ever seen.A Nas unfortunately cut most of his songs short , but that seemed to heighten his delivery of them.

OK, so hip-hop supertour Rock The Bells won't be making a 2009 stop in Minneapolis.

State Of Da World is the name of the new album by Grammy-winning reggae band Inner Circle.

Following up their previous collaboration on the track Road to Zion from Damian Marley's stellar Welcome to Jamrock album, Nas and Jr.

One is self-made hip hop royalty and the other was born into the first family of reggae.

The Somalian-born and Canadian-rasied K'naan has been a breath of fresh air in the stagnant depths of hip-hop since his very first moment in the spotlight.

Music lovers will be treated to a special performance come Saturday, July 25, when both reggae royalty Damian 'Jnr Gong' Marley and rap luminary Nas take the stage together for International Night II at Reggae Sumfest.

If this concert is any indication, hip-hop is not dead. Neither is reggae. Nas New York rapper Nas will perform with Damian Marley at Harraha s Casino Stir Concert Cove in Council Bluffs on July 1. Nas hit the music scene with "Illmatic" in 1994.

"So, - untitled', it is/ I never change nothin'/ But people remember this: If Nas can't say it, think about these talented kids/ With new ideas being told what they can and can't spit/" - Nas, "Hero," Untitled , 2008.

Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley recorded one excellent single together, "Road to Zion," in 2005.

RE:GENERATIONS features some of the best artists and producers to come as the bridge between old school and new school is merged.

Like his good friend Emmanuel Jal, Somalia-born rapper/poet K'naan was exposed to civil war in his native land before coming to the West as a refugee and becoming an internationally respected artist.

We've seen plenty of Bob Dylan in Michigan in recent years. But we may not have seen him quite like this.

Somali rapper K'naan mixes hip hop swagger with reggae and traditional music in his second album, "Troubadour," but his message is grounded in the war-torn streets of Mogadishu that he fled as a child.

Hip Hop's global influence cannot be denied. With international artists like Akon [ click to read ] and Wyclef Jean being treated as veritable royalty in their respective countries, it is unquestionable that ...

K'naan With Kings of Kush. Mod Club, 722 College. Tue, Feb 24. $15 from Rotate This, Ticketmaster, Soundscapes.

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