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Lee "Scratch" Perry 

Lee “Scratch” Perry

Lee “Scratch” Perry‘s fantastic reggae music voyage began with the artiste’s upbringing in the Jamaica countryside and his travels to urban environments in the late 1950s. From there, Lee Scratch Perry helped create the reggae music genre and went on to mentor Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Lee Scratch Perry built his fame with his amazing [...]

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Damian Jr. Gong Marley biography

Damian “Junior Gong” Marley is one of Bob Marley’s children and a successful reggae musician whose most recent album, Distant Relatives, a collaboration with hip hop artist Nas, has earned him widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. Damian currently continues his life-long musical career, living between Miami, Florida, and Kingston, Jamaica. He continues the practice [...]

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Damian Marley and Nas Distant Relatives Tour live reggae performance

[ May 21, 2010; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] On Friday, May 21st, 2010, Nas and Damian “Junior Gong” Marley hit California’s Arcata Community Center for the 1st concert of their Distant Relatives Tour. Doors open at 8pm for this all ages show.

The tour is supporting the hotly anticipated Distant Relatives album that was jointly created by Damian “Junior Gong” Marley and Nas. [...]

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