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NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY CONFIRMED!
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Two urban legends are coming...
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Hove Festival are pleased to
confirm two strong
names on this year's urban line up, two artists that both are reckoned
to be
superstars within their genre. With a strong social focus, NAS and
Damien
Marley will release their first album together in May.
The two superstars of their respectively
urban
genre perform at Hove on Thursday the 1st of
July.
NAS is one of hip hop's great legends,
and is by
many reckoned to have released one of the best hip hop albums ever
(Illmatic,
1994). Damien Marley is the youngest son of Bob Marley, and has since
his debut
in 1996 won three Grammies as well as collaborated with Gwen Stefani,
Mariah
Carey and Snoop Dogg.
Together the two released the single,
"As We
Enter", earlier this year, and according to plans a full album will be
out
on May the 25th. Named "Distant Relatives", it's a mixture of the two
musicians background in hip hop and reggae and relates to the link
between
Africa and the modern day America.
Both artists are socially concerned musicians, and the profits of the
album
sales will go to building of schools in Congo.
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