Family Affair

"You don't think that my music is real reggae music?" he retorts gruffly. When he is reassured that this, of course, is not the case, his voice softens. "Look, of course you have people like Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, those of my father's generation.... But look, 50 Cent sampled Bob Marley's music and got a lot of airplay. The remix with Biggie is getting a lot of love in the urban community. There's different ways of helping the music to grow and branch out," he explains. Young Marley is continuing the trend of making roots reggae more radio-friendly. His next single will be a duet with Bobby Brown, titled "Beautiful."

This weekend Damian will pay homage to his father before an eager audience. The festival's admission price has even decreased a little, down to $23 plus four cans of food. Marley is planning on giving a stellar performance. "I'll bring the energy as usual. You can look forward to all of the brothers to come through and give you the same standard that you know the family always bring. It's a show we do for years now, so the people know what they come to see."

Colby Katz

Damian Marley will put on a blazing show

Details

Saturday, February 25. Admission is $23 plus four cans of food brought to the festival. Call 305-358-5885 or visit www.ticketmaster.com .

Bayfront Park, 301 N Biscayne Blvd, Miami

Related Content

• Marleys, 2 Chainz, and Future at Nine Mile Music Festival March 2
  February 28, 2013
• Nine Mile Music Festival 2013: A Righteously Stoned Five-Part Guide With Marleys, 2 Chainz, and Future
  February 27, 2013
• Inner Circle's Roger Lewis Talks Reggae, Legal Weed, and 4/20: "Marijuana Is A Good Herb"
  April 18, 2013
• Ky-Mani Marley for DWNTWN Concert Series at Bayfront Park November 16
  November 15, 2012
• Killing Him Softly
  September 27, 2012

More About

• Damian Marley
• Bob Marley
• Maxi Priest
• Reggae
• Hip-Hop and Rap