Damian Marley

Marleys, 2 Chainz, and Future at Nine Mile Music Festival March 2

Nine Mile Music Festival 2013: A Righteously Stoned Five-Part Guide With Marleys, 2 Chainz, and Future

Smoking ganja isn't just a recreational activity. It's a righteously stoned ritual. "The more you accept herb is the more you accept Rastafari," the patron saint of tokers, Bob Marley, explained in a TV interview a few years before his death from cancer in Miami at the tragically young age of 36. ... More >>

Nine Mile Music Festival's 2013 Lineup: Three Marleys With 2 Chainz, Future, Six Others

We gonna be jammin' all night. On March 2, the Nine Mile Music Festival (formerly known on the streets as Marley Fest) will be returning to the sun-soaked sands of Virginia Key Beach Park for its second straight year. Expect Jah, lots of Rastas, some blessed herb, irie vibes, and serious dreads - ... More >>

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Nine Mile Music Festival 2012 at Virginia Key Beach Park in Miami, March 3

​See the full 42-photo Nine Mile Music Festival slideshow. Nine Mile Music Festival 2012 With Stephen, Damian, and Julian Marley, alongside Capleton, Burning Spear, and others Virginia Key Beach Park Saturday, March 3, 2012 Musicians come and go. But their music becomes immortal. Bob Marley tr ... More >>

The Marley Bros Are Back on the Nine Mile Music Festival, and Richie Spice Just Added

​About 13 spliffs after writing about Stephen, Damian, and Julian Marley dropping out of the Nine Mile Music Festival, we here at Crossfade decided that this alleged cancellation wasn't true. We became convinced it was all part of a vast Babylonian conspiracy and the Marley bros would still be sho ... More >>

The Marleys (Don't) Drop Out of Marley Fest, AKA Nine Mile Music Festival UPDATE

​Before you roll up and roll out to Virginia Key Beach Park next weekend for the Nine Mile Music Festival (which Miami has known as Marley Fest for as long as anyone can remember), be aware that Damian "Jr. Gong," Julian, and recent Grammy winner Stephen Marley will not be appearing or performing ... More >>

Marley Fest 2012 in Miami: Lineup Includes Three Marleys, Burning Spear, Capleton

Meet Stephen Marley and the Movement at Nine Mile.​Get dreaded. Grow some ganja. Climb that mountain. For the 19th consecutive year, the Bob Marley Movement of Jah People will meet in Miami to shake its mane, spark a spliff, and celebrate the immortal legacy of its late leader by jamming right, ... More >>

Skrillex's Dubstep Mothership Lands at the Fillmore Miami Beach, December 17

Skrillex With 12th Planet Fillmore Miami Beach December 17, 2011 Better Than: All other dubstep productions. Yeah, that's a pretty big statement to make. But, well, we just made it. "Holy shit. WTF?" The first words that came to mind when I saw it. Daft Punk had its pyramid. Deadmau5 has his cub ... More >>

Crossfade's Guide to Day Two at Best of the Best 2011 With Shabba, the Marleys, and Others

Throw it back and ball wit' the Diamond Princess.​Yesterday, Crossfade hooked up a guide to the first day of the Best of the Best fest. We got the mob. We got the grub. And we got the booze. But most of all, there's that block party music with rappers like the Boss Rick Ross and Travis Porter, di ... More >>

Best of the Best 2011 at Bicentennial Park May 28 and 29

Lollapalooza 2011 Announces Lineup With Eminem, Girl Talk, DFA 1979, and 122 Others

​It's time to start planning your road trip to Lollapalooza land 'cause King Perry Farrell just released his 125-name guestlist for this August's three-day Grant Park extravaganza. And if you don't wanna be left at the gate, crying and clawing the dirt like a pauper, you better buy a full-weekend ... More >>

Lineup for Best of the Best 2011

Get crazy with Chris Brown at Best of the Best 2011.​Who's ready to wild out with compulsive window-smasher and multi-platinum recording artist Chris Brown? How about shaking some ass with the Magic City's Diamond Princess? Or popping the top off a bottle of Hennessy Black with DJ Khaled and ... More >>

Take the Nine Mile Trek to Marley Fest at Bayfront Park Amphitheater This Saturday

Follow Stephen and the rest of the Marley clan to the Nine Mile Fest.​Hidden in the rolling, bright-green Dry Harbour Mountains of St. Ann Parish on Jamaica's north coast, there's a tiny rural village called Nine Mile. You will find it by following the narrow road from Brown's Town and counting ... More >>

Major Lazer and the Marley Family Headline Nine Mile Music Festival March 12

Major Lazer's Switch and Diplo.​Man, Winter Music Conference is only two months away. But while your club kid cousins are off doing the WMC thing, getting loopy on funny drugs and dancing away their inhibitions, you're gonna be sucking on sweet sticky ish and nodding your dreaded head to righteo ... More >>

Concert Review: Nas and Damian Marley at SunFest in West Palm Beach, May 2

Photo by Christina MendenhallWest Palm Beach was in a "NY State of Mind" during Nas' SunFest set​Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" MarleySunFestWest Palm Beach WaterfrontSunday, May 2, 2010View a slideshow of SunFest 2010's final day here.A hip-hop act's sets rarely last more than 45 minutes, and perhaps ... More >>

Admire the Full SunFest 2010 Lineup and Schedule, Advance Tickets Still Available

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, after knocking out Chris Cornell in four rounds​Now Crossfade isn't taking any steps to become Sunfade for the week, but there's going to be a lot of SunFest coverage. The lineup, which includes Weezer, the Flaming Lips, Nas, among many others, is strong to say the least. A ... More >>

The Food of Ultra Music Festival 2010, Because You Can Only Eat So Many Drugs

Jacob KatelA festivus for the restofus.​For those not into clicks, beeps, and bass, Ultra Music Festival was a two-day electronic dance music festival that brought a sold-out crowd of 75,000 ticket holders a day to Bicenntenial Park's festival grounds.From 3 p.m. to midnight the throngs of hungry, ... More >>

SunFest's New Music Night: These United States, Crash Kings, Constellations, Gringo Star, and We Are Scientists

Photo by Sarah LawAbout to become SunFest professionals: These United States​Whoa, we were sure excited the day SunFest announced their initial slate of performers the 28th installment of the music festival, which takes place April 28 - May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach. Nas, Damian Marley, the F ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival grows again in 2010

Nas, Weezer, Damian Marley, Flaming Lips and Rise Against Among Acts Confirmed for SunFest 2010 April 28 - May 2

311 performing at SunFest 2009​West Palm Beach hasn't had this much musical excitement since Ozzy Osbourne rolled through town. An impressive crop of national acts are set to play the 28th installment of SunFest, which takes place April 28 - May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach along Florida's Intrac ... More >>

Top picks for the 17th annual Marley Fest

Concert Review: Mayday!, Goodie Mob, and Nas at the Arsht Center, February 5

Photo by Manny HernandezSpecial guest Stephen Marley joins Nas onstage at the Arsht Center.​Mayday!, Goodie Mob, and NasThe Arsht Center, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010 Better Than: BET's SOS Haiti benefit concert that took place earlier the same night, right up the street at the American Airlines ... More >>

Super Bowl 2010: Rihanna, Nas, Pitbull, Black Eyed Peas and More Performing this Weekend

We gotta feeling it's going to a jam-packed music weekend.​So it's coming: a giant tsunami of NFL athletes, super fans, and über-celebrities that's about to engulf the magic city with over-the-top poolside parties and non-stop open bar access. And as much as Super Bowl XLIV weekend is all about t ... More >>

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From Nova Radio "Radio X"

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks. Top Albums for the week of October 4 - 10 Nova Southeastern University- WNSU 88.5 FM, "Radio X"Radio X broadcasts local band ... More >>

CD Review: Julian Marley - Awake

Julian MarleyAwake (Ghetto Youths International)It's been six years since Julian Marley's last full-length. Awake, his third major release, comes to us at the height of spiritual and political alertness. The first African American president is in power, and our ever-growing global village is becomin ... More >>

Saturday Night: Swamp Stomp Music Festival at Jimbo's

Ben ThackerCuci Amador of Afrobeta performing at Swamp Stomp Music Festival at Jimbo's. Click here to view the full slide show.Swamp Stomp Music FestivalSaturday, April 25, 2009Jimbo's, Virginia KeyBetter Than: The average assignment.The Third Annual Swamp Stomp independent music festival, under a m ... More >>

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