Damian Marley and Nas Explore Their Roots on Distant Relatives
Damian Marley and Nas Explore Their Roots on Distant Relatives
The history of Africa is long and complex; professors, N.G.O. workers, and United Nations employees devote their lives’ work on just one region. But Nas, poet laureate of the Queensbridge Projects, and Damian Jr. Gong Marley, Bob Marley’s youngest son, didn’t let the immensity of the place stop them from exploring their shared roots with their collaboration, which they recorded under the name Distant Relatives. As Marley told me, “With Distant Relatives, we’re talking humanity. Our people. It’s stemming from Africa being the cradle of civilization.”