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(Those on the waiting list can purchase cabins today general sales begin at 12 p.m. ET on Feb. 11.) "Are there 8,000 reggae fans that want to sail on the Jamrock cruises this year?" asks Dalton. Without an announced lineup, the available cabins were gone before the 2019 cruise returned to Florida, making it the fastest seller in Jamrock's history with a waiting list of 3,500 potential cruisers, the organizers decided to add another trip, Nov. Three weeks prior to Jamrock's Dec. 9-14, 2019 journey, the 2020 cruise (Dec. In 2016, the cruise moved to its current home, Royal Caribbean's Independence of Seas, a 4,370-passenger vessel now sailing from Fort Lauderdale to Jamaica, Jamrock has sold out each of its annual excursions, several months in advance. In 2015, due to overwhelming demand, Marley and Dalton's Jamrock Productions presented back-to-back sold out cruises aboard the Norwegian Pearl. The inaugural Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise sailed from Miami to Jamaica in October 2014 aboard the 2,400-passenger capacity Norwegian Pearl solely advertised through a few social media posts, the cruise sold out within a month. Their reunion is very exciting and will bring a new demographic to the Welcome to Jamrock cruise." "Today, there's an even greater audience for the conversation that Damian and Nas pushed about Africa. I thought we could release an EP, then tour the studio sessions went so well, Nas and Damian decided to make an album," Dalton told Billboard. "I thought Damian and Nas should put their efforts into a collaboration centered around Africa Nas' rhymes are very street but he has a pan-African consciousness about his music and for Damian, as a Rastafarian, Africa holds great significance. "Damian's lyrics on that song are bananas it makes you go 'did he just say that? Isn't he scared of the repercussions?' I want to work with someone like that," Nas told Billboard at the time of Distant Relatives' release.ĭamian's manager Dan Dalton, whose Dalton Entertainment Group's partnership with Roc Nation began in 2016, came up with the Distant Relatives concept. 7 on the Billboard 200, won the 2006 best reggae album Grammy and was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA (the album's title track was awarded a Grammy for best urban/alternative performance.) Damian's fearlessly chanted indictment of the Babylon system punctuated by Nas' politically poignant rapped verse on "Road to Zion" strengthened the artists' mutual admiration. "As time goes on, and as we represent the album again this year, I think more people will discover Distant Relatives and its significance will grow."ĭamian and Nas initially collaborated on "Road To Zion," the second single from Damian's acclaimed Welcome To Jamrock, which peaked at No. " Distant Relatives was ahead of its time in terms of highlighting African culture and music, before Afrobeats became a part of global culture," Damian continued. With its blistering exchanges between Damian's formidable Jamaican patois-drenched rhymes and Nas' grittily astute New York accented flow, Distant Relatives highlights hip-hop and reggae's shared African roots. A decade later, Damian reflected on the album's magnitude: " Distant Relatives is one of the most important projects I've ever worked on, musically, lyrically it's a cohesive project with a hip-hop legend, where we really complement each other," Damian told Billboard on the phone from Kingston, Jamaica where he was preparing for celebrations honoring the 75th anniversary of the birth of his father Bob Marley (Feb. 6). Their last joint performance was September 2011 at Austin City Limits. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Reggae Albums tallies. 5 on the Billboard 200, selling 57,000 copies in its first week the album peaked at No. Produced by Damian and his older brother Stephen Marley, Distant Relatives was released on and debuted at No.

30–Dec. 5 and Dec. 5–10, 2020 dancehall legend Shabba Ranks will also perform on both cruises, which will have identical artist lineups, Billboard has exclusively learned. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of their visionary, genre-blurring project Distant Relatives (Universal Republic/Def Jam), reggae superstar Damian "Junior Gong" Marley and rap icon Nas will perform the album in its entirety aboard back-to-back sailings of Marley's Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Nov.