Kirk Douglas (born 24 June 1984), better known by his stage name Kirk Diamond is a Jamaican-Canadian

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and

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singer-songwriter, producer and entrepreneur based in

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Early life

Diamond was born Kirk Douglas in Spanish Town, Jamaica."Don Dem"
''BOSS Magazine'', Winter 2013–14 issue, He immigrated to Canada with his family in the 1990s at the age of ten."Kirk Diamond wins Juno"
''Jamaica Observer'', By Kevin Jackson, March 26, 2018"Kirk Diamond’s time to shine"
''The Voice'', May 17, 2017

Music career

In 2010 Diamond joined the Dancehall music group Don Dem. Don Dem released two projects. In 2011, "Loaded Mixtape" and In 2013 "The ReMixtape". In 2014 Kirk Collaborated with "T.G." a.k.a "Tommy Gunn" to release the single, ''Dem Nuh Real'' under the "Armzhouse" label in "Jamaica". In 2015, Kirk and Bob Da Builda of Don Dem were nominated for a

Juno Award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

for the single ''Love Inna We Heart'' which was produced by France based "Galang Records". In 2016 he traveled to Jamaica to collaborate with

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on a remake of the latter's 1960s song "Conqueror". With high anticipation for the release of Diamond's solo debut EP entitled,''Greater''. Kirk flew to the UK to promote the project in 2017. The final stop on the media run was to

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where he joined Seani B on his program. What was to be a normal interview, ended up being much more when Kirk delivered a well-received freestyle. After returning to Canada, Kirk took on the festival circuit starting with the Grace Jerk Festival in Toronto, and the Reggaefest in Calgary, Alberta. In 2018 the EP, "Greater" won the

for Reggae Recording of the Year. 2018 is also when Diamond would emerge as one of the most sought after performers in Canada, performing at over 72 shows including the "Love Thy Labourer festival" in

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and the Jambana Festival where Kirk would open for the legendary

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."Jambana rocks Brampton"
August 8, 2018, als
"Jambama celebrates its 10th anniversary in Brampton"
August 7, 2018, both by Marta Marychuk, ''Brampton Guardian''

References

External link

Kirk Diamond Music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diamond, Kirk Jamaican reggae musicians Jamaican emigrants to Canada Canadian reggae musicians People from Spanish Town Musicians from Brampton Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year winners Living people 1984 births