Only 10 years old, Junior Natural makes his debut on the big stage of the largest reggae festival in Scandinavia. He plays the drums. Shortly after he changes the drumsticks for the microphone…….
Little Junior is born with a Natural talent for music. At 12, his first single « Number 1 Girl » is released. Mastered by Bob Marley’s former Jamaican label Tuff Gong, he dedicates the love song for his mother. “I thought of her all the time when I was recording. She was very happy when I gave it to her as a Christmas gift.” His father Daddy Natural has a history as musician and wrote the song. Junior Natural dreams of living on his music. He just needs to finish school first. ….
The development of Junior Natural’s international carrier starts when he is detected for the compilation « Scandinavian Hip Hop Invasion » where he represents as the reggae artist with the song « Fallback ». That’s when he meets with BorderBlaster International who becomes interested by his talent and dreams of working with music. ….
Junior Natural’s performance at the legendary stage Elysée Montmartre in Paris in the beginning of 2008 makes a great impression on the French public. His freestyle performance at the radio station Génération 88.2 later confirmed ….The artist’s incredible talent and established his name as The Upcoming Young Reggae Artist. When Junior Natural returns to France a few months later to perform at Garance Reggae Festival, Jamaican artist Shaggy is so impressed with his talent that he invites Junior Natural on stage to sing together with him. The next day, he records the song “One in a Million” produced by Shaggy’s producer and partner Robert Livingstone. In August 2008, Junior Natural shared stage with reggae legends like Sean Paul, Burning Spear, Lee Scratch Perry, Junior Reed, Beenie Man and many others at Uppsala Reggae Festival. He has also performed together with artists like Gentleman…..
Several new songs are being recorded for Junior Natural’s first album that will be released in March 2010. Collaborations have been done with artists like Jah Mason, Lutan Fyah, Million Stylez and Wayne Beathoven Beckford. The first single “This is my Story” is available for legal download. The video is spinning in 50 countries on Trace TV, MTV, ZTV and Voice TV and has been placed on playlist on radios in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. The album “Rising Son” will be in stores in March 2010.
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