You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (June 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Spanish article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 5,024 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at [[:es:Kirk Diamond]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|es|Kirk Diamond}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Kirk Douglas (born 24 June 1984), better known by his stage name Kirk Diamond is a Jamaican-Canadian Reggae and Dancehall singer-songwriter, producer and entrepreneur based in Brampton, Ontario. ^[1]

Early life

Diamond was born Kirk Douglas in Spanish Town, Jamaica. ^{[2] [3]} He immigrated to Canada with his family in the 1990s at the age of ten. ^{[4] [5]}

Music career

^[5] In 2010 Diamond joined the Dancehall music group Don Dem. ^[6] Don Dem released two projects. In 2011, "Loaded Mixtape" and In 2013 "The ReMixtape". ^[3] 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". ^[7]

In 2015, Kirk and Bob Da Builda of Don Dem were nominated for a Juno Award for the single Love Inna We Heart which was produced by France based "Galang Records". ^[4] In 2016 he traveled to Jamaica to collaborate with Derrick Morgan on a remake of the latter's 1960s song "Conqueror". ^[8]

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 BBC Radio 1Xtra 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. ^{[9] [10] [5]} After returning to Canada, Kirk took on the festival circuit starting with the Grace Jerk Festival in Toronto, ^[11] and the Reggaefest in Calgary, Alberta. ^[12]

In 2018 the EP, "Greater" won the Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year. ^{[13] [14]} 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 Norfolk, Ontario ^[15] and the Jambana Festival where Kirk would open for the legendary Third World Band. ^[16]

References

External links

• Kirk Diamond Music