Kirk Diamond


Kirk Diamond is a Jamaican-Canadian Reggae and Dancehall Singer-Songwriter, Producer and Social Activist based in Brampton, Ontario.

Early life

Diamond was born Kirk Douglas in Spanish Town, Jamaica. He immigrated to Canada with his family in the 1990s at the age of ten.

Career

In 2010 Kirk Diamond joined the Dancehall music group Don Dem. With this group He released two singles, "Love in Heart" and "Blind to Them". In 2014 he released a third single, Dem Nuh Real.
In 2015 Diamond's reggae track Love Inna We Heart was nominated for a Juno Award. In 2016 he traveled to Jamaica to collaborate with Derrick Morgan on a remake of the latter's 1960s song "Conqueror".
Diamond released a seven-track EP of reggae music, Greater, in 2017. That year he performed on the UK radio show BBC Radio 1Xtra, at the Grace Jerk Festival in Toronto, and at the Reggaefest in Calgary, Alberta.
In 2018 the single "Greater" from his album won a Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year. That year Diamond also performed at the Love Thy Labourer festival in Norfolk, Ontario and the Jambana Festival in Brampton.