Rock-born DJ Damage scores BMI Trailblazers award

JAMAICAN-BORN Leonard “DJ Damage” Douglas is celebrating career-defining achievements as the creative force behind Without You, a chart-topping single by Jevon Dewand and The Trap Starz.

The single, which reached #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay Chart in February, was recognised as one of the year’s most-performed gospel songs at the Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards on July 21 in Nashville, Tennessee.

The milestones are an international breakthrough for DJ Damage, whose two-decade career has taken him from Jamaica’s sound system culture to the global music stage.