The musician was killed in an armed attack in Jamaica.
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Marlon B. James joined the Söhne Mannheims in 1999 and helped shape the debut album 'Zion'. In 2017 he left the band and moved to Jamaica.
The former member of the band Söhne Mannheims, Marlon B. James, is dead. The death has been confirmed by the family circle, said the music group's spokesman. James was therefore 60 years old. “The band is incredibly sad.” She will dedicate her piano concert in Graz to the rapper. Several media outlets had previously reported on the death.
The spokesman said that there were only media reports from Jamaica regarding the events and location. According to media, armed attackers opened fire on James and two other men at a bar in Robin's Bay, northern Jamaica. All three died from their injuries, as reported by the Jamaican newspaper “The Gleaner,” citing the police.
James came to the Sons of Mannheim (“Assume it”) in 1999, which was founded by Xavier Naidoo, among others. The spokesman said that he had already had a musical influence on the debut album “Zion”, which was released in 2000. “In 2017 he ended his band membership and moved his life to Jamaica.”
The band posted a black and white picture of James on their social media accounts. She quoted lines from the song “The world hasn’t seen that yet”: “Love is unseen. Love is your dream. But love is not a dream. Love is so real. Even though it's unseen." (German: «Love is invisible. Love is your dream. But love is not a dream. Love is so real. Even if it is invisible.»)
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