Daddy G

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Daddy G

| image = Massive Attack 022-crop.jpg

| caption = Daddy G at the Eurockéennes 2008

| alias = Grantley Marshall

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|18|df=y}}

| origin = Bristol, England

| genre = Trip hop, electronic

| years_active = 1983–present

| associated_acts = Massive Attack
The Wild Bunch

}}

Grantley Evan Marshall (born 18 December 1959), also known by the stage name Daddy G, is a British DJ and a founding member of the band Massive Attack.

Biography

Born in Bristol to West Indian parents,{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UcXH6HRwXI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/0UcXH6HRwXI |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Massive Attack - 2010 Interview From Their Studio In Bristol About The Making Of Heligoland |publisher=YouTube| access-date=2018-12-31 }}{{cbignore}} Marshall joined the Bristol music scene as a member of the sound system the Wild Bunch in the 1980s. The sound system included the other three founding members of Massive Attack, Robert del Naja, Tricky

and Andrew Vowles. At the time he was one of the youngest DJs in the city.{{cite web|url=http://www.dj-kicks.com/daddy-g-dj-kicks/ |title=!K7 Records |website=Dj-kicks.com |access-date=2020-05-26}} In 1986, The Wild Bunch disbanded.{{cite web |title=It happened here... The Wild Bunch rock Bristol |url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/it-happened-here-the-wild-bunch-rock-bristol |publisher=Red Bull Bulletin |access-date=26 August 2018}} Del Naja, Vowles, and Marshall then formed the trip hop group Massive Attack in 1988, which are considered to have pioneered the Bristol Sound along with Portishead and Tricky.{{r|bgg}}

Between 2001 and 2005, Marshall was mainly absent from Massive Attack, with 100th Window being the only album he did not have major input on.{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/123491-its-all-good-an-interview-with-daddy-g-of-massive-attack-2496190314.html|title=It's All Good: An Interview with Daddy G of Massive Attack|date=19 April 2010|website=PopMatters.com|access-date=2020-05-26}} Reuniting (minus Vowles) for Heligoland and more recent projects, the group divided the production work between Marshall and Del Naja, who each worked on separate songs in their own studios, choosing their own collaborators.

Other work

Marshall mixed a CD for the DJ-Kicks mix series in 2004.{{cite web|title=The Music Room|url=https://www.timeout.com/mumbai/events/the-music-room-daddy-g-massive-attack-dj-set-bonobo-mumbai|website=Timeout.com|access-date=16 November 2015}}