Background
Damaru grew up in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, in a family with six children.
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He is best known for his song "Mi Rowsu (Tuintje In Mijn Hart)" with Dutch singer January Smit. Early life and career beginnings
When he was thirteen years old, he started rapping and singing. His singing talents were a great success.
Damaru derived his stage name from his idol Tupac Shakur: the second name of this American rapper was "Amaru".
Damaru added the letter Doctorate, from his name Dino, and his stage name was born. Suriname
In Suriname, Damaru scored several hits, like "Yu Na Mi Engel" (English: You Are My Angel), "Hey Baby" and "Sranang Koningin" (Surinam Queen).
lieutenant spent nine weeks at the peak position of the Surinam charts. In 2008, Damaru released his first movie: "Mi Rowsu The Movie".
Netherlands
In 2009, Damaru went to the Netherlands, in an attempt to get a break through.
He toured the country three months, appeared on television and eventually got a recording contract with the major Dutch hip hop label TopNotch. He released "Mi Rowsu" in the Netherlands and the song reached the 7th position in the Mega Single Top 100 and the 14th position in the Dutch Top 40. Together with Dutch singer January Smit and DJ Rudy Mackay, Damaru recorded a new version of "Mi Rowsu": "Mi Rowsu (Tuintje In Mijn Hart)" (My Rose (Garden In My Heart)).
This song reached the peak position in both the Single Top 100 and the Dutch Top 40.
In September 2009, the song reached the platinum status (20,000 singles sold).
Achievements
Membership
Before he started his solo career, he was member of the bands "Lava Boys" and "New Jack Boys".
