Ziggy Marley

He is married to Orly Agai, who previously worked with William Morris Agency as their vice-president. He has six children, Justice Marley, Zuri Marley, Judah Victoria, Gideon Robert Nesta, Abraham Selassie Robert Nesta, and Daniel Marley.

He is the founder of the organization, Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment (URGE), which helps children in need, particularly in Jamaica and Ethiopia.

He also supports the ‘Little Kids Rock’, which is a non-profit organization offering musical instruments for free to children in public schools all across US. All the celebrities who have signed up for the project also provide free music classes to these children.

Born as David Nesta Marley, Ziggy is the eldest son of Bob and Rita Marley. He spent some part of his childhood in the poor neighborhood of Trench Town in Kingston.

As he grew up, he learnt singing and in 1979, he along with his three other brothers and sisters, recorded ‘Children Playing in the Streets’, their debut single.

He, along with his brother Stephen, sang on his father’s funeral in 1981.

The band ‘The Melody Makers’, which consisted of Marley and his siblings, released their debut album ‘Play the Game Right’ in 1985, to poor reviews.

They released another album, which was also unsuccessful before they came up with ‘Conscious Party’ in 1988 - their breakthrough album.

Marley and his band released ‘One Bright Day’ in 1989 to immense critical success and huge popularity. However, the band’s next two albums failed to make a mark and there was a considerable fall in their sales.

In 1991, he and his band contributed the song ‘Give A Little Love’ to ‘For Our Children’, a Disney album.

Marley became politically actively and began working with the UN. He created a record album called ‘Ghetto Youths Crew’ and released a solo album, ‘Dragonfly’ on 15th April 2003.

The single ‘Tomorrow People’ from the album ‘Conscious Party’ peaked at no. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. Vh1 voted the song, the 85th greatest one-hit wonders of the 80s.

His second solo studio album ‘Love Is My Religion’ was extremely popular, peaking no.6 on Billboard Top Reggae Albums and earned great commercial and critical appreciation.

‘Family Time’, a children’s album by him was also a critical success, which went on to earn a Grammy.