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Stephen Marley

Stephen Robert Nesta Marley (born April 20, 1972) is a Jamaican-American musician. The son of Bob Marley, Marley is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, three times as a solo artist, twice as a producer of his younger paternal half-brother Damian Marley's Halfway Tree and Welcome to Jamrock albums, and a further three times as a member of his older brother Ziggy Marley's group Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers.

Marley's 2011 album Revelation Pt. 1 – The Root of Life won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2012. His follow-up, Revelation Pt. 2 – The Fruit of Life, was released on July 22, 2016.

In several of his self-produced solo albums Mind Control (2007), Mind Control Acoustic (2008), Revelation Part I: The Root of Life (2011) and Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life (2016) he has composed and produced all the songs on his album, and he has played a variety of the musical instruments himself.

Early life

Stephen Marley was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He is the second son of Reggae legend Bob Marley and Rita Marley. Stephen started singing professionally at 7 years old with his elder siblings Ziggy Marley, Sharon Marley and Cedella Marley...

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Albums

Old Soul

14 tracks · 2023

Revelation, Pt. II: The Fruit of Life

20 tracks · 2016

Revelation, Pt. 1: The Root of Life

13 tracks · 2011

Mind Control (Acoustic)

4 tracks · 2007

Mind Control

10 tracks · 2007

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  1. 2010

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    The Later Years: Gregory Isaacs Takes ‘Brand New Me’ to the Grammys, His Fourth Nomination in a Four-Decade Career

    Self-produced at his own Poor People Recording Studio in St Andrew and distributed by Tads Records, ‘Brand New Me’ earns the 58-year-old Cool Ruler a Best Reggae Album nomination at the 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010. He loses to Stephen Marley. ‘I always think I can win,’ he tells the Sunday Gleaner. A look at the road from the 1990s to this night.

  2. 2013

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    Bob Marley's 'Three Little Birds' Gets 2013 Update

    Stephen Marley and Los Angeles DJ/Producer Jason Bentley teams up for the remix of Bob Marley & the Wailers' 1977 hit single 'Three Little Birds'.

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    Eric Clapton gets Marley remixed

    Guitar star Eric Clapton's Slowhand's 1974 version of 'I Shot the Sheriff' is probably the most omnipresent Bob Marley cover there is. Thirty nine years later Clapton grabs the producing ear of Damian and Stephen Marley for a one drop mix of his single 'Every Little Thing'.

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    Stephen Marley's Revelation Part II kicks into high-gear with 'Bongo Nyah'

    Having walked away with his third Grammy win with Revelation Part 1: Root of Life in 2012, Stephen's main intention with his upcoming opus is to pick up where part one left off while creating an eclectic sound that'll transcend the tests of time.

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    Stephen Marley finds an amazing love on 'You and Me Attract'

    As the world twiddles their thumbs in anticipation of his upcoming LP, 'Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life', – the follow up to 'Revelation Part 1: Root of Life' – Stephen Marley lets loose a deeper emotional side on his single 'You and Me Attract'.

  3. 2022

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    Jo Mersa Marley, Grandson of Bob Marley and Eldest Son of Stephen, Dies at 31

    Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley died on Boxing Day, December 26, 2022, in Miami-Dade County, his representative confirmed. Reports say he was found unresponsive in a vehicle; no cause has been given. The Ghetto Youths International artist released the Comfortable EP in 2014 and Eternal in 2021, and had performed at Jamaica’s 60th Independence launch in Florida in May.

  4. 2023

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    Stephen Marley Releases ‘Old Soul,’ an Unplugged Album Born on a Florida Farm, With Eric Clapton, Bob Weir, Jack Johnson, Buju Banton and His Brothers

    Out September 15, 2023 through Tuff Gong Collective, UMe and Ghetto Youths International, Ragga’s first full-length since 2016 grew out of lockdown jam sessions in a converted garage — acoustic guitar, binghi drums, bass and flute — and folds Sinatra, the Beatles, Joe Higgs, Lee Perry and an acoustic ‘I Shot the Sheriff’ with Clapton into 14 tracks.

  5. 2024

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    JaRIA Honour Awards 2024: Beres Hammond Takes Lifetime Achievement, Teejay’s ‘Drift’ Is Song of the Year and YG Marley Is Breakthrough Artiste

    The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association’s 15th-anniversary honours, staged March 27, 2024 at the Jamaica Pegasus, saluted Beres Hammond, Sister Nancy, Sean Paul, Pluto Shervington and Black Uhuru, named Stephen Marley’s Old Soul and Masicka’s Generation of Kings albums of the year, and introduced the Ibo Cooper Icon Award.

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