
During the height of Bob Marley’s career, the i-Threes, which comprised Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffith in addition to Rita Marley, were popular backup singers both on stage and on recordings. She married Bob Marley in 1966 and is the mother of Sharon, David (Ziggy), Cedella, and Stephen Marley, four of Bob Marley’s 13 children. She grew up in Greenwich Town and met Bob Marley in the early 1960s when she was a singer and manager of the Soulettes, the group that later became the i-Threes. Rita Marley was born in Santiago de Cuba in July of 1946 and came with her family to Jamaica when she was a toddler. According to a source close to the family, this was the second stroke suffered by Mrs. Just a nice girl who don’t take birth control.Rita Marley, 70, the widow of reggae legend Bob Marley, has been hospitalized in Miami, Florida, after suffering a stroke while on a visit to attend a special event there. She attended high school and college in Pennsylvania and currently resides in the Philadelphia area. She is the singer’s youngest child, but she did not grow up with or around any of her half siblings. Makeda Jahnesta Marley was born to Yvette Crichton in 1981 in Miami mere weeks after Bob’s death. Madeka Marley born (with Yvette Crichton) In 2010 he teamed up with Nas on the collaborative album Distant Relatives, which bridged the gap between dancehall and hip-hop. and is a dancehall reggae artist and Grammy Award winner. Damian Marley born J(with Cindy Breakspeare)ĭamian mother was 1976 Miss World Cindy Breakspeare and one of Bob’s most known about girlfriends. Ky-Mani was initially more interested in sports than in making music, but that all changed when he discovered a knack for rapping and singing and released his debut album, Like Father Like Son, in 1996. Ky-Mani was born in Jamaica to Bob’s then-girlfriend Anita Belnavis, a Caribbean table tennis champion, and raised in inner-city Miami.


Ky-Mani Marley born Febru(with Anita Belnavis) He is a singer, songwriter, producer and self-taught musician with three albums to his credit, most recently 2009’s Grammy-nominated album Awake. Julian was born in London and raised by his mother, Lucy Pounder although she did bring Julian to visit the Marley’s in Jamaica and Miami. Bob adopted Stephanie and accepted her as his own and she is officially recognized as one of his children. Stephanie was born out of wedlock after Rita had an affair with a man named Ital. Stephanie Marley born in 1974 (adopted by Bob) Karen grew up in Jamaica with the Marley’sand attended school with Stephanie. Karen, is the third biologocal daughter of Marley, she was born in England in 1973 to her mother Janet Bowen aka “ Janet From England“.

Karen Marley born 1973 (with Janet Bowen) In 2009, he co-founded Marley Coffee, an organic coffee plantation and sustainable farming business in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains. He played linebacker at “The U” (The University of Miami) and is also notorious for having five children with singer Lauren Hill. Rohan attended the same school as Ziggy and Stephen, but he was a trouble maker to the point that he was sent to live with Bob’s mother Cedella Booker in Miami. Not too much is known about Rohan’s mother Janet Hunt other than the fact that Rohan was also eventually brought to live with Bob and Rita at the age of four years because Janet was not caring properly for him. Rohan was born just three days after brother Robbie and a month before brother Stephen. He is not a musician and has mostly stayed out of the spotlight as a motorcycle stunt rider. Not much is known about his mother Pat “Lucille” Williams as Robbie was brought to live with Bob and Rita. Robbie was born less than a month after Stephen and was Bob’s first of many children he fathered without his wife Rita.

Robert “Robbie” Marley born (with Pat WIlliams) Stephen is Bob & Rita’s last child together and the fourth member of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.
