Education
Marley spent several years living and going to elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware.
The Melody Makers
Ziggy Marley
Marley spent several years living and going to elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware.
Son of reggae legend Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley made a name for himself as one of the genre's leading artists. Ziggy and his siblings formed the band Melody Makers in 1981 after their father's death. Their album Conscious Party (1988) won a Grammy Award and helped the group break through to mainstream audiences. After a few more successful albums with the group, Marley began a solo career in 2006. His first single album, Dragonfly shelved traditional reggae to depend much more heavily on rock and world-music themes. Although the songs were written in Jamaica, Marley recorded the album in California and Florida, with guest appearances by Flea and John Frusciante from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chris Kilmore and Michael Einziger from Incubus.
Musician (with The Melody Makers): (albums) Play The Game Right, 1985,
Hey World!, 1986,
Conscious Party, 1988
(Grammy award for Best Reggae Album),
One Bright Day, 1989 (Grammy award for Best Reggae Album), Jahmekya, 1991,
Joy and Blues, 1993,
Free Like We Want 2 B, 1995,
Fallen is Babylon, 1997 (Grammy award for Best Reggae Album),
Spirit of Music, 1999,
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Live, Vol. 1, 2000;
musician: (solo albums) Dragonfly, 2003,
Love is My Religion, 2006 (Grammy award for Best Reggae Album, 2007),
Family Time, 2009 (Grammy award for Best Musical Album for Children, 2010);
actor: (films) Shark Tale (voice only), 2004
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party. Despite its name, the JLP is a centre-right, conservative party, albeit one with ties to the Jamaican labour movement