Stephen Marley (musician)

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Stephen Marley

Background information
Also known as	Raggamuffin
Born	April 20, 1972
Genre(s)	Reggae
Associated acts	Bob Marley Ky-Mani Marley Ziggy Marley Damian Marley Julian Marley

Stephen Robert Nesta "Raggamuffin" Marley (born April 20, 1972) in Wilmington, Delaware, is a Jamaican musician and the son of reggae legend Bob Marley.

1 Musical Career
- 1.1 Guest Performances
2 Discography
3 External links

[edit] Musical Career

Stephen was part of the reggae group Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers with his siblings Ziggy, Cedella, and Sharon, and first took lead vocals on the track "A Who A Say". Later tracks featuring Stephen on lead vocal include "Lord We A Come", "Problem With My Woman", "Rebel In Disguise", "African Herbsman", "Mama", "Tipsy Dazy", "Bygones", "Keep On", "Postman", "Long Winter", "Five Days A Year", "Notice", "Jah Bless", "All Day All Night", "One Good Spliff", "High Tide or Low Tide". Many other tracks feature Stephen rapping in support of Ziggy's vocals.

Stephen produced his brother Damian Marley's three solo albums, most notably 2005's Welcome to Jamrock, where he was featured on the tracks "All Night", "Pimpas Paradise", "For The Babies", and "Hey Girl". He also produced for brother Julian Marley, and produced and performed on the 1999 Bob Marley mash-up, Chant Down Babylon

Stephen released the video for Traffic Jam (which also features brothers Damian and Julian) in December, 2006. His debut album 'Mind Control' was released 20th March, 2007. Stephen is a five time Grammy award winner.

On Monday 19th March 2007 Stephen performed alongside his brother Damian at the Jackie Gleason Theater in a concert that was streamed live via *MSN Music.

[edit] Guest Performances

Stephen has been featured as a guest on a number of songs by other artist, including:

"No Woman No Cry" by The Fugees, on the album Refugee Camp - Bootleg Versions, 1996
"Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)" by Michael Franti, on the album Chocolate Supa Highway, 1997
"Musica" by Ethiopian recording artist Chachi Tadesse, on the album Hoya Hoye, 1999
"In Love With You" by Erykah Badu, on the album Mama's Gun, 2000
"Dem Crazy" by Dead Prez, on the soundtrack album for the movie Black and White, 2000
"Poor Old Man" by Buju Banton on the album Unchained Spirit, 2000
"No No No" by Eve on the album Scorpion, 2001
"Mama Say" and "Till We Meet Again" by Mr. Cheeks on the album John P. Kelly, 2001
"Smoke in My Eyes" by Inner Circle on the album Kool Operator 2002
"Sunshine Girl" by Capleton on the album Reign of Fire, 2004
"Who Am I" by Iqulah on the CD single Rastafari 4 Eva, 2004
"Revolution In Paradise (Jamaica Version - Alex White Remix)" by Heath Hunter on the CD Single Trenchtown, 2004