Rohan Marley Explained

Rohan Marley
Birth Name:Rohan Anthony Marley
Birth Date:19 May 1972
Birth Place:Kingston, Jamaica[1]
Occupation:Chairman of Marley Coffee
Chief Passion Officer of Gisges
Spouse:
    Children:8, including Nico, Selah & YG
    Parents:Bob Marley
    Janet Hunt
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    Number:1
    Position1:Linebacker
    Height Ft:5
    Height In:8
    Weight Lb:205
    College:Miami (FL)
    High School:Miami Palmetto (Pinecrest, Florida)
    Playing Team1:Ottawa Rough Riders

    Rohan Anthony Marley (born 19 May 1972) is a Jamaican entrepreneur and former college football player and Canadian Football League player. He is the son of reggae artist Bob Marley, and father of model Selah Marley, reggae artist YG Marley and former NFL football player Nico Marley. He was born to 16 year old Janet Hunt during his father's marriage to singer Rita Marley and went to live with her on and off from the age of four[2] [3] [4] until moving to live with Marley's mother after his father died of cancer in Miami in 1981.[5]

    Early life and education

    Marley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 19 May 1972. He attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School in Pinecrest, Florida, where he graduated in 1991.[6] He then attended the University of Miami School of Business at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he played linebacker for the University of Miami football team. In the 1993 season, Marley led the Hurricanes' defense with 95 tackles.

    Career

    After his college football career at the University of Miami, Marley entered the Canadian Football League, where he played for the Ottawa Rough Riders.[7]

    In 2009, he co-founded Marley Coffee, an organic coffee plantation and sustainable farming business in Jamaica's Blue Mountains,[8] although the majority of coffee sourced through Marley Coffee is from Ethiopia. The business is run on a 52-acre estate in Portland Parish.[9] In 2011, Marley Coffee went public under the name Jammin Java (OTC:JAMN).

    In January 2011, Marley advertised a new 'House of Marley' range of eco-friendly headphones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The range has since expanded and now produces headphones and speakers as well as turntables.[10]

    Marley also helps run his family's charitable organization, 1Love, as well as the Tuff Gong clothing company.[11]

    In popular culture

    He made an appearance in the documentary film Motherland.[12]

    Personal life

    On 18 March 1993, as a sophomore at the University of Miami, Marley married his girlfriend Geraldine Khawly. They had a daughter, Eden (b. 1994), and a son, Nico (b. 1995), who was a linebacker at Tulane and was signed by the Washington Redskins in 2017.[13] [14]

    Marley met musician Lauryn Hill in 1996, and they had five children: Zion David (b. 1997), model Selah (b. 1998), singer songwriter Joshua Omaru, known professionally as YG Marley (b. 2001), John Nesta (b. 2003), and Sara (b. 2008).[15] [16] [17] Marley and Hill lived apart for most of their relationship, which ended in 2009. Marley provided temporary custody for their five children while Hill served a three-month prison sentence for tax evasion in 2013. While Hill sometimes referred to Marley as her husband, they never legally married.[18]

    In 2003, Rolling Stone suggested that Marley had never divorced Khawly. However, in 2011, Marley produced a Haitian divorce decree which demonstrated that he had divorced Khawly in 1996.[9]

    In early 2013, Marley was briefly engaged to Isabeli Fontana, but the engagement ended in early 2013.[11]

    On 23 March 2019, Marley married Brazilian model Barbara Fialho in Montes Claros, Brazil,[19] five months before the birth of their daughter Maria.[20] Marley divorced Fialho the following year.[21] [22]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Bruce Newman. "Hurricane From The Caribbean". Sports Illustrated. 13 September 1993. Retrieved on 30 April 2013.
    2. Book: Moskowitz, David Vlado. Bob Marley: A Biography. 15 January 2014. 2007. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0313338793. 94–95.
    3. Web site: Raul. Bob Marley All His Children & 9 Baby Mommas. 26 July 2011. FeelNumb.com. 15 January 2014. 27 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150127020751/http://www.feelnumb.com/2011/07/26/bob-marley-and-all-his-children-baby-mommas/. dead.
    4. Web site: Dokubo . Titi . 2022-09-05 . Most of Bob Marley's 12 Children Followed in His Footsteps . 2023-01-26 . news.amomama.com . en.
    5. Web site: Vecsey . George . Sports of the Times; Sugar Bowl Rocks Early With Strains of Marley . The New York Times . 2 April 2019 . 29 December 1992.
    6. David O'Brien. "This Marley's music has more pop to it". Sun Sentinel. 3 September 1991. 1.C. Retrieved on 8 August 2009.
    7. "Lady Soul". Rolling Stone. 18 February 1999. Retrieved on 8 August 2009.
    8. Web site: Marley Coffee Website home page. 8 March 2020.
    9. Web site: Exclusive: Rohan Marley Sets the Record Straight . The Avah Taylor Company . 9 June 2011 . 23 February 2014.
    10. "https://financialpost.com/technology/fp-ces-2011-house-of-marley-launches-line-of-audio-products-bob-would-be-proud-of", Financial Post, 5 January 2011
    11. Web site: Rohan Marley Ends Engagement. 5 March 2013. iriefm.net. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140712055600/http://iriefm.net/news/music/rohan-marley-ends-engagement%E2%80%A6. 12 July 2014.
    12. http://www.themotherland.info Motherland Film with Rohan Marley
    13. Web site: Tulane Green Wave Football . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140829092249/http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/nico_marley_838197.html . 29 August 2014.
    14. Web site: Czarda. Stephen. Redskins Sign Linebacker Nico Marley. Redskins.com. 16 May 2017.
    15. Laura Checkoway."Inside 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'". Rolling Stone. August
    16. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_3_33/ai_87741110/pg_5 Essence Magazine
    17. Web site: Whatever Happened to ... Lauryn Hill?. 18 August 2008. Tiffany McGee and Alex Tresniowski. People Magazine.
    18. Web site: Rohan Marley will take care of kids when Lauryn goes to jail . 13 May 2013 . The Master Copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092945/http://themastercopy.com/2013/05/13/rohan-marley-will-take-care-of-kids-when-lauryn-goes-to-jail/ . 7 April 2014.
    19. Web site: Inside Rohan Marley's Romantic Brazilian Wedding to Victoria's Secret Model Barbara Fialho. PEOPLE.com. en. 2019-09-02.
    20. Web site: Barbara Fialho on Instagram: "Maria". https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/barbara/2466845480518448749. 2021-12-23 . subscription. 18 December 2020. 1 March 2022. Instagram. en.
    21. Web site: Barbara Fialho diz: "Minha relação com a família Marley é linda" . 2024-02-14 . L'Officiel Brasil . pt.
    22. Web site: 2023-10-05 . Top internacional Bárbara Fialho relembra perda de trabalho e divórcio do filho de Bob Marley: 'Tudo desmoronou' Gente . 2024-02-14 . O Globo . pt-br.