Bob Marley is a household name that everyone is familiar with as a legendary reggae artist. Besides his musical status, the reggae icon was also known for his many encounters with women and his large family. He is the father of fourteen children, although it is said that others may not be known, but Rohan Marley makes up the number of those that are known.
Unlike most of his siblings who followed in his father’s footsteps and took a particular interest in reggae in the music industry, Rohan chose another role. He decided to do something different from what the Marley family is known for. He is an entrepreneur who has his own business and is still involved in family activities. But to show that he is his father’s son, he also had his share of wives and a large family, although not as large as his father’s.
Rohan Marley bio
Rohan Anthony Marley, the son of famous reggae artist Bob Marley and Janet Hunt was born on May 19, 1972 in Kingston, Jamaica. At the time of his birth, his father was still married to his wife, Rita; he lived with Rita and later with his grandmother growing up.
He attended Miami Palmetto High School and graduated in 1991. He studied at the University of Miami and was on the football team where he played as a linebacker. He also played for the Ottawa Rough Riders, a Canadian Football League football team as a professional footballer.
Marley Coffee is an Biography coffee plantation founded in 2009 and Rohan was a co-founder. It later changed its name to Jammin Java Corp when it went public in 2011. Although the company’s headquarters are in Jamaica, its main production center is in Ethiopia. In addition to his coffee business, Marley also runs a clothing line called Tuff Gong Clothing Company. He is also involved in running the family charity known as 1 Love
Apart from being a footballer and entrepreneur, he is also an actor and has made appearances in films such as; La Viola (1997), Three Rogue Mice (2000), Motherland in 2010, and others.
Personal life – wife and children
Rohan married his girlfriend, Géraldine Khawly on March 18, 1993, while still in college. They have two children together; a daughter, Eden, born January 9, 1994, and a son, Nico, born January 5, 1995. Nico is an American football linebacker who signed as a free agent with the Washington Redskins in 2017. The couple have divorced in 1996.
In 1996 he met Lauryn Hill and they were in a relationship for a long time which produced five children; Zion David, born in August 1997, Selah Louise, born in September 1998, Joshua Omaru, born in 2002, John Nesta, born in 2003 and Sarah, born in 2008. They never married until their separation in 2009.
Rohan Marley struck up a relationship that led to an engagement with Isabeli Fontana, a Brazilian model, but they didn’t walk down the aisle when they split in 2013.
