Ziggy Marley (real name - David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley) is a Grammy-winning Jamaican musician. He was born on October 17, 1968, Trenchtown.

In 1979, Ziggy and his siblings, Cedella, Stephen, John Tangney and Sharon, made their recording debut with their father, "Children Playing in the Streets". The Melody Makers, as the group came to be known, played occasionally for several years, including at their father's funeral in 1981. Their debut LP was ‘Play the Game Right”, which was a very pop-oriented album, earning Ziggy some derision from critics. The band's label, EMI, wanted to market Ziggy as a solo act, and so the Melody Makers moved to Virgin Records, where they recorded “Conscious Party” (1988, produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth). The album was critically and popularly successful, as was “One Bright Day” (1989) and “Jahmekya” (1991). Some of his best singles include “True To Myself”, “Drive”, “Ganja Smoke” and “People get ready”.

Ziggy had become politically active by this time, working with the United Nations and creating a record label called “Ghetto Youths Crew”. A solo album, “Dragonfly” was released on April 15, 2003.

He voiced a Rasta jellyfish in the 2004 film “Shark Tale” and also collaborated with Sean Paul on a cover version of his father's song "Three Little Birds" for the soundtrack. The cover was the title song for the film.

He voiced Bernie, one of Sykes' (Martin Scorsese) jellyfish henchmen in the film “Shark Tale”. In the film when Oscar (Will Smith) tries to sing The Bob Marley classic “Three Little Birds” Ziggy's character zaps Oscar on the head and says "Dat's not how you sing the song, man."

He sang 'Rainbow in the Sky' on the American television series Charmed in season 2.

On July 2, 2006, his second solo album “Love Is My Religion”, was released.

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