![]() ![]() Mersa and Bambaata have both been performing since they were toddlers, when their fathers would often bring them out at Melody Makers shows to assist in performing 1989’s “Look Who’s Dancing.” Recalls Mersa: “We would get up on stage with my brothers and sisters and Daniel’s sister Justice, and there was a certain time where they would just give us the mic and we’d do our certain favorite part of the song.”Ī young Mersa also paid close attention when artists like the Fugees and Busta Rhymes visited the Lion’s Den, the recording studio Stephen built at their home in Miami. ![]() “My plan is to do something new with my roots.”Īccordingly, the 23-year-old’s sound favors dancehall over traditional reggae, and Comfortable, on which he produced five of six tracks, also contains elements of R&B and EDM. “I am one of the new generation of Marleys, but I am still experimenting at the same time,” says Mersa, who will soon join his father for shows on Slightly Stoopid’s summer tour. Across the family tree, Stephen Marley’s eldest son Joseph, known as Jo Mersa, last week released his debut EP, Comfortable, through Ghetto Youths International, while Matthew Prendergast, a son of Sharon Marley known on stage as Biggz General, and Ky-Mani Marley Jr, known as KJ Marley, both released mixtapes in 2013. ![]()
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