Bob Marley’s kids celebrate late reggae icon’s 75th birthday
MESFIN FEKADU
AP Music Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a celebration for Bob Marley's 75th birth anniversary, the late icon's children — famous in their own right — gathered to tell stories about the reggae king and discuss passing the musical torch to their own children.
Bob Marley's children, including Cedella Marley, Julian Marley and Rohan Marley, and several of his grandchildren held a pre-Grammys brunch Friday alongside Universal Music and Mastercard in Los Angeles — about two weeks before the Jamaican singer's Feb. 6 birthdate. Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981, at age 36.
The event also celebrated Julian Marley, who is nominated for best reggae album at Sunday's Grammy Awards.
Cedella Marley, a three-time Grammy winner, said her father, who died in 1981, taught his child