\n\t<\/aside>\nStephen Marley additionally has a daughter, Mystic Marley, who is also a musician. Stephen’s siblings include musician Ziggy Marley and entrepreneur Rohan Marley.<\/p>\n
Jo Mersa spent his early years in Jamaica before he moved to Florida in high school. He studied studio engineering at Miami Dade College, according to a 2014 Jamaica Observer story.<\/p>\n
He released an EP, \u201cComfortable,\u201d in 2014 that included the title track. <\/p>\n
In a 2021 interview with the Jamaica Gleaner, timed to his second EP \u201cEternal\u201d \u2014 which featured Melii, Black-Am-I, Busy Signal and Kabaka Pyramid \u2014 Jo Mersa opened up about his songwriting prowess.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn all honesty, it depends on the vibe because sometimes you will have a tune or idea, like a whole tune is in your head but no beat, and other times, you have a beat and no tune,\u201d he said. \u201cThat’s for me, of course. I can’t speak for everyone. Some songs I am able to finish in a night, and some take longer.\u201d <\/p>\n
In the 2014 Jamaica Observer story, he suggested that following in his father’s footsteps was challenging.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father has created a legacy by putting out songs with meaning,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s something I have to live up to.\u201d<\/p>\n
He did claim in another interview, though, that there was \u201cno pressure\u201d to live up to his last name.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s things that you have to overcome and things you just have to do and that’s how it is. We have to go through life you know? There’s no pressure for me,\u201d he told the entertainment site the Pier that same year. \u201cI give thanks for being a Marley. I’m very appreciative and thankful that I am born where I am born and put where God has decided. I’m very thankful about it and proud.\u201d<\/p>\n \n
He also opened up about his grandfather’s legacy in 2021, saying that his family often looked back on it year after year on the anniversary of his death.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always hear those reflections, speaking about those things, about the role that he played not only as family member and father, but also in the world and the impact he had on the Reggae community and the Reggae culture, the roots, bringing forward the message of Rastafari and love, over all love,\u201d he told Reggaeville.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n