Birth Name: Joseph Marley
Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica
Date of Birth: March 12, 1991
Place of Death: Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.
Date of Death: December 27, 2022
Ethnicity: African-Jamaican, German, 1/8th English
Jo Mersa Marley was a Jamaican singer. He was the son of Jamaican-American musician Stephen Marley and Kerry-Ann Smith.
Jo was a nephew of singer Ziggy Marley and dancer Carlene Smith (also known as Dancehall Queen Carlene), and a half-nephew of entrepreneur Rohan Marley and singer Damian Marley. He was a cousin of musicians Bambaata Marley and Skip Marley, and a half-cousin of model Selah Marley and singer YG Marley.
Jo’s mother is said to be the daughter of a Jamaican father and a German mother.
Jo’s paternal grandfather was reggae singer Bob Marley (born Robert Nesta Marley; the son of Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella Editha Malcolm). Bob was born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica. Norval was born in Jamaica, and was the son of Albert Thomas Marley, who was English, and of Ellen Ann Bloomfield. Cedella was black, and was the daughter of Omeriah/Amariah Malcolm and Alberta/Albertha Willoughby/Whilby.
Jo’s paternal grandmother was singer Rita Marley (born Alpharita Constantia Anderson; the daughter of Leroy Anderson and Cynthia “Beda” Jarrett). Rita was born in Cuba, to Jamaican parents.
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