Skip Marley Minto (born 4 June 1996) is a Jamaican singer. He is the son of Cedella Marley and David Minto, and grandson of Bob Marley. He has received two

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nominations and an MTV Video Music Award nomination.

Life and career

Marley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Cedella Marley and David Minto, and raised in

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. He shares his birthday with his uncle Julian Marley. Growing up, he taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and

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. In 2015, he released his first single, "Cry to Me", and a second single called "Life" under the Tuff Gong label. He later signed with Blue Mountain Music, and joined his uncles Damian and

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on their Catch a Fire tour. In early 2016, he was featured in a Gap 1969 Denim campaign. In early 2017, Marley signed to

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. Marley released his debut single under Island Records, "Lions", in February 2017, which was produced by Ilya Salmanzadeh. "Lions" was later used in the infamous

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short film commercial,

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. He is featured on, and co-wrote, Katy Perry's 2017 single " Chained to the Rhythm". The two performed the song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on 12 February 2017 and also at the

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on 22 February. They also performed at the

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on 5 March. Marley released the single "Calm Down" on 28 April 2017. In 2020, Marley was joined by students of the School of Rock to cover Bob Marley's " Three Little Birds", during the

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. On 28 August, Marley released his debut

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(EP), ''Higher Place''. It includes the previously released singles, "Slow Down", "No Love", and "Make Me Feel", featuring

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and Ari Lennox.

Discography

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Awards and nominations

;

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, - , rowspan=2, 2021 , "Slow Down" (with H.E.R.) , Best R&B Song , , - , ''Higher Place'' , Best Reggae Album , , - ; NAACP Image Awards , - , 2021 , Skip Marley , Outstanding New Artist , , - ; Soul Train Music Awards , - , rowspan=2,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

, "Slow Down" (with H.E.R.) , Best Collaboration , , - , "Slow Down" (with H.E.R.) , Video of The Year , , - ; BMI Awards , - , 2018 , " Chained to the Rhythm" (with Katy Perry) , Award-winning songs , , - ;

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, - , 2017 , " Chained to the Rhythm" (with Katy Perry) , Best Pop Video , , -

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marley, Skip 1996 births Living people Island Records artists Jamaican male singers Jamaican reggae musicians Jamaican reggae singers Marley family Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica