Rohan Marley.Photo:Nikhil Chitre
Nikhil Chitre
Rohan Marleymay beBob Marley’s son, but he’s adamant that he’s his own man.
“It don’t work like that,” says Marley of the popularized concept that children of famous parents have an easier, some say guaranteed, road to success. “You really have to take on to a teaching, take on to responsibility. It’s not like just because my dad is Bob, that’s why I am this way. No, no, no.”
Bob Marley in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1976.Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
According to Marley, “Your dad doesn’t pass down your inner self. You know how many kids have fathers and don’t listen to their father?”
In his and his siblings' case, “We chose to listen to our father. He’s not the end all be all, but he’s the beginning. Your father’s not perfect, especially the man that left this earth at 36 years old. But he tapped us into a way of life,” he says of his Rastafarian culture.
Rita Marley, with her children. Left to right, Sharon Marley, Rita Marley, Stephen Marley, Ziggy Marley and Cedella Marley in Central Park, New York City, New York. June 12, 1992.Michel Delsol/Getty
For the Marleys, it’s about choosing to honor the principles their father instilled. “Even though me and my brothers have different mothers, we have never had an argument, none of these things,” he says. “It’s about God consciousness. Because on this Earth you’re an individual, you dig? And your individuality comes from what you seek, not where you’re from.”
source: people.com
