Joseph "Jo Mersa" Marley, Bob Marley's grandson and the son of Stephen Marley, died at the age of 31, a rep confirmed to Rolling Stone on Dec. 27. A cause of death has not yet been confirmed. Marley followed in his grandfather's footsteps, pursuing music from a young age. His second EP, "Eternal," was released in 2021.
"My father calls my grandfather a magician because he was the only man who could bring peace to his country (during Jamaica's deadly political skirmishes of the 1970s) and that's a lot of power, influence, it's magic, but I don't let it get to my head," Marley told The Pier in 2014 of the responsibility he felt to his family's legacy. "[Bob Marley] made a big step for Jamaican music and it is time for me to add my works to it, to build on it."
