5 time Grammy winning musician Lauryn Hill shares five children with Rohan Marley, son of the legendary Bob Marley, one of whom has gained fame for his viral TikTok anthem “Praise Jah In The Moonlight,” released last November. Joshua Marley (22), Lauryn’s third child, known as YG Marley has embraced the musical legacy of both his mother and grandfather. “Praise Jah In The Moonlight,” peaked at #34 on the Billboard hot 100 and is the fist reggae song to chart in 7 years.
The “Doo Wop (That Thing)” singer released one major solo album “The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill” in 1998, a year after she welcomed her first son, Zion. The album features the track “To Zion,” but other than those two children, not much else is known about Lauryn and Rohan’s other children.
Rohan once told The Voice, that the reason things didn’t work out with Lauryn was because, “As a man, there are certain things I don’t accept,” he said. “And it just so happened that I didn’t accept certain things [in the relationship]. It doesn’t mean she’s a bad person, or I’m a bad person, it just didn’t work out.”
However, he tells WMV in an unreleased interview that the relationship with Lauryn Hill, other than producing 5 children, may have changed his life for the better and caused him to add much needed value to his family business.
“I met Lauryn Hill on the tour with my brothers, she is very instrumental in the business side of me”, the now Grandfather said. Lauryn also told the Los Angeles Times in 1998 that having Zion “helped me realize what was really important.”
“I had made a lot of decisions for other people more than myself – which women tend to do. A lot of people were against my having a child so early, and at that point in my career. After the success of The Score, I was suddenly forced to go off the road, because I was seven or eight months pregnant. It was one of the first things I did where I put my happiness first,” she said.
Zion Marley (26), is now a parent of two children, Zephaniah Nesta and Azariah Genesis. Selah Marley who is one year younger not only bear a striking resemblance to Lauryn but also a model and actress, poised for success in the upcoming crime film “Swerving.”
John Marley (21) is the fourth child for the couple and Sarah Marley (16) is the youngest daughter in the union. Micah Marley (12), who was born In 2011, but his biological father has not been disclosed.
Lauryn and Rohan Marley share a deep bond, characterized by mutual respect and affection, they never formalized their relationship through marriage. Despite this, Lauryn remains close to Rohan’s children from previous relationships, Eden and Nico.
Rohan, who hails from Spanish Town Jamaica has been married twice, once before the relationship with Lauryn to Geraldine Khawly from 1993 to 1996. From that union was born Eden and Nico in 1994 and 1995 respectively. He again got married to Barbara Fialho, a Brazilian model in 2019 and divorced in 2020.
