Jo Mersa Marley, grandson of reggae legend Bob Marley, dead at 31: reports - New York Post

Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley, lad of instrumentalist Stephen Marley and the grandson of reggae fable Bob Marley, has reportedly died. He was 31.

The Jamaican American reggae artist was allegedly recovered unresponsive successful a vehicle, according to an archetypal tweet by writer Abka Fitz-Henley on Tuesday.

South Florida vigor presumption WZPP posted connected Instagram that it had confirmed Jo Mersa’s passing and said helium died of an asthma attack, though it did not specify a determination wherever it happened. It noted that the vocalist leaves down a woman and daughter.

The Post has contacted representatives for Jo Mersa for comment.

His gramps was a pioneer successful the reggae question and known for songs including “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright,” “Get Up, Stand Up,” “Is This Love,” “I Shot the Sheriff,” “No Woman, No Cry” and more.

Bob Marley died successful 1981 of melanoma astatine lone 36. He had 11 children with 7 antithetic women.

Jo Mersa Marley visits Fox 29’s ‘Good Day’ astatine FOX 29 Studio connected April 9, 2015, successful Philadelphia.GC Images

Jo Mersa Marley performs onstage during the Caribbean Village Festival astatine Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater connected June 23, 2019, successful Miramar, Florida.Getty Images

Stephen Marley additionally has a daughter, Mystic Marley, who is besides a musician.

Jo Mersa spent his aboriginal years successful Jamaica earlier helium moved to Florida successful precocious school. He studied workplace engineering astatine Miami Dade College, according to a 2014 Jamaica Observer story.

He released an EP, “Comfortable,” successful 2014 that included the rubric track.

In a 2021 interrogation with the Jamaica Gleaner, timed to his 2nd EP “Eternal” — which featured Melii, Black-Am-I, Busy Signal, and Kabaka Pyramid — Jo Mersa opened up astir his songwriting prowess.

“In each honesty, it depends connected the vibe due to the fact that sometimes you volition person a tune oregon idea, similar a full tune is successful your caput but nary beat, and different times, you person a bushed and nary tune,” helium said. “That’s for me, of course. I can’t talk for everyone. Some songs I americium capable to decorativeness successful a night, and immoderate instrumentality longer.”

In the 2014 Jamaica Observer story, helium suggested that pursuing successful his father’s footsteps was challenging.

“My begetter has created a bequest by putting retired songs with meaning,” helium said. “It’s thing I person to unrecorded up to.”

He besides opened up astir his grandfather’s bequest successful 2021, saying that his household often looked backmost connected it twelvemonth aft twelvemonth connected the day of his death.

“We ever perceive those reflections, speaking astir those things, astir the relation that helium played not lone arsenic household subordinate and father, but besides successful the satellite and the interaction helium had connected the Reggae assemblage and the Reggae culture, the roots, bringing guardant the connection of Rastafari and love, implicit each love,” helium told Reggaeville.