Skip Marley Talks Katy Perry, Bob Marley, Weed and ‘Change’ Tour…

Reggae hitmaker Skip Marley, born to the late Bob Marley’s daughter, Cedella Marley and David Minto, was thrown into the deep end of the Marley music legacy when, at thirteen, his Uncle Stephen Marley brought him up on stage to sing his grandfather’s iconic hit, One Love in front of tens of thousands of fans. From that moment on, music wasn’t an option, but a family imperative for the now twenty-five year old singer-songwriter. The Marley family dynasty crowned its new prince in Skip Marley.

By 2017 Skip was collaborating with multi-award winning and multiplatinum selling pop artist, Katy Perry, when she featured him on her hit single Chained to the Rhythm, bringing him mainstream attention. The year 2020 led to another high profile collaboration when Marley featured Grammy nominated R&B artist H.E.R. on the remix of his single, Slow Down.

In spring 2020, Slow Down, with over 185 million global streams, became the quickest and biggest-streaming song in Marley family history, and elevated Skip to over 417 million total global artist streams, also making Skip the first Jamaican-born artist to reach the #1 spot on the Billboard Adult R&B chart. At the same time, Skip became the first Jamaican-born artist inside the Top 15 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart in nearly a decade and a half.

The year 2022 shows no signs of slowing down, with Skip’s latest single Vibe featuring Jamaican deejay Popcaan, and Marley’s first U.S. headlining twenty city tour, Change.

The following are excerpts from the latest episode of the Allison Interviews podcast with host and entertainment journalist, Allison Kugel, interviewing Skip Marley. Marley talks about being discovered by Katy Perry, collaborating with his Uncle Damian Marley, what he learned from mom Cedella, what he would ask his late grandfather, Bob Marley, his thoughts on monogamy and marriage, the benefits of marijuana, his sole purpose in life and his rejection of material things, and his upcoming Change tour. The full podcast episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and the video episode of the podcast is available on YouTube.