Bob Marley's Children: All About the Reggae Legend's Sons and Daughters

Some of Bob Marley’s children have followed in his musical footsteps, Bob Marley was a reggae icon and a beloved father of 11 children.

The late singer welcomed three children with his wife Rita Marley — Cedella, Ziggy and Stephen — and adopted her daughters Sharon and Stephanie from other relationships. Bob also had other kids during his marriage to Rita — Robbie, Rohan, Karen, Julian, Ky-Mani and Damian — all of whom have different mothers.

Rita told PEOPLE in 1984 she was unfazed by Bob's dalliances outside of their marriage. “It gives me more love for Bob to have him hand these legacies down to me. I never mingled in the other women’s affairs. I was always his very special one," she said.

While Bob died in 1981 at 36 years old, many of his children have embarked on music careers of their own and continue to carry on his legacy. They also understand their late father's impact on fans worldwide.

"Bob means to them according to the impact he had on their lives," Ziggy told Rolling Stone in 2014. "For some of us, he will be a friend, a father, a brother. For others, he would be a legend, a king, a prophet. He was all of those things, but not all of those things all the time. Sometimes he was just a regular person just having fun."

Ahead of the February 2024 release of the biopic Bob Marley: One Love, which Bob's son Ziggy executive produced, he penned an emotional letter to his late father for PEOPLE.