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David Nesta \"Ziggy\" Marley (born October 17, 1968, Trenchtown, Jamaica) is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. He is the oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley, the roots reggae singer./nIn 1979, Ziggy and his siblings, Cedella, Stephen and Sharon made their recording debut with their father, \"Children Playing in the Streets\". The Melody Makers, as the group came to be known, played occasionally for several years, including at their father\'s funeral in 1981. Their debut LP was Play the Game Right, which was a very pop-oriented album, earning Ziggy some derision from critics. The band\'s label, EMI, wanted to market Ziggy as a solo act, and so the Melody Makers moved to Virgin Records, where they recorded Conscious Party (1988, produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth). The album was critically and popularly successful, as was One Bright Day (1989) and Jahmekya (1991). Some of his most popular singles include \"True To Myself\", \"Drive\", \"People Get Ready\", and his US Top 40 and UK Top 20 hit \"Tomorrow People\"./nAs the 1990s continued, the Melody Makers\' sales slowly declined, beginning with Joy and Blues (1993) and continuing with Free Like We Want 2 B (1995)./nIn 1991, Marley and the Melody Makers contributed the song Give A Little Love to the Disney album, For Our Children. The album is a collection of kid-friendly songs by popular artists (e.g. Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John), with proceeds given to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation./nIn 1995 Marley made a guest appearance on the sitcom Family Matters./nIn 1996, Marley and the Melody Makers recorded the reggae-style theme song for the children\'s television series Arthur./nHe voiced Ernie, one of Sykes\' (Martin Scorsese) Rasta jellyfish henchmen in the 2004 film Shark Tale. In the film when Oscar (Will Smith) tries to sing the Bob Marley song Three Little Birds, Marley\'s character zaps Oscar on the head and says \"That\'s not the way you sing that song, mon\" The title song for the film was a cover version of Three Little Birds performed by Marley and Sean Paul./nHe sang Rainbow in the Sky on the American television series Charmed in season 6./nHis song Love Power was played during the end credits of Muppet Treasure Island./nHe sang a cover of \"Drive\" by The Cars which was featured in the Adam Sandler movie 50 First Dates./nHe sang a cover of \"Three Little Birds\" for Dora The Explorer soundtrack./nHe and his Melody Makers made a guest appearance on the popular kids television show Sesame Street and sang a Sesame Street version of \"Small People\" from their 1991 album Jahmekya/nHis popular song \"True To Myself\" was featured on the TV Show Scrubs (Season 8 Episode 14 - My Soul On Fire Pt. 1)./nOn an episode of Celebrity Deathmatch, Ziggy was mentioned while his father, Bob Marley (who was brought back to life via time machine), had his hands full with Shaggy. Shaggy first implies that Ziggy was merely a Bob impersonator (\"Me? What about Ziggy? He sings all your songs - he even looks like you!\"), while Bob answers that Ziggy is his son. Shaggy taunts Bob on how Ziggy might have got his name, on which Bob fight backs with comments on Scooby-Doo, where Shaggy got his nickname./nHe made a guest appearance in the Adventures in Wonderland episode of Wonder Pets./nMarley and his daughter Judah made an appearance in the 2009 Macy\'s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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