Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley's 19-year-old son Zion welcomes his first child.
It’s been nearly 20 years since Lauryn Hill penned her song “To Zion” for her eldest son on her acclaimed debutThe Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.Now, the 19-year-old is a father to his first child.
According to Zion’s father, Rohan Marley, Zion welcomed his baby boy Zephaniahlast week. Quoting Zephaniah3:16, Marley used the Bible verse to confirm the news on Twitter on Sunday (Feb. 19).
“In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let notthinehands be slack,” read the tweet, adding, “JAH BLESSINGS ‘WE GIVE THANKS FOR LIFE Welcome to Earth Little ZEPHANIAH NESTA.”
Zion is the eldest of five children between Hill and Marley. The other four includeSarah, Selah, John, and Joshua.
Billboardhas reached out to Hill’s rep for comment.
JAH RASTAFARI MORNING ” In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.#ZEPHANIAH —- pic.twitter.com/DF6d4ftFU9
of Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley, has welcomed his first child, a baby boy named Zephaniah Nesta Marley. The news was confirmed by Rohan Marley on Twitter, where he shared his joy and blessings for the new addition to their family.
Lauryn has six kids; her first five, who she shares with ex Rohan Marley, are son Zion, 26, daughter Selah, 25, son Joshua, 22, and John, 21, and daughter Sarah, 16. In 2011, she welcomed son Micah, 12, though she has not publicly disclosed the identity of his father.
Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley have five kids together.
Rohan is the father of two more of Lauryn Hill's kids, John Nesta and Sara. Hill also has a son named Micah, but the identity of his father is currently unknown.
Background and development. In 1996, while touring as a member of the Fugees, Lauryn Hill met Rohan Marley, son of Bob Marley. The pair gradually formed a close relationship, and Hill soon became pregnant with his child.
During that time, they had five children: Zion, born in 1997; Selah, born in 1998; Joshua, born in 2001; John, born in 2003; and Sara, born in 2008. Lauryn later welcomed her son Micah in 2011.
Pras was born in Jersey, but his parents were from Haiti, while Lauryn was born in New Jersey of American parents. The guys call her "Haitian by association". The daughter of an English teacher mother and computer consultant father, Hill grew up on the edge of suburbia, right on the border of Newark.
Rohan's 12 children include the two he had with his first wife, Geraldine Khawly, before their 1996 divorce. He then fathered five children, including singer YG Marley, with Hip-Hop/R&B singer Lauryn Hill during a “spiritual marriage” from 1996 to 2009.
Lauryn Hill, the celebrated singer-songwriter, has a profound familial tie with the legendary reggae icon's family. She is the mother of six children, with five of them being shared with Rohan Marley, who is the son of Bob Marley.
Zion is now a parent himself: He welcomed son Zephaniah Nesta and daughter Azariah Genesis with his longtime girlfriend Tania. Hill became a grandmother for the first time when Zephaniah was born in 2017, and she has honored his special day on social media over the years.
David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 2002, with whom he released eight studio albums.
Rastas view "Zion" as an ideal to which they aspire. As with "Babylon", this term comes from the Bible, where it refers to an idealised Jerusalem. Rastas use "Zion" either for Ethiopia specifically or for Africa more broadly, the latter having an almost mythological identity in Rasta discourse.
Lauryn Noelle Hill was born on May 26, 1975, in East Orange, New Jersey. Her mother, Valerie Hill, was an English teacher and her father, Mal Hill, a computer and management consultant.
He was born to 16 year old Janet Hunt during his father's marriage to singer Rita Marley and went to live with her on and off from the age of four until moving to live with Marley's mother after his father died of cancer in Miami in 1981.
Selah Louise Marley (born November 12, 1998) is an American model and singer. Marley is the daughter of singer-songwriter and rapper Lauryn Hill and former American football player Rohan Marley, as well as a granddaughter of reggae musician Bob Marley.
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