Stephen Marley climbed to a new pinnacle in his far-reaching career last nigStephen Marley climbed to a new pinnacle in his far-reaching career last night, after grabbing the coveted Grammy Award for the best Reggae Album at last nights 50th Grammy Awards. His album, Mind Control beat out some of Reggaes biggest names to take the coveted prize. Theyre Burning Spear with The Burning Experience, Lee Scratch Perry with The End Of An American Dream, Sly and Robbie with Anniversary, and Toots and the Maytals with Light Your Light.
This is not his first award but this may well be the most crowning one for him, as hes already accomplished a lifetime worth of awards during his dedicated years in music. Starting off as a child vocalist with big brother Ziggy and the Melody Makers Band, he has moved easily from vocalist, to musician, to a Producer with a steady string of hits and Grammy Winners, to vocalist again. He has already won five Grammy awards for his work behind other winning albums as a producer, but this is first Grammy as an artist. ht, after grabbing the coveted
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This is not his first award but this may well be the most crowning one for him, as hes
already accomplished a lifetime worth of awards during his dedicated years in music. Starting off as a child vocalist with big brother Ziggy and the Melody Makers Band, he has moved easily from vocalist, to musician, to a Producer with a steady string of hits and Grammy Winners, to vocalist again. He has already won five Grammy awards for his work behind other winning albums as a producer, but this is first Grammy as an artist.
ht, after grabbing the coveted