Ziggy Marley has always dedicated his life to philanthropy and helping kids. Whether starting his charity Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment (U.R.G.E.) which works to help children, designing a shirt for Fashion Against AIDS collection, which aims to spread awareness about HIV-AIDS among young people, or becoming a supporter of Little Kids Rock, which is a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the United States, it's clear Ziggy understands how important children are to society. Ziggy, who is a father of five, is currently in the studio recording his first children's album.
We caught up with
Ziggy Marley recently to get his thoughts on his upcoming album focusing on children and why it's so important to sing to our kids.
"You want to affect the people you have to sing for children because they are the ones with the most open minds. We as adult's our minds are more set. You know most of us our minds are set but children's mind open so Jah says sing to the children because it's them that lead and teach other people. Our children lead the way not the people of a mind that can't be free from mental slavery. The children they lead the way so we decided to teach the children instead of trying to force it upon people who don't want to know it, you know? But we tell the children because they are more willing to listen to it and dance and yeah, affect their mind. So we'll see how that goes. I think it's a good strategy."
Although the album does focus on a positive message for children, Ziggy revealed it's album that can appeal to everyone in the family.
"The good thing about the songs is they be for children but it's for everyone really. It's songs that you can groove to and appreciate lyrically. It's not songs that adults won't like. They will like it but children will understand it."
The album doesn't have a release date yet, but look for Ziggy to finish the recording by the end of the year. Ziggy will also be featured during the show, "Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee" on the Discovery Channel. The episode which features Ziggy will air on Discovery's Planet Green Sunday, September 21 at 10/9 central. It was also recently announced that Ziggy will be performing in Australia and New Zealand for a run of shows in January and February of 2009.
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Ziggy Marley On The Importance Of Singing To Our Children
