Selah Marley

Marley was born to American singer Lauryn Hill and Jamaican entrepreneur Rohan Marley, who never legally married but had a long-term partnership for 15 years.^[2] She is the granddaughter of reggae icon Bob Marley. The name Selah is Hebrew, meaning "meditational pause".^[3] Marley has numerous siblings and half-siblings between her parents.^[4] The most recent addition is through her father's marriage to Brazilian model Barbara Fialho. Marley says that her childhood was complex and traumatic at times.^[5]

Born in Miami and raised in South Orange, New Jersey,^[6] Marley attended Columbia High School^[7] in Maplewood, New Jersey.

As of 2017, Marley was a student of New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, concentrating on science, comparative religion, and philosophy.^[8]

Marley started modeling in 2011, when she was featured in Teen Vogue,^[9][10] additionally she has appeared in Vogue,^[4] CR Fashion Book, Dazed, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel,^[11] Love, Vanity Fair, V, and Vogue Arabia among others.^[12] Marley has walked the runway for Chanel,^[13] Calvin Klein,^[14] Telfar,^[15] Pyer Moss,^[16] and Kanye West's Adidas Yeezy line. In 2016, The New York Times named her one of "Fashion's New 'it' Kids".^[17] In 2017, she was featured a campaign alongside Rowan Blanchard, for Converse;^[18] and was also featured in a campaign for Michael Kors.^[19] In 2018, Marley fronted the Chanel campaign for their Chance fragrance.^[20][21] That same year she was featured in a campaign for Telfar,^[22] and Beyoncé's Ivy Park line.^[23] Marley also acted as a muse for Dior Beauty.^[24]

Marley has been featured on the covers of Wonderland,^[25] Flaunt,^[26] UK Sunday Times,^[27] and L'Uomo Vogue.^[28] In 2016, Marley was placed on Dazed's 'Dazed 100' list.^[29] In 2017, she was placed on the Maxim Hot 100 list.^[30]

On October 3, 2022, Marley received backlash on social media after participating in Kanye West's Yeezy SZN 9 fashion show in Paris, during which she modeled a shirt with the slogan "White Lives Matter." Marley defended her decision to wear the apparel, claiming people are in a "hive mind mentality" and that she did not do so without intention or prior thought.^[31][32][33]