Ziggy Marley Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From UCLA

Jamaican musician Ziggy Marley recently received the 2017 George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA’s Spring Sing. 

Ziggy is the first reggae artiste to receive this award in its 29-year history.

He joins the likes of Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, and Billy Joel who are among the past recipients of the award. 

Ziggy has made massive contributions to music. The eight-time Grammy winner has released 16 albums over the course of three decades and has performed in many countries across the globe.

Ziggy Marley accepts the George & Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award at the Pauley Pavilion:

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#bruinstrong #aboutlastnight had so so much fun receiving the George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement award from @ucla . thank you again for the honor! #gobruins

A post shared by Ziggy Marley (@ziggymarley) on May 20, 2017 at 10:59am PDT

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