Bob Marley

Who was Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley was a

Jamaican singer, guitarist, and
songwriter.
He is the most widely known
performer of reggae music and
is famous for popularizing the
genre outside Jamaica.
Marley was born
on February 6
1945 in the small
village of Nine
Miles in the Saint
Ann Parish,
Jamaica.
His parents Booker and
Norval’s marriage was
short-lived, and they
split soon after Bob’s
birth, due in large part to
Norval's status as a
White middle-aged
plantation manager and
Booker's identity as a
Black teenager. Marley said he
was often bullied for
his biracial heritage
growing up and
derogatorily referred
to as "White Boy."
In 1963, Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston, Peter McIntosh, Junior
Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith formed a ska and
rocksteady group, called "The Wailers".
 - Three Little Birds
- Could You Be Loved
- Is This Love
- Jamming
These are 10 of his - Buffalo Soldier
greatest hits - One Love
- Redemption Song
- No Woman No Cry
- Stir It Up
- I Shoot The Sheriff
•His self-indulgent rock star
lifestyle (he fathered eleven
children by seven different women)
limited serious acceptance of
Marley as a religious voice beyond
his homeland.

•His celebrity and influence

led to an assassination attempt on
December 3 1976, forcing him to
leave Jamaica for over a year
• His music has sold over
75 million records
worldwide, making him one
of the best-selling artists of
all time.​

• At the time of his

untimely death in 1981, Bob
Marley’s estate was valued at
$11.5 million, which, when
adjusted for inflation, is
equivalent to $32 million in
today’s dollars
A faithful Rastafari, Marley
is regarded by many as
a prophet of the religion.
•It is alleged that
Marley smoked up to 18
joints each day.

•Marley smoked weed

because he practiced the
Rastafarian religion. In
this religion, ganja is
known as the holy
sacrament.
In July 1977, Marley was
diagnosed with a type of
malignant
melanoma under the nail
of his right big toe.
He died at Cedars of
Lebanon Hospital in
Miami, Florida on the
morning of May 11,
1981 at the age of 36.
He was buried along with his red
Gibson Les Paul guitar and a Bible.
His final words to his son Ziggy were

"Money can't buy life."​