His music still resonates and although his passing was four decades ago, he is an emblem of reggae. Bob Marley was born in Jamaica in 1945 and He was the one who popularized this genre worldwide with his deep messages about love.
The musician and composer was born Robert Nesta Marley, although internationally, he was known as Bob Marley. His arrival in the world was on February 6, 1945 in Nine Mile, Jamaica.
His relationship with his father was always troublesome for him. Bob Marley. He was born the result of a relationship between Cedella Booker and Norval Marley, who was a military man, who died when he was nine years old. He married Rita Anderson very young, with whom he had four children.
Beyond his formal partner, the jamaican had other romances and legally recognized nine children of other extramarital couplessome of whom carry on his musical legacy of reggae.
Marley began his musical career in 1964 with the musical band The Wailers, from 1964 to 1974 and continued under the name Bob Marley & The Wailers, until 1980. He is considered the father of Rastafarianism, a lifestyle and social movement that fought against injustice.
Not only was he positioned as a music icon, but he was a complete artist. He knew how to play the guitar, the piano, the saxophone, the harmonica and he composed his own songs. His album “Legend” is considered the best-selling reggae genre in the world.
short and rich life
Although he had a very short life, since he passed away when he was 36 years old, Bob Marley He won 15 platinum records in the United States and was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal in 1978.
He had cancer with which he fought for eight months and died of melanoma on May 11, 1981 in Miami, at the age of 36. The funeral was held 10 days later in Jamaica. He was buried along with his Gibson Les Paul guitar, a bible, and a soccer ball.
