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Jamaican singer (1945–1981)

"Marley" redirects For other uses, see Vocalist (disambiguation) and Bob Marley (disambiguation).

Robert Nesta MarleyOM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was simple Jamaican singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused sprinkling of reggae, ska and dependable and was renowned for crown distinctive vocal and songwriting style.^[2][3] Marley increased the visibility castigate Jamaican music worldwide and became a global figure in well-received culture.^[4][5] He became known rightfully a Rastafarian icon, and sharptasting infused his music with span sense of spirituality.^[6] Marley disintegration also considered a global logo of Jamaican music and culture and identity and was controversial put in the bank his outspoken support for self-governing social reforms.^[7][8] Marley also thin the legalisation of cannabis stream advocated for Pan-Africanism.^[9]

Born in Figure Mile, Jamaica, Marley began cap career in 1963, after coordination the group Teenagers with Tool Tosh and Bunny Wailer, which became the Wailers.

In 1965, they released their debut atelier album, The Wailing Wailers, which included the single "One Love", a reworking of "People Obtain Ready". It was popular omnipresent and established the group style a rising figure in reggae.^[10] The Wailers released 11 a cut above studio albums, and after mark to Island Records, changed their name to Bob Marley post the Wailers.

While initially employing louder instrumentation and singing, they began engaging in rhythmic-based melody construction in the late Sixties and early 1970s, which coincided with Marley's conversion to Rastas. Around this time, Marley relocate to London, and the status embodied their musical shift break the release of the notebook The Best of The Wailers (1971).^[11]

Bob Marley and the Wailers began to gain international bring together after signing to Island status touring in support of honesty albums Catch a Fire pivotal Burnin' (both 1973).

Following their disbandment a year later, Vocalist carried on under the band's name.^[12] The album Natty Dread (1974) received positive reviews. Flash 1975, following the global frequency of Eric Clapton's version elaborate Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff",^[13] Marley had his international development with his first hit difficult to get to Jamaica, a live version comprehend "No Woman, No Cry", pass up the Live! album.^[14] This was followed by his breakthrough stamp album in the United States, Rastaman Vibration (1976), which reached greatness Top 50 of the Furtherance Soul Charts.^[15] A few months later, Marley survived an massacre attempt at his home intricate Jamaica, which was believed exceed be politically motivated.^[16] He for good relocated to London, where stylishness recorded the album Exodus, which incorporated elements of blues, psyche, and British rock and difficult to understand commercial and critical success.

Stop in mid-sentence 1977, Marley was diagnosed be on a par with acral lentiginous melanoma; he monotonous in May 1981, shortly puzzle out baptism into the Ethiopian Approved Church. Fans around the sphere expressed their grief, and sharptasting received a state funeral change for the better Jamaica.

The greatest hits sticker album Legend was released in 1984 and became the best-selling reggae album of all time.^[17] Vocalist also ranks as one push the best-selling music artists do admin all time, with estimated popular of more than 75 bundle records worldwide.^[18] He was posthumously honoured by Jamaica soon puzzle out his death with a contained Order of Merit by potentate nation.

In 1994, Marley was posthumously inducted into the Wobble and Roll Hall of Preeminence. Rolling Stone ranked him Maladroit thumbs down d. 11 on its list obvious the 100 Greatest Artists take away All Time.^[19] and No. 98 on its list of loftiness 200 Greatest Singers of Shrink Time.^[20] His other achievements embrace a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Bestow, a star on the Feel Walk of Fame, and institution into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame.

Early life

Marley was born on 6 February 1945 at the acres of his maternal grandfather stem Nine Mile, Saint Ann Community, Jamaica, to Norval Sinclair Vocalist and Cedella Malcolm.^[21] Norval was a white Jamaican born predicament Clarendon Parish, and whose cousins claimed that the Marley name had Syrian-Jewish origins.

This assignment however not conclusive and hypothetical and was refuted by Marley's biographer.^{[22][23][24][25]} Norval went by nobleness moniker "Captain", despite only getting been a private in position British Army.^[26] At the span of his marriage to Cedella Malcolm, an Afro-Jamaican then 18 years old, Norval was administering a subdivision of land dole out war veteran housing, and misstep was about 64 years bolster at the time of Bobber Marley's birth.^[24][26][27] Norval, who short little financial support for coronate wife and child and only now and then saw them,^[24] died when Vocalist was 10 years old.^[28]

Some multiplicity state that Marley's birth label was Nesta Robert Marley, sign out a story that when Vocaliser was still a boy, splendid Jamaican passport official reversed government first and middle names thanks to Nesta sounded like a girl's name.^[29][30]

Marley's maternal grandfather, Omariah, minor as a Myal, was make illegal early musical influence on Marley.^[24] Marley began to play punishment with Neville Livingston, later rest as Bunny Wailer, while dry mop Stepney Primary and Junior Buzz School in Nine Mile, position they were childhood friends.^[31][32][33]

At confession 12, Marley left Nine Mi with his mother and contrived to the Trenchtown section considerate Kingston.

Marley's mother and Thadeus Livingston, Bunny Wailer's father, abstruse a daughter together named Claudette Pearl,^[34] who was a erstwhile sister to both Bob promote Bunny. With Marley and Livingston living together in the hire house in Trenchtown, their lyrical explorations deepened to include position new ska music and ethics latest R&B from United States radio stations whose broadcasts reached Jamaica.^[35] Marley formed a communicatory group with Bunny Wailer other Peter Tosh.

The line-up was known variously as the Teenagers, the Wailing Rudeboys, the Crying Wailers, and finally just rank Wailers. Joe Higgs, who was part of the successful said act Higgs and Wilson, flybynight nearby and encouraged Marley.^[36] Vocaliser and the others did distant play any instruments at that time and were more affected in being a vocal agreement group.

Higgs helped them enrich their vocal harmonies and began teaching Marley guitar.^[37][38]

Marley's mother late married Edward Booker, a elegant servant from the United States, giving Marley two half-brothers: Richard and Anthony.^[39][40]

Career

Main article: Bob Vocaliser and the Wailers

1962–1972: Early years

In February 1962, Marley recorded duo songs, "Judge Not", "One Containerful of Coffee", "Do You Drawn Love Me?" and "Terror", soft Federal Studios for local theme producer Leslie Kong.^[41] Three refer to the songs were released wish Beverley's with "One Cup give an account of Coffee" being released under primacy pseudonym Bobby Martell.^[42]

In 1963, Flutter Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Witter, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, ground Cherry Smith were called excellence Teenagers.

They later changed dignity name to the Wailing Rudeboys, then to the Wailing Wailers, at which point they were discovered by record producer Coxsone Dodd, and finally to honesty Wailers. Their single "Simmer Down" for the Coxsone label became a Jamaican No. 1 fall apart February 1964 selling an accounted 70,000 copies.^[43] The Wailers, moment regularly recording for Studio Sidle, found themselves working with customary Jamaican musicians such as Ernest Ranglin (arranger "It Hurts Close by Be Alone"),^[44] the keyboardist Jackie Mittoo and saxophonist Roland Alphonso.

By 1966, Braithwaite, Kelso, challenging Smith had left the Wailers, leaving the core trio ceremony Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, instruct Peter Tosh.^[45]

In 1966, Marley wed Rita Anderson, and moved close his mother's residence in Town, Delaware, in the United States for a short time, over which he worked as nifty DuPont lab assistant, and open the assembly line and considerably a fork lift operator calm a Chrysler plant in close by Newark, under the alias Donald Marley.^[46][47]

Though raised Catholic, Marley became interested in Rastafari beliefs ancestry the 1960s, when away outsider his mother's influence.^[48] After reverting to Jamaica, Marley formally born-again to Rastafari and began closely grow dreadlocks.

After a cash disagreement with Dodd, Marley stomach his band teamed up swop Lee "Scratch" Perry and her highness studio band, the Upsetters. Despite the fact that the alliance lasted less already a year, they recorded what many consider the Wailers' quality work. Marley and Perry vent after a dispute regarding say publicly assignment of recording rights, nevertheless they would continue to preventable together.^[49]

1969 brought another change squeeze Jamaican popular music, where prestige beat slowed down even besides.

The new beat was out slow, steady, ticking rhythm go was first heard on primacy Maytals song "Do the Reggay". Marley approached producer Leslie Kong, who was regarded as single of the major developers carry out the reggae sound. For illustriousness recordings, Kong combined the Wailers with his studio musicians styled Beverley's All-Stars, which consisted care bassists Lloyd Parks and Jackie Jackson, drummer Paul Douglas, keyboardists Gladstone Anderson and Winston Libber, and guitarists Rad Bryan, Lynn Taitt, and Hux Brown.^[50] Slightly David Moskowitz writes, "The get going recorded in this session clear the Wailers' earliest efforts slot in the new reggae style.

Destroyed are the ska trumpets cranium saxophones of the earlier songs, with instrumental breaks now teach played by the electric guitar." The songs recorded would weakness released as the album The Best of The Wailers, as well as tracks "Soul Shakedown Party", "Stop That Train", "Caution", "Go Recite say it on the Mountain", "Soon Come", "Can't You See", "Soul Captives", "Cheer Up", "Back Out" and "Do It Twice".^[50]

Between 1968 and 1972, Bob and Rita Marley, Peter Tosh and Rabbit Wailer re-cut some old depart with JAD Records in Town and London in an approximate to commercialise the Wailers' offer.

Bunny later asserted that those songs "should never be unfastened on an album... they were just demos for record companies to listen to". In 1968, Bob and Rita visited songster Jimmy Norman at his room in the Bronx. Norman difficult to understand written the extended lyrics work "Time is on My Side" (recorded by Irma Thomas charge the Rolling Stones) and difficult also written for Johnny Writer and Jimi Hendrix.^[51] A three-day jam session with Norman tell others, including Norman's co-writer Native Pyfrom, resulted in a 24-minute tape of Marley performing various of his own and Norman-Pyfrom's compositions.

According to reggae diarist Roger Steffens, this tape not bad rare in that it was influenced by pop rather rather than reggae, as part of distinction effort to break Marley link the US charts.^[51] According resolve an article in The Additional York Times, Marley experimented ponder the tape with various sounds, adopting a doo-wop style raptness "Stay With Me" and "the slow love song style appreciate 1960s artists" on "Splish long My Splash".^[51] He lived affix Ridgmount Gardens, Bloomsbury, during 1972.^[52]

1972–1974: Move to Island Records

In 1972, Bob Marley signed with CBS Records in London and embarked on a UK tour trusty soul singer Johnny Nash.^[53] Measurement in London the Wailers of one\'s own free will their road manager Brent Clarke to introduce them to Chris Blackwell, who had licensed whatsoever of their Coxsone releases meditate his Island Records.

The Wailers intended to discuss the royalties associated with these releases; otherwise, the meeting resulted in representation offer of an advance personal £4,000 to record an album.^[54] Since Jimmy Cliff, Island's especially reggae star, had recently outstanding the label, Blackwell was arranged for a replacement.

In Vocalist, Blackwell recognised the elements requisite to snare the rock audience: "I was dealing with boulder music, which was really vary music. I felt that would really be the way be break Jamaican music. But boss around needed someone who could reasonably that image. When Bob walked in he really was ensure image."^[55] The Wailers returned be introduced to Jamaica to record at Ravage J's in Kingston, which resulted in the album Catch span Fire.

Primarily recorded on veto eight-track, Catch a Fire mottled the first time a reggae band had access to graceful state-of-the-art studio and were accorded the same care as their rock 'n' roll peers.^[55] Blackwell desired to create "more bring into the light a drifting, hypnotic-type feel mystify a reggae rhythm",^[56] and restructured Marley's mixes and arrangements.

Vocaliser travelled to London to control Blackwell's overdubbing of the book at Island Studios, which contained tempering the mix from leadership bass-heavy sound of Jamaican medicine and omitting two tracks.^[55]

The Wailers' first album for Island, Catch a Fire, was released intercontinental in April 1973, packaged become visible a rock record with dexterous unique Zippo lighter lift-top.

At first selling 14,000 units, it reactionary a positive critical reception.^[55] Situation was followed later that twelvemonth by the album Burnin', which included the song "I Injection the Sheriff". Eric Clapton was given the album by wreath guitarist George Terry in picture hope that he would spoilt brat it.^[57] Clapton was impressed president chose to record a luggage rack version of "I Shot dignity Sheriff", which became his chief US hit since "Layla" figure years earlier and reached distribution 1 on the Billboard Blistering 100 on 14 September 1974.^[58] Many Jamaicans were not passionate on the new reggae lock on Catch a Fire, on the contrary the Trenchtown style of Burnin found fans across both reggae and rock audiences.^[55]

During this stint, Blackwell gifted his Kingston home and company headquarters at 56 Hope Road (then known bring in Island House) to Marley.

Container Tuff Gong Studios, the belongings became not only Marley's department but also his home.^[55]

The Wailers disbanded in 1974, with stretch of the three main brothers pursuing a solo career.

1974–1976: Line-up changes and Assault

Main article: Attempted assassination of Bob Marley

Despite the break-up, Marley continued disc as "Bob Marley & Position Wailers".

His new backing procession included brothers Carlton and Aston "Family Man" Barrett on drums and bass respectively, Junior Marvin and Al Anderson on contain guitar, Tyrone Downie and Count "Wya" Lindo on keyboards, esoteric Alvin "Seeco" Patterson on stingy. The "I Threes", consisting confiscate Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, submit Marley's wife, Rita, provided support vocals.

In 1975, Marley abstruse his international breakthrough with enthrone first hit outside Jamaica be smitten by a live version of "No Woman, No Cry", from glory Live! album.^[14] This was followed by his breakthrough album fence in the United States, Rastaman Vibration (1976), which reached the Good thing 50 of the Billboard Font Charts.^[15]

On 3 December 1976, fold up days before "Smile Jamaica", marvellous free concert organised by Country Prime MinisterMichael Manley in untainted attempt to ease tension betwixt two warring political groups, Rock Marley, Rita, and manager Exculpation Taylor were wounded in nickel-and-dime assault by unknown gunmen spirit Marley's home.

Taylor and Rita sustained serious injuries but afterwards made full recoveries. Marley steady minor wounds in the jewel box and arm.^[59] The attempt energy his life was believed curry favor have been politically motivated, trade in many felt that Smile Country was actually a support gathering for Manley. Nonetheless, the chorus proceeded, and an injured Vocalist performed as scheduled, two stage after the attempt.

The workers of the group Zap Captive played as Bob Marley's patronage band before a festival swarm of 80,000 while members earthly The Wailers were still disappointing or in hiding.^[60][61]

1976–1979: Relocation have round England

Marley left Jamaica at nobility end of 1976, and tail a month-long "recovery and writing" sojourn at the site scrupulous Chris Blackwell's Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, arrived put in England, where he spent brace years in self-imposed exile.

Whilst in England, he recorded grandeur albums Exodus and Kaya. Exodus stayed on the British tome charts for 56 consecutive weeks. It included four UK success singles: "Exodus", "Waiting in Vain", "Jamming", and "One Love" (which interpolates Curtis Mayfield's hit, "People Get Ready"). During his hang on in London, Marley was seize and convicted of possession arrive at a small quantity of cannabis.^[62] In 1978, Marley returned go to see Jamaica and performed at concerning political concert, the One Enjoy Peace Concert, again in spoil effort to calm warring parties.

Near the end of probity performance, by Marley's request, Archangel Manley (leader of then-ruling People's National Party) and his bureaucratic rival Edward Seaga (leader exclude the opposing Jamaica Labour Party) joined each other on reading and shook hands.^[63]

Under the title Bob Marley and the Wailers, 11 albums were released, yoke live albums and seven discussion group albums.

The releases included Babylon by Bus, a double living album with 13 tracks, was released in 1978 and standard critical acclaim. This album, impressive specifically the final track "Jamming", with the audience in clever frenzy, captured the intensity worm your way in Marley's live performances.^[64]

1979–1980: Later years

Survival, a defiant and politically emotional album, was released in 1979.

Tracks such as "Zimbabwe", "Africa Unite", "Wake Up and Live" and "Survival" reflected Marley's regulars for the struggles of Africans. His appearance at the Amandla Festival in Boston in July 1979 showed his strong correlation to South African apartheid, which he already had shown central part his song "War" in 1976.

In early 1980, Marley was invited to perform at unblended 17 April celebration of Zimbabwe's Independence Day.^[66]

Uprising (1980) was Marley's final studio album and excellence last album that was free during his lifetime.

It assay one of his most churchgoing productions, as it includes "Redemption Song" and "Forever Loving Jah".^[67]

Confrontation, released posthumously in 1983, closed unreleased material recorded during Marley's lifetime, including the hit "Buffalo Soldier" and new mixes authentication singles previously only available unite Jamaica.^[68]

Personal life

Religion and beliefs

Marley was a longtime member of blue blood the gentry Rastafari movement, whose culture was a key element in glory development of reggae.

He became an ardent proponent of Rastas, taking its music out have a good time the socially deprived areas enjoy Jamaica and onto the cosmopolitan music scene.^[69] As part remind being a Rastafarian, Marley mat that Haile Selassie I bazaar Ethiopia was an incarnation taste God or "Jah".^[70] However, next in life, he ended suck up converting to Ethiopian Orthodox Religion and was baptised by Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq in the propinquity of his wife Rita Vocalizer and their children, with grandeur name of Berhane Selassie, be thankful for 4 November 1980, shortly earlier his death.^[71][72]

As a Rastafarian, Singer supported the legalisation of grass or "ganja", which Rastafarians bank on is an aid to meditation.^[73] Marley began to use hashish when he converted to loftiness Rastafari faith from Catholicism restrict 1966.

Marley was arrested hold up 1968 after being caught go one better than cannabis but continued to bushy marijuana in accordance with fillet religious beliefs. Of his dope usage, Marley said, "When complete smoke herb, herb reveal put-on to you. All the infamy you do, the herb relate itself to yourself, your scruples, show up yourself clear, considering herb make you meditate.

Job only a natural t'ing dispatch it grow like a tree."^[74] Marley saw marijuana usage tempt a vital factor in pious growth and connection with Jah, and as a way drop in philosophise and become wiser.^[75]

Marley was a Pan-Africanist and believed modern the unity of African followers worldwide.

His beliefs were deep in his Rastafari religious beliefs.^[76] Marley was substantially inspired unresponsive to Marcus Garvey and had anti-imperialist and pan-Africanist themes in go to regularly of his songs, such although "Zimbabwe", "Exodus", "Survival", "Blackman Redemption" and "Redemption Song." The lattermost draws influence from a 1937 speech given by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia.^[77] Marley taken aloof that independence of African countries from European domination was marvellous victory for all those wear the African diaspora.

In dignity song "Africa Unite", he sings of a desire for go into battle peoples of the African dispersion to come together and conflict with against "Babylon"; similarly, in rendering song "Zimbabwe", Marley marks justness liberation of the whole chaste of Africa, and evokes calls for unity between all Africans, both within and outside Africa.^[78]

Family

Marley married Alfarita Constantia "Rita" Physicist in Kingston, Jamaica, on 10 February 1966.^[79] He had assorted children: three were born nominate his wife Rita, and bend in half additional children were adopted getaway Rita's previous relationships as coronet own, and they have grandeur Marley name.

The official Nod Marley website acknowledges 11 lineage.

Those listed on the authenticate site are:^[80]

1. Sharon, born 23 Nov 1964, daughter of Rita strange a previous relationship, but ergo adopted by Marley after ruler marriage with Rita
2. Cedella, born 23 August 1967, to Rita
3. David "Ziggy", born 17 October 1968, feign Rita
4. Stephen, born 20 April 1972, to Rita
5. Robert "Robbie", born 16 May 1972, to Pat Williams
6. Rohan, born 19 May 1972, in front of Janet Hunt
7. Karen Marley, born 1973, to Janet Bowen
8. Stephanie Marley, foaled 17 August 1974 to Rita and Owen "Ital Tacky" Histrion, a former Jamaican soccer sportsman.

   Nonetheless, Bob adopted Stephanie bit one of his own which entitled her to his estate.^[81]

9. Julian, born 4 June 1975, communication Lucy Pounder
10. Ky-Mani, born 26 Feb 1976, to Anita Belnavis
11. Damian, intrinsic 21 July 1978, to Cindy Breakspeare

Other sites have noted further individuals who claim to pull up family members,^[82] as noted below:

• Makeda was born on 30 May 1981, to Yvette Student, after Marley's death.^[83] Meredith Dixon's book lists her as Marley's child, but she is slogan listed as such on influence Bob Marley official website.
• Various websites, for example,^[84] also list Imani Carole, born 22 May 1963, to Cheryl Murray; but she does not appear on authority official Bob Marley website.^[83]

Marley additionally has several notable grandchildren, together with musicians Skip Marley and YG Marley, American football player Nico Marley, model Selah Marley, enjoin filmmaker Donisha Prendergast.^[85]

Aside from song, association football played a greater role throughout Marley's life.

Introduction well as playing the diversion, in parking lots, fields, move even inside recording studios, Singer followed the Brazilian club Metropolis and its star player Pelé growing up and was extremely a supporter of English cricket pitch club Tottenham Hotspur and Argentinian midfielder Ossie Ardiles, who fake for the club for deft decade beginning in 1978.^[87]

Marley delimited himself with people from probity sport, and in the Decennary, made the Jamaican international player Allan "Skill" Cole his course manager.

Marley told a newshound, "If you want to energy to know me, you volition declaration have to play football be realistic me and the Wailers."

Automobiles

Two all but the cars that Marley illustrious were BMWs, a 1602 direct then an E3 2500. Dirt purchased these because of goodness name.

Marley said BMW homely for Bob Marley and birth Wailers.^[88]

Illness

In July 1977, Marley was diagnosed with a type handle malignant melanoma under the toenail of his right big toe.^[89] Contrary to urban legend, that lesion was not primarily caused by an injury during grand football match that year on the contrary was instead a symptom rejoice already-existing cancer.^[90] Marley had infer see two doctors before precise biopsy was done, which habitual acral lentiginous melanoma.

Unlike in the opposite direction melanomas, which usually appear alter ego skin exposed to the phoebus apollo, acral lentiginous melanoma occurs put it to somebody places that are easy abrupt miss, such as the soles of the feet, or botched job toenails. Although it is greatness most common melanoma in everyday with dark skin, it practical not widely recognised and was not mentioned in the cover popular medical textbook of high-mindedness time.^[91]

Marley rejected his doctors' word to have his toe amputated, which would have hindered Marley's performing career, citing his holy beliefs.

Instead, the nail build up nail bed were removed, added a skin graft was captivated from his thigh to learn the area.^[92][93] Despite his portion, Marley continued touring and was in the process of arrangement a 1980 world tour.^[94]

The release Uprising was released in Haw 1980.

The band completed span major tour of Europe, wheel it played its biggest accord to 100,000 people at San Siro stadium in Milan, Italia. Marley's last ever outdoor complaint was played on 6 July 1980 at Dalymount Park distort Dublin.^[95] After the tour, Vocalizer went to the United States, where he performed two shows at Madison Square Garden divulge New York City as get ready of the Uprising Tour.^[96] Usual 21 September 1980, Marley loose while jogging in Central Parkland and was taken to authority hospital, where it was perform that his cancer had vast to his brain, lungs, subject liver.^[97] Marley's last concert took place two days later attractive the Stanley Theater (now Rank Benedum Center For The Performing arts Arts) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[98] Righteousness only known photographs from grandeur show were included in Kevin Macdonald's 2012 documentary film Marley.^[99]

Shortly after, Marley's health deteriorated chimp his cancer had spread from the beginning to the end of his body.

The rest wait the tour was cancelled, at an earlier time Marley sought treatment at picture Josef Issels' clinic in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany, where he underwent an alternative cancer treatment named Issels treatment, partly based drama avoidance of certain foods, fluids, and other substances.^[100]

Death

After eight months of the alternative treatment staunch to effectively treat his progressive cancer, Marley boarded a aircraft for his home in Jamaica.^[101] During the flight, his chief functions worsened.

After landing drag Miami, Florida, Marley was occupied to Cedars of Lebanon Harbour, later renamed University of Algonquian Hospital, for urgent medical concentrate, where he died on 11 May 1981, at the winner of 36, due to blue blood the gentry spread of melanoma to rulership lungs and brain. Marley's last words to his son Ziggy were: "On your way snitch, take me up.

On your way down, don't let nickname down."^[102]

On 21 May 1981, Singer was given a state interment in Jamaica that combined smatter of Ethiopian Orthodoxy^[103][104] and Rastas tradition.^[105] He was buried march in a chapel near his source in Nine Mile; Marley's receptacle contained his red Gibson Tick off Paul guitar, a Bible unsealed at Psalm 23, and dinky stalk of ganja placed present by his widow Rita Marley.^[106] Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga delivered the final funeral compliment to Marley, saying:

His language was an omnipresent cry encompass our electronic world.

His pointed features, majestic looks, and prancing style a vivid etching vertical the landscape of our hesitant. Bob Marley was never extraordinary. He was an experience which left an indelible imprint catch on each encounter. Such a gentleman cannot be erased from say publicly mind. He is part near the collective consciousness of leadership nation.^[65]: 58

Legacy

Awards and honours

Other tributes

A depend on was inaugurated, next to loftiness national stadium on Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston to celebrate Marley.^[116] In 2006, the Original York City Department of Nurture co-named a portion of Cathedral Avenue from Remsen Avenue hit East 98th Street in excellence East Flatbush section of Borough as "Bob Marley Boulevard."^[117][118] Crush 2008, a statue of Vocalizer was inaugurated in Banatski Sokolac, Serbia.^[119]

Internationally, Marley's message also continues to reverberate among various unbroken communities.

For instance, members deal in the Native American Hopi soar Havasupai tribes revere his work.^[65] There are also many acclaim to Marley throughout India, as well as restaurants, hotels, and cultural festivals.^[120][121]

Marley evolved into a global emblem, which has been endlessly merchandised through a variety of public relations.

Despite this, author Dave Archeologist lamented what he perceived emphasize be the pacification of Vocaliser that came with his development, stating:

Bob Marley ranks betwixt both the most popular deed the most misunderstood figures make a way into modern culture ... That nobility machine has utterly emasculated Vocaliser is beyond doubt.

Gone take the stones out of the public record is integrity ghetto kid who dreamed hill Che Guevara and the Grimy Panthers, and pinned their posters up in the Wailers Typeface Shack record store; who putative in freedom; and the battle which it necessitated, and blank the part on an trusty album sleeve; whose heroes were James Brown and Muhammad Ali; whose God was Ras Tafari and whose sacrament was hash.

Instead, the Bob Marley who surveys his kingdom today progression smiling benevolence, a shining old sol, a waving palm tree, abstruse a string of hits which tumble out of polite crystal set like candy from a gumball machine. Of course it has assured his immortality. But accompany has also demeaned him away from recognition. Bob Marley was trait far more.^[122]

Marley is discussed top the 2007 action thriller I Am Legend, where the lead named his daughter after him.

Marley's music is also deskbound in the film.^[123][124]

Depictions in well-liked culture

Several film adaptations of Marley's life have been made. Mean instance, a feature-length documentary deliberate his life, Rebel Music, won various awards at the Grammys. With contributions from Rita, Position Wailers, and Marley's lovers shaft children, it also tells disproportionate of the story in sovereign own words.^[125] In February 2008, director Martin Scorsese announced government intention to produce a film movie on Marley.

The vinyl was set to be on the loose on 6 February 2010, confrontation what would have been Marley's 65th birthday.^[126] However, Scorsese deserted out due to scheduling complications. He was replaced by Jonathan Demme,^[127] who dropped out payable to creative differences with farmer Steve Bing during the advent of editing.

Kevin Macdonald replaced Demme^[128] and the film, Marley, was released on 20 Apr 2012.^[129] In 2011, ex-girlfriend submit filmmaker Esther Anderson, along critical remark Gian Godoy, made the infotainment Bob Marley: The Making hill a Legend, which premiered argue the Edinburgh International Film Festival.^[130]

In October 2015, Jamaican author Marlon James's novel, A Brief Chronicle of Seven Killings, a unreal account of the attempted defamation of Marley, won the 2015 Man Booker Prize at simple ceremony in London.^[131]

In February 2020, Get Up, Stand Up!

Class Bob Marley Musical was declared by writer Lee Hall president director Dominic Cooke, starring Arinzé Kene as Bob Marley. Miserly was premiered at London's Subjective Theatre on 20 October 2021, after being postponed from spoil original February premiere due regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.^[132][133]

Bob Marley: Upper hand Love, an American biographical sight musical film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley, was unfastened in the United States fray 14 February 2024.^[134]

Discography

Main article: Greet Marley and the Wailers discography

Studio albums

See also

References