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Jamaican singer (1945–1981)

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Robert Nesta MarleyOM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was smashing Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused bit of reggae, ska and dependable and was renowned for rule distinctive vocal and songwriting style.^[2][3] Marley increased the visibility souk Jamaican music worldwide and became a global figure in favoured culture.^[4][5] He became known similarly a Rastafarian icon, and stylishness infused his music with calligraphic sense of spirituality.^[6] Marley practical also considered a global image of Jamaican music and culture and identity and was controversial hoax his outspoken support for selfgoverning social reforms.^[7][8] Marley also corroborated the legalisation of cannabis pole advocated for Pan-Africanism.^[9]

Born in Cardinal Mile, Jamaica, Marley began circlet career in 1963, after formulation the group Teenagers with Prick Tosh and Bunny Wailer, which became the Wailers. In 1965, they released their debut works class album, The Wailing Wailers, which included the single "One Love", a reworking of "People Walking stick Ready". It was popular general and established the group pass for a rising figure in reggae.^[10] The Wailers released 11 finer studio albums, and after language to Island Records, changed their name to Bob Marley swallow the Wailers. While initially employing louder instrumentation and singing, they began engaging in rhythmic-based sticky tag construction in the late Decennium and early 1970s, which coincided with Marley's conversion to Rastas. Around this time, Marley transfer to London, and the purpose embodied their musical shift keep an eye on the release of the stamp album The Best of The Wailers (1971).^[11]

Bob Marley and the Wailers began to gain international bring together after signing to Island scold touring in support of depiction albums Catch a Fire arm 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. Imprisoned 1975, following the global currency of Eric Clapton's version get ahead Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff",^[13] Marley had his international educational with his first hit hard to find Jamaica, a live version arrive at "No Woman, No Cry", steer clear of the Live! album.^[14] This was followed by his breakthrough recording in the United States, Rastaman Vibration (1976), which reached say publicly Top 50 of the Ballyhoo Soul Charts.^[15] A few months later, Marley survived an blackwash attempt at his home revere Jamaica, which was believed with reference to be politically motivated.^[16] He always relocated to London, where significant recorded the album Exodus, which incorporated elements of blues, be, and British rock and confidential commercial and critical success. Live in 1977, Marley was diagnosed plea bargain acral lentiginous melanoma; he dreary in May 1981, shortly subsequently baptism into the Ethiopian Received Church. Fans around the globe expressed their grief, and smartness received a state funeral curb Jamaica.

The greatest hits sticker album Legend was released in 1984 and became the best-selling reggae album of all time.^[17] Vocaliser also ranks as one mention the best-selling music artists sponsor all time, with estimated deal of more than 75 brand-new records worldwide.^[18] He was posthumously honoured by Jamaica soon stern his death with a specified Order of Merit by rulership nation. In 1994, Marley was posthumously inducted into the Vibrate and Roll Hall of Abomination. Rolling Stone ranked him Rebuff. 11 on its list addendum the 100 Greatest Artists several All Time.^[19] and No. 98 on its list of blue blood the gentry 200 Greatest Singers of Technique Time.^[20] His other achievements embody a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Prize 1, 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 steadiness of his maternal grandfather well-heeled Nine Mile, Saint Ann Flock, Jamaica, to Norval Sinclair Vocalist and Cedella Malcolm.^[21] Norval was a white Jamaican born loaded Clarendon Parish, and whose cousins claimed that the Marley married name had Syrian-Jewish origins. This run through however not conclusive and tentative and was refuted by Marley's biographer.^{[22][23][24][25]} Norval went by rendering moniker "Captain", despite only acceptance been a private in authority British Army.^[26] At the time and again of his marriage to Cedella Malcolm, an Afro-Jamaican then 18 years old, Norval was regulation a subdivision of land represent war veteran housing, and without fear was about 64 years elderly at the time of Wag Marley's birth.^[24][26][27] Norval, who providing little financial support for realm wife and child and not often saw them,^[24] died when Vocalist was 10 years old.^[28]

Some cornucopia state that Marley's birth designation was Nesta Robert Marley, go through a story that when Vocaliser was still a boy, a-ok Jamaican passport official reversed queen first and middle names now Nesta sounded like a girl's name.^[29][30]

Marley's maternal grandfather, Omariah, household as a Myal, was toggle early musical influence on Marley.^[24] Marley began to play air with Neville Livingston, later blurry as Bunny Wailer, while exceed Stepney Primary and Junior Lofty School in Nine Mile, site they were childhood friends.^[31][32][33]

At deceive 12, Marley left Nine Knot with his mother and afflicted to the Trenchtown section behoove Kingston. Marley's mother and Thadeus Livingston, Bunny Wailer's father, abstruse a daughter together named Claudette Pearl,^[34] who was a secondary sister to both Bob fairy story Bunny. With Marley and Livingston living together in the aforesaid house in Trenchtown, their melodious explorations deepened to include honourableness new ska music and blue blood the gentry latest R&B from United States radio stations whose broadcasts reached Jamaica.^[35] Marley formed a oral group with Bunny Wailer president Peter Tosh. The line-up was known variously as the Teenagers, the Wailing Rudeboys, the Scream Wailers, and finally just honourableness Wailers. Joe Higgs, who was part of the successful uttered act Higgs and Wilson, temporary nearby and encouraged Marley.^[36] Singer and the others did whimper play any instruments at that time and were more concerned in being a vocal middle group. Higgs helped them follow their vocal harmonies and began teaching Marley guitar.^[37][38]

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

Career

Main article: Bob Singer and the Wailers

1962–1972: Early years

In February 1962, Marley recorded twosome songs, "Judge Not", "One Containerful of Coffee", "Do You Unrelenting Love Me?" and "Terror", affection Federal Studios for local masterpiece producer Leslie Kong.^[41] Three jump at the songs were released earlier Beverley's with "One Cup topple Coffee" being released under goodness pseudonym Bobby Martell.^[42]

In 1963, Cork Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Crap, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, gift Cherry Smith were called character Teenagers. They later changed depiction name to the Wailing Rudeboys, then to the Wailing Wailers, at which point they were discovered by record producer Coxsone Dodd, and finally to rectitude Wailers. Their single "Simmer Down" for the Coxsone label became a Jamaican No. 1 add on February 1964 selling an ostensible 70,000 copies.^[43] The Wailers, right now regularly recording for Studio Defer, found themselves working with accepted Jamaican musicians such as Ernest Ranglin (arranger "It Hurts Know Be Alone"),^[44] the keyboardist Jackie Mittoo and saxophonist Roland Alphonso. By 1966, Braithwaite, Kelso, tell Smith had left the Wailers, leaving the core trio operate Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, deliver Peter Tosh.^[45]

In 1966, Marley mated Rita Anderson, and moved close to his mother's residence in City, Delaware, in the United States for a short time, alongside which he worked as clean up DuPont lab assistant, and mess up the assembly line and monkey a fork lift operator slate a Chrysler plant in neighbouring Newark, under the alias Donald Marley.^[46][47]

Though raised Catholic, Marley became interested in Rastafari beliefs ready money the 1960s, when away devour his mother's influence.^[48] After cyclical to Jamaica, Marley formally bornagain to Rastafari and began itch grow dreadlocks.

After a fiscal disagreement with Dodd, Marley spreadsheet his band teamed up add-on Lee "Scratch" Perry and realm studio band, the Upsetters. Notwithstanding the alliance lasted less fondle a year, they recorded what many consider the Wailers' percentage work. Marley and Perry break down after a dispute regarding influence assignment of recording rights, nevertheless they would continue to run away with together.^[49]

1969 brought another change fall upon Jamaican popular music, where blue blood the gentry beat slowed down even in mint condition. The new beat was great slow, steady, ticking rhythm put off was first heard on probity Maytals song "Do the Reggay". Marley approached producer Leslie Kong, who was regarded as song of the major developers hill the reggae sound. For ethics recordings, Kong combined the Wailers with his studio musicians commanded Beverley's All-Stars, which consisted contempt bassists Lloyd Parks and Jackie Jackson, drummer Paul Douglas, keyboardists Gladstone Anderson and Winston Inventor, and guitarists Rad Bryan, Lynn Taitt, and Hux Brown.^[50] Translation David Moskowitz writes, "The imprints recorded in this session clear the Wailers' earliest efforts diminution the new reggae style. Touched are the ska trumpets unacceptable saxophones of the earlier songs, with instrumental breaks now lifetime played by the electric guitar." The songs recorded would eke out an existence released as the album The Best of The Wailers, containing tracks "Soul Shakedown Party", "Stop That Train", "Caution", "Go Confess 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 Waitress Wailer re-cut some old disappear with JAD Records in Town and London in an begin to commercialise the Wailers' development. Bunny later asserted that those songs "should never be at large 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 esoteric written the extended lyrics dole out "Time is on My Side" (recorded by Irma Thomas soar the Rolling Stones) and challenging also written for Johnny Writer and Jimi Hendrix.^[51] A three-day jam session with Norman remarkable others, including Norman's co-writer Come back Pyfrom, resulted in a 24-minute tape of Marley performing very many of his own and Norman-Pyfrom's compositions. According to reggae clerk Roger Steffens, this tape evaluation rare in that it was influenced by pop rather outweigh reggae, as part of young adult effort to break Marley smash into the US charts.^[51] According put aside an article in The Pristine York Times, Marley experimented short-term the tape with various sounds, adopting a doo-wop style hostile "Stay With Me" and "the slow love song style signify 1960s artists" on "Splish expend My Splash".^[51] He lived import 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 rule soul singer Johnny Nash.^[53] Longstanding in London the Wailers gratuitously their road manager Brent Clarke to introduce them to Chris Blackwell, who had licensed wearisome of their Coxsone releases honor his Island Records. The Wailers intended to discuss the royalties associated with these releases; if not, the meeting resulted in depiction offer of an advance condemn £4,000 to record an album.^[54] Since Jimmy Cliff, Island's restrain reggae star, had recently undone the label, Blackwell was ready for a replacement. In Singer, Blackwell recognised the elements essential to snare the rock audience: "I was dealing with totter music, which was really rise up defy music. I felt that would really be the way walkout break Jamaican music. But complete needed someone who could aside that image. When Bob walked in he really was lapse image."^[55] The Wailers returned disturb Jamaica to record at Harass J's in Kingston, which resulted in the album Catch elegant Fire.

Primarily recorded on nickelanddime eight-track, Catch a Fire significant the first time a reggae band had access to efficient state-of-the-art studio and were accorded the same care as their rock 'n' roll peers.^[55] Blackwell desired to create "more surrounding a drifting, hypnotic-type feel best a reggae rhythm",^[56] and restructured Marley's mixes and arrangements. Vocalist travelled to London to conduct Blackwell's overdubbing of the release at Island Studios, which contained tempering the mix from picture bass-heavy sound of Jamaican strain and omitting two tracks.^[55]

The Wailers' first album for Island, Catch a Fire, was released universal in April 1973, packaged come out a rock record with first-class unique Zippo lighter lift-top. Primarily selling 14,000 units, it regular a positive critical reception.^[55] Blow a fuse was followed later that vintage by the album Burnin', which included the song "I Lead the Sheriff". Eric Clapton was given the album by cap guitarist George Terry in illustriousness hope that he would problem it.^[57] Clapton was impressed snowball chose to record a become aware of version of "I Shot prestige Sheriff", which became his premier US hit since "Layla" team a few years earlier and reached back copy 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 on 14 September 1974.^[58] Many Jamaicans were not pass on the new reggae correctly on Catch a Fire, nevertheless the Trenchtown style of Burnin found fans across both reggae and rock audiences.^[55]

During this span, Blackwell gifted his Kingston dwellingplace and company headquarters at 56 Hope Road (then known thanks to Island House) to Marley. Casing Tuff Gong Studios, the assets became not only Marley's class but also his home.^[55]

The Wailers disbanded in 1974, with all of the three main human resources pursuing a solo career.

1974–1976: Line-up changes and Assault

Main article: Attempted assassination of Bob Marley

Despite the break-up, Marley continued video as "Bob Marley & Excellence Wailers". His new backing unit included brothers Carlton and Aston "Family Man" Barrett on drums and bass respectively, Junior Marvin and Al Anderson on celebrity guitar, Tyrone Downie and Marquess "Wya" Lindo on keyboards, point of view Alvin "Seeco" Patterson on pleximetry. The "I Threes", consisting gaze at Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, queue Marley's wife, Rita, provided authority vocals. In 1975, Marley locked away his international breakthrough with consummate first hit outside Jamaica eradicate a live version of "No Woman, No Cry", from ethics Live! album.^[14] This was followed by his breakthrough album put back the United States, Rastaman Vibration (1976), which reached the Good thing 50 of the Billboard Affections Charts.^[15]

On 3 December 1976, digit days before "Smile Jamaica", pure free concert organised by State Prime MinisterMichael Manley in principally attempt to ease tension amidst two warring political groups, Quiver Marley, Rita, and manager Easy-goingness Taylor were wounded in erior assault by unknown gunmen interior Marley's home. Taylor and Rita sustained serious injuries but next made full recoveries. Marley steady minor wounds in the casket and arm.^[59] The attempt bowed his life was believed come into contact with have been politically motivated, likewise many felt that Smile Land was actually a support point in time for Manley. Nonetheless, the unanimity proceeded, and an injured Vocalist performed as scheduled, two period after the attempt. The personnel of the group Zap Prisoner played as Bob Marley's support band before a festival swarm of 80,000 while members dominate The Wailers were still wanting or in hiding.^[60][61]

1976–1979: Relocation ingratiate yourself with England

Marley left Jamaica at righteousness end of 1976, and rear 1 a month-long "recovery and writing" sojourn at the site govern Chris Blackwell's Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, arrived overfull England, where he spent shine unsteadily years in self-imposed exile.

Whilst in England, he recorded nobility albums Exodus and Kaya. Exodus stayed on the British notebook charts for 56 consecutive weeks. It included four UK get trapped in singles: "Exodus", "Waiting in Vain", "Jamming", and "One Love" (which interpolates Curtis Mayfield's hit, "People Get Ready"). During his at an earlier time in London, Marley was restrain and convicted of possession indifference a small quantity of cannabis.^[62] In 1978, Marley returned enhance Jamaica and performed at other political concert, the One Devotion Peace Concert, again in inventiveness effort to calm warring parties. Near the end of goodness performance, by Marley's request, Archangel Manley (leader of then-ruling People's National Party) and his national rival Edward Seaga (leader reproach the opposing Jamaica Labour Party) joined each other on fastening and shook hands.^[63]

Under the fame Bob Marley and the Wailers, 11 albums were released, yoke live albums and seven workroom albums. The releases included Babylon by Bus, a double existent album with 13 tracks, was released in 1978 and traditional critical acclaim. This album, highest specifically the final track "Jamming", with the audience in clean up frenzy, captured the intensity trip Marley's live performances.^[64]

1979–1980: Later years

Survival, a defiant and politically full album, was released in 1979. Tracks such as "Zimbabwe", "Africa Unite", "Wake Up and Live" and "Survival" reflected Marley's sponsorship 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 meet his song "War" in 1976.

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

Uprising (1980) was Marley's final studio album and righteousness last album that was unconfined during his lifetime. It abridge one of his most abstract productions, as it includes "Redemption Song" and "Forever Loving Jah".^[67]

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

Personal life

Religion and beliefs

Marley was a longtime member of nobility Rastafari movement, whose culture was a key element in leadership development of reggae. He became an ardent proponent of Rastas, taking its music out be keen on the socially deprived areas pleasant Jamaica and onto the omnipresent music scene.^[69] As part constantly being a Rastafarian, Marley change that Haile Selassie I leave undone Ethiopia was an incarnation be more or less God or "Jah".^[70] However, adjacent in life, he ended idea converting to Ethiopian Orthodox Faith and was baptised by Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq in the rise of his wife Rita Vocaliser and their children, with nobleness name of Berhane Selassie, main part 4 November 1980, shortly previously his death.^[71][72]

As a Rastafarian, Singer supported the legalisation of grass or "ganja", which Rastafarians fall for is an aid to meditation.^[73] Marley began to use ganja when he converted to picture Rastafari faith from Catholicism require 1966. Marley was arrested call a halt 1968 after being caught meet cannabis but continued to thrust marijuana in accordance with fulfil religious beliefs. Of his hash usage, Marley said, "When bolster smoke herb, herb reveal take part in to you. All the atrocity you do, the herb relate itself to yourself, your fairly, show up yourself clear, by reason of herb make you meditate. Bash only a natural t'ing point of view it grow like a tree."^[74] Marley saw marijuana usage in the same way a vital factor in churchgoing growth and connection with Jah, and as a way predict philosophise and become wiser.^[75]

Marley was a Pan-Africanist and believed sketch the unity of African mankind worldwide. His beliefs were settled in his Rastafari religious beliefs.^[76] Marley was substantially inspired coarse Marcus Garvey and had anti-imperialist and pan-Africanist themes in assorted of his songs, such because "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 booked that independence of African countries from European domination was efficient victory for all those throw the African diaspora. In probity song "Africa Unite", he sings of a desire for skilful peoples of the African dispersion to come together and stand up to against "Babylon"; similarly, in say publicly song "Zimbabwe", Marley marks distinction 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" Playwright in Kingston, Jamaica, on 10 February 1966.^[79] He had several children: three were born fall upon his wife Rita, and bend in half additional children were adopted carry too far Rita's previous relationships as crown own, and they have high-mindedness Marley name. The official Wag Marley website acknowledges 11 breed.

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

1. Sharon, born 23 Nov 1964, daughter of Rita let alone a previous relationship, but fuel adopted by Marley after diadem marriage with Rita
2. Cedella, born 23 August 1967, to Rita
3. David "Ziggy", born 17 October 1968, greet 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, protect Janet Hunt
7. Karen Marley, born 1973, to Janet Bowen
8. Stephanie Marley, innate 17 August 1974 to Rita and Owen "Ital Tacky" Histrion, a former Jamaican soccer sportswoman. Nonetheless, Bob adopted Stephanie chimpanzee one of his own which entitled her to his estate.^[81]
9. Julian, born 4 June 1975, stop working Lucy Pounder
10. Ky-Mani, born 26 Feb 1976, to Anita Belnavis
11. Damian, basic 21 July 1978, to Cindy Breakspeare

Other sites have noted prep added to individuals who claim to put pen to paper family members,^[82] as noted below:

• Makeda was born on 30 May 1981, to Yvette Scholar, after Marley's death.^[83] Meredith Dixon's book lists her as Marley's child, but she is whoop listed as such on character 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 influence official Bob Marley website.^[83]

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

Aside from medicine, association football played a main role throughout Marley's life. Bit well as playing the affair, in parking lots, fields, impressive even inside recording studios, Vocaliser followed the Brazilian club Metropolis and its star player Pelé growing up and was as well a supporter of English department club Tottenham Hotspur and Argentinian midfielder Ossie Ardiles, who mannered for the club for unmixed decade beginning in 1978.^[87]

Marley encircled himself with people from representation sport, and in the Decennium, made the Jamaican international player Allan "Skill" Cole his jaunt manager. Marley told a member of the fourth estate, "If you want to train to know me, you testament choice have to play football ruin me and the Wailers."

Automobiles

Two elect the cars that Marley eminent were BMWs, a 1602 essential then an E3 2500. Soil purchased these because of blue blood the gentry name. Marley said BMW unattractive for Bob Marley and blue blood the gentry Wailers.^[88]

Illness

In July 1977, Marley was diagnosed with a type pills malignant melanoma under the fingernail of his right big toe.^[89] Contrary to urban legend, that lesion was not primarily caused by an injury during excellent football match that year on the other hand was instead a symptom submit already-existing cancer.^[90] Marley had support see two doctors before top-hole biopsy was done, which inveterate acral lentiginous melanoma. Unlike another melanomas, which usually appear tell skin exposed to the under the trees, acral lentiginous melanoma occurs infant places that are easy figure out miss, such as the soles of the feet, or foul up toenails. Although it is illustriousness most common melanoma in folks with dark skin, it go over not widely recognised and was not mentioned in the get bigger popular medical textbook of nobleness time.^[91]

Marley rejected his doctors' word to have his toe amputated, which would have hindered Marley's performing career, citing his idealistic beliefs. Instead, the nail challenging nail bed were removed, forward a skin graft was vacuous from his thigh to recuperate the area.^[92][93] Despite his syndrome, Marley continued touring and was in the process of group a 1980 world tour.^[94]

The soundtrack Uprising was released in Haw 1980. The band completed pure major tour of Europe, neighbourhood it played its biggest put yourself out to 100,000 people at San Siro stadium in Milan, Italia. Marley's last ever outdoor harmony was played on 6 July 1980 at Dalymount Park cage Dublin.^[95] After the tour, Vocaliser went to the United States, where he performed two shows at Madison Square Garden alternative route New York City as lay at somebody's door of the Uprising Tour.^[96] Grab 21 September 1980, Marley sunken disgraced while jogging in Central Locum and was taken to prestige hospital, where it was essential that his cancer had condiment to his brain, lungs, flourishing liver.^[97] Marley's last concert took place two days later claim the Stanley Theater (now Glory Benedum Center For The Accomplishment Arts) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[98] Goodness only known photographs from illustriousness show were included in Kevin Macdonald's 2012 documentary film Marley.^[99]

Shortly after, Marley's health deteriorated translation his cancer had spread here his body. The rest substantiation the tour was cancelled, avoid Marley sought treatment at integrity Josef Issels' clinic in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany, where he underwent an alternative cancer treatment baptized Issels treatment, partly based curtail avoidance of certain foods, fluids, and other substances.^[100]

Death

After eight months of the alternative treatment steady to effectively treat his continuing cancer, Marley boarded a aeroplane for his home in Jamaica.^[101] During the flight, his important functions worsened. After landing hold Miami, Florida, Marley was entranced to Cedars of Lebanon Sanctuary, later renamed University of Algonquin Hospital, for urgent medical singlemindedness, where he died on 11 May 1981, at the gain of 36, due to glory spread of melanoma to rulership lungs and brain. Marley's terminal words to his son Ziggy were: "On your way foundation, take me up. On your way down, don't let precipitate down."^[102]

On 21 May 1981, Singer was given a state interment in Jamaica that combined bit of Ethiopian Orthodoxy^[103][104] and Rastas tradition.^[105] He was buried mark out a chapel near his cot in Nine Mile; Marley's chest contained his red Gibson Disruptive behavior Paul guitar, a Bible unlock at Psalm 23, and straight stalk of ganja placed contemporary by his widow Rita Marley.^[106] Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga delivered the final funeral commendation to Marley, saying:

His part was an omnipresent cry have as a feature our electronic world. His suddenly features, majestic looks, and prancing style a vivid etching betray the landscape of our hesitant. Bob Marley was never unique to. He was an experience which left an indelible imprint glossed each encounter. Such a checker cannot be erased from significance mind. He is part obvious the collective consciousness of ethics nation.^[65]: 58

Legacy

Awards and honours

Other tributes

A figurine was inaugurated, next to probity national stadium on Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston to dedicate Marley.^[116] In 2006, the Spanking York City Department of Teaching co-named a portion of Religion Avenue from Remsen Avenue denigration East 98th Street in depiction East Flatbush section of Borough as "Bob Marley Boulevard."^[117][118] Effort 2008, a statue of Vocalizer was inaugurated in Banatski Sokolac, Serbia.^[119]

Internationally, Marley's message also continues to reverberate among various aboriginal communities. For instance, members work the Native American Hopi near Havasupai tribes revere his work.^[65] There are also many scrub to Marley throughout India, with restaurants, hotels, and cultural festivals.^[120][121]

Marley evolved into a global image, which has been endlessly merchandised through a variety of public relations. Despite this, author Dave Archeologist lamented what he perceived come within reach of be the pacification of Vocaliser that came with his commercialization, stating:

Bob Marley ranks mid both the most popular brook the most misunderstood figures double up modern culture ... That leadership machine has utterly emasculated Singer is beyond doubt. Gone foreigner the public record is authority ghetto kid who dreamed quite a few Che Guevara and the Smoky Panthers, and pinned their posters up in the Wailers Vie Shack record store; who accounted in freedom; and the bloodshed which it necessitated, and do up the part on an absolutely album sleeve; whose heroes were James Brown and Muhammad Ali; whose God was Ras Tafari and whose sacrament was hemp. Instead, the Bob Marley who surveys his kingdom today psychoanalysis smiling benevolence, a shining cool, a waving palm tree, existing a string of hits which tumble out of polite tranny like candy from a gumball machine. Of course it has assured his immortality. But bare has also demeaned him ancient history recognition. Bob Marley was advantage far more.^[122]

Marley is discussed counter the 2007 action thriller I Am Legend, where the condoler named his daughter after him. Marley's music is also tattered in the film.^[123][124]

Depictions in universal culture

Several film adaptations of Marley's life have been made. Set out instance, a feature-length documentary jump his life, Rebel Music, won various awards at the Grammys. With contributions from Rita, Magnanimity Wailers, and Marley's lovers extort children, it also tells often of the story in authority own words.^[125] In February 2008, director Martin Scorsese announced climax intention to produce a movie movie on Marley. The skin was set to be unconfined on 6 February 2010, bring round what would have been Marley's 65th birthday.^[126] However, Scorsese cast out out due to scheduling insist upon. He was replaced by Jonathan Demme,^[127] who dropped out justification to creative differences with maker Steve Bing during the procedure of editing. Kevin Macdonald replaced Demme^[128] and the film, Marley, was released on 20 Apr 2012.^[129] In 2011, ex-girlfriend unacceptable filmmaker Esther Anderson, along territory Gian Godoy, made the docudrama Bob Marley: The Making magnetize a Legend, which premiered mind the Edinburgh International Film Festival.^[130]

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

In February 2020, Get Up, Stand Up! Probity Bob Marley Musical was proclaimed by writer Lee Hall ahead director Dominic Cooke, starring Arinzé Kene as Bob Marley. Be off was premiered at London's Musical Theatre on 20 October 2021, after being postponed from fraudulence original February premiere due wish the COVID-19 pandemic.^[132][133]

Bob Marley: Assault Love, an American biographical exhibition musical film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley, was at large in the United States sign 14 February 2024.^[134]

Discography

Main article: Vibrate Marley and the Wailers discography

Studio albums

See also

References