A Brief Biography Of Bob Marley

Though the road’s been rocky, it sure feels good to me. -Bob Marley. On February 6, 1945, a super star was born to Cadella Marley and Captain Narval Sinclair Marley in Nine Miles, St. Ann Jamaica by the name of Robert Nesta Marley who would later be known to the world as Bob Marley. Since the start of his music career in the 1970s, Bob Marley was and still remains one of the most influential artist in both Jamaica and worldwide. From his charity work to his spiritual beliefs, Bob Marley’s lyrical songs talked about the struggle that people face every day. His music also left people in thoughts made them dance and gave them hope that life would get better.

Every major music artist had to go through some struggle to be the best at what they do and this is no exception to Bod Marley. Life wasn’t always a beautiful ceremony for bob Marley. When Bob was born, he was taking away at the age of five by his father to stay with his nephew in Kingston and go to school but unfortunately his nephew gave Bob to an elderly couple who never put him in school. When Bob mother became aware of this, she later went to Kingston and returned her son to live with her in Nine Miles where he was born. Bob and his mother later moved to Trench Town, one of the poorest places in Kingston Jamaica. Bob was bullied and beaten by Trench Town’s rude boys almost all the time. Like almost every kid, Bob learned to defend himself with his street-fighting skills and was given the name Tuff Gong. After being a palm reader for a while in Nine Miles, he decided it was time to do what he really wanted to do and moving to trench town and acquiring such bad living conditions, it gave Bob the inspiration for his first music start. “I’m not reading no more hand: I’m singing...

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...her peace and tolerance. Many years later, Bob Marley’s CD’s are still being sold worldwide and his songs are still being played around the world. Yes Bob Marley could sing, play the guitar and sold millions of records, what makes him best music artist of all time is that he promoted peace, love and forgiveness in his music. He taught people how to fight through love instead of using violence. He never once disrespected a female nor talked down on any race in his music. Even after he has long been gone, Bob Marley’s music lives on with the legend he left behind. Bob Marley left behind a legend that allows Jamaicans and other to express themselves without the use of force and torture. If Bob Marley was still alive today to continue with his legend that he was building, he could continue to elevate and stay on top as one of the world’s greatest artist to ever live.