Biography

Robert Nesta Marley the man know as one of the greatest reggae artist of all time

'Bob Marley', Born into a Rastafarian family in Jamaica Feb. 6,1945

and raised in trench town. Family of Marley starts with his father(Noval Marley)

and mother(Cedella Malcom. Bob was five years of age when he moved to trenchtown a section where their is the roughest ghettos.

Bob wrote his first song at age sixteen, Judge Not, which did not go so well but did not ruin Bobs look at his life in music.

When he was 20 he formed the group 'The Wailers' With Bunny livingston, and Peter Mcintosh known as Peter tosh. Marley wrote most of the songs for his young band realesing a trio 'Simmer down', 'Rule them Rudie', And 'It hurts to be alone Instint hits to the streets of jamaica where Bob was born and raised. Bob married in 1966 to Rita Anderson The next year the first child was born Cedella Marley named after his loving mother. Second child Davis (Ziggy) Marley born in 1968 after another label realesed by the wailers.

On Dec.3,1976 an assassnation attempt was made on Bob marley,

His wife and band mates tryed to keep im from playing at Smile jamaica in Kingston on Dec,5

Despite receiving the two gun shot wounds in the assassnation attempt.

In 1981 Bob marley went to a Orthodox Church Nov,4 in miami to get bapitized.

Three months later on may 11,1981, Bob marley died from spread of cancer at a young age of 36.

Funeral was held on May,11 back to his birth place and he rests in a mausoluem, as thousands of people attended

to give their love to the man that spoke so many inspirating things.

As the legend still lives on today and he is a great inspiration to all because the words spoke from him were Strong

and True if it had to do with anything about politics or anything Marley was the true Lover of all.

Great Words

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

' Bob marley almost had a viruolist way of thinking" he believed that you can cure-acutually cure hate and racsim, but injecting it with love and music." "two days before bob marley was supposed to perform he was shot. "two days later he walked on stage and performed" and they asked him in a interview why didnt he rest, and he said"the people that are trying to make the world worse never take a day off , why should i. light up the darkness"

Dec,5 1976