Bob Marley Research Paper

Through his Rastafarian beliefs, social conscientious mind, and message delivering lyrics, Bob Marley created for himself a legacy that will never be paralleled. Bob Marley was born as Nesta Robert Marley on February 6th, 1945 in Saint Anne Parish, Jamaica. He is revered as one of the most influential artists of all time with his promotion of Rastafarianism and his social conscientious beliefs. Due to his mixed heritage, his father being white, and mother being black, he never really chose a racial side in his promotions. He instead found faith in God and always let God lead him in his beliefs. Marley once stated, "I don't have prejudice against meself. My father was a white, and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don't deh pon nobody's side. Me don't deh pon the black man's side nor the white man's side. Me deh pon God's side,

Many people that smoke marijuana in our society today still listen to his music and hold him very highly. People who don't smoke do not really know much about him or his lifestyle. As bad as it sounds, in present day society, marijuana is the tie between my generation and Bob Marley. He slowly worked his way up the music ladder with his band "Marley and the Wailers" and eventually became the most popular reggae singer of all time. His words and songs found were influential worldwide and provided many different meanings. Throughout his career he started a family as well, starting with his wife Rita. Bob Marley had many children, eleven total. Three with his wife, two from his wife's previous lovers, and six from other various women. While the way he created his family is typically frowned down upon by the general population, this was common amongst Rastafarian followers. Many of his children have carried on his music, beliefs, and lifestyle by becoming artists themselves. In 1977 Bob Marley was found to have the beginning stages of cancer forming in his toe, but he refused to