Born with the name Robert Nesta Marley on February 1945 in St. Ann, Jamaica, Bob Marley fathered by a white and a black mother. In 1950 Bob and his family moved to the capital of Jamaica, Kingston. In the city where his obsession with music as a profession find an outlet. At that time Bob Marley listen to music R & B and soul, which later became the inspiration reggae rhythms, through American radio broadcasts. Additionally on the streets of Kingston he enjoyed the pounding rhythm of Ska and Steadybeat and then try to play himself in a small music studios in Kingston.
Together with Peter McIntosh and Bunny Livingston, Bob formed The Wailing Wailers put out an album debut in 1963 with the hit "Simmer Down". The lyrics of their songs tells a lot about the "rude bwai" (rude boy), young people who search for identity by being delinquent on the streets of Kingston. The Wailing Wailers broke up in the mid-1960s and had made originators broke up decided to travel in America. The charisma of the king bring Bob into a seeker of the teachings of Rastafari in 1967, and together with The Wailers, the new band formed a year later, along with two older personnel Mc Intosh and Livingston, he voiced moral values Rasta through reggae. Adherents Rastafari Bob then consider running a prophetic role as prophets, spreading inspiration and Rasta through his songs.
The Wailers broke up in 1971, but Bob soon formed a new band called Bob Marley and The Wailers. 1972 album Catch A Fire was launched. Following Burning (1973-contains the hits "Get Up, Stand Up" and "I Shot the Sheriff" popularized by Eric Clapton), Natty Dread (1975), Rastaman Vibration (1976) and Uprising (1981) to further strengthen reggae as a musical mainstream with Bob Marley as its icon.
In 1978, Bob Marley received the UN Peace Medal in recognition of his efforts to promote peace through his songs. Unfortunately, the cancer ended his life on May 11, 1981 at the age of 36 years in a hospital bed Miami, USA, after a concert in the German international. The Prophet Rastas has passed away, but the inspiration humanistic still floated through the ages.
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