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Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of reggae, and more specifically roots reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.
Bob Marley was a member of this Rastafarinism movement, whose culture was a key element in the development of reggae. Bob Marley became the leading proponent of the Rastafarinism, taking their music out of socially deprived areas of Jamaica and onto the international music scene.
Now considered a “Rasta” prophet, Marley’s adoption of the characteristic Rastafarian dreadlocks and famous use of marijuana as a sacred sacrament in the late sixties were an integral part of his persona. He is said to have entered every performance proclaiming the divinity of Jah Ras Tafari.| |A few months before his death, Marley was baptised into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and took the name Berhane Selassie (meaning the Light of the Holy Trinity in Amharic).
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Top 10 Bob Marley Songs
Stir It Up
Three Little Birds
Is This Love
Could You Be Loved
One Love
No Woman No Cry
Buffalo Soldier
I Shot the Sheriff
Sun Is Shining
Jamming
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Top 10 Bob Marley Albums
Natural Mystic
Legend
One Love Peace Concert
Chant Down Babylon
Exodus
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Catch a Fire
Kaya
Natty Dread
African Herbsman
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