Bob Marley and how he changed the world.

Robert Nesta Marley was born on the farm of his maternal grandfather in Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica. He was born to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella Booker. His father, Norval, was a white man in the Royal Marines who met Bob’s mother, a Jamaican teenager, only a few times.

Bob was raised solely by his mother but later on in life he would seek out his father’s relatives only to be rejected, which led to the writing of Corner Stone.

Bob began playing music after he moved to Trenchtown, in Kingston Jamaica and it was here that Bob began to see music as not only a way to get out of poverty but also a tool to create change. Bob matured in the shadow of Jamaica gaining independence and subsequently being thrown into Civil War. It was this atmosphere that helped to create arguably the most inspiring musician this world has ever seen.

LEGACY

Bob, coming from meager beginnings, channeled all that he was into his art and in doing so changed his country and our world. If we are honest, there is no other artist who has brought about more conversation, political action, and practical change than Bob Marley. 2Pac, Bruce Springsteen, Public Enemy, and the Beatles truly have nothing on Bob.

What might be Marley’s most amazing moment was when, in the middle of civil war in Jamaica, he played the One Love Peace Concert for the whole of the country for free, and gets the leaders of both factions to embrace on stage.

Bob’s legacy, in my humble opinion, is him infusing love into his message in the middle of pain and suffering. Marley had a better grasp on unconditional love than most religious people who call themselves musicians. Bob spoke for the people without infusing anger and by doing so he almost became an unbiased reflector of reality which was so convincingly clear that change had to follow his wake

Marley is not only going to be remebered only for weed and his dreads. He will be remembered for being the power of the peace movement, that was missing in that time. He is and he will be a symbol of peace.