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    Bob Marley influenced other genres of music because of his personality and beliefs. He has been well respected due to his background being a poor Jamaican farmer boy who caught a lot of sorrow for being half white and half black. Living in the pain of poverty and being raised in the ghetto of Kingston, his representation of international gratitude was for one reason which was he didn't need the use of stage costumes, fireworks, and stage props, Bob Marley just was himself. He

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    Bob Marley –Haile Selassie and Rastafarian “Bob Marley - Marley - Documentaire - Nederlands ondertiteld,” is a video detailing the life of Bob Marley. It talked about the birth, the lifestyle, and the career of Bob Marley. Bob was born of a mixed race of people, because of that Bob experienced separation and he felt as if he had no true place. Bob was not born of wealth; therefore, he grew up poor and challenged. His family lived in poverty and he was forced to live in his circumstances good

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    Bob Marley: Political Activist When you hear the name Bob Marley what do you think? I know I thought of the Rasta movement and the colors green, yellow and red. I thought of a symbol being abused to justify the smoking of cannabis. But if I was to tell you that Bob Marley may be one of the most influential political activists of all time. Bob Marley was born in 1945 in Rhoden Hall of Jamaica, after his parent separation he moved to West Kingston with his mother. West Kingston is where the story

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    classical artist and Bob Marley for my modern artist. I picked Mozart because before this class, I honestly did not care for classical music but learning about Mozart I started to really enjoy it, also I thought Mozart’s life was very interesting and exciting based on the movie Amadeus. The reason I decided to chose Bob Marley for my contemporary artist is because I grew up listening to him and I think that he changed music and brought a new style and sound to the world. No, Bob Marley has not been influenced

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    people in our culture today are from the Caribbean or have Caribbean dissent. One such person was Bob Marley. Bob Marley was born in Nine Mile, Jamaica. Marley is one of, if not the, most well known reggae artists of the 21st century. Marley touted his signature dreadlocks and had an obvious pride and love for his home country, he was often seen wearing the Jamaican flag colors of green, red, and yellow. Marley

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    The famous Bob Marley once said: “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” I definitely have to agree with Bob Marley because music isn’t something you listen to, it’s something you feel. Music numbs any pain you’re feeling when you’re listening. Lyrics in music are the main reason we love to hear the songs we do. We find ourselves relating to the artist because music is universal. Music acts as a stress-reliever, relaxer, and friend to the auditor. To me, I would consider

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    Bob Marley Music is life, music is value, music means everything to race, family & nation. All of that can get to the soul, saving peoples life even. Bob Marley gave us all of that, he was an inspiration to everybody. Gaining confidence while giving it. He was unique with his music, taking words from the streets he was from while focusing on the difficulties of black people worldwide. This man gave us confidence and got us to look at the world in a different way and that right there is why we should

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    unification all people of African descent. This belief gained popularity throughout the African diaspora in the 1970’s as “one of the manifestations of the Black Power Movement”(Britannica Academic, Encyclopedia). During the height of his career, Bob Marley utilized his positive social influence and Rastafarian faith to give a global view of Pan-African ideals in order to uplift his listeners and spread a message of peace and equality. During the post Civil Rights era, blacks in the United States

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    Macias 1 The Cultural and Human Elements of the Great Bob Marley’s Music One of the elements of being human in Bob Marley’s life was his religious beliefs in Rastafarianism and the way it influenced his music. Social justice issues, social classes, dialect, the government and economic systems of Jamaica are some of the cultural elements that were a great part of Bob Marley’s music, along with his faith, that helped inspired countless of his musical achievements. In addition to, he weaved

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    Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter. He was born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica on 6th February, 1945. He was born to Cedella Booker and Norval Marley, a European-Jamaican. Marley attended Stepney Primary and Junior High School along with his childhood friend, Neville Livingston (now Bunny Wailer). Bob and Cedella moved to Trenchtown, Kingston when he was 12. In Trenchtown, they lived with Neville and his family as Cedella and Neville’s dad had a daughter together

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