Rumors allude to several other unclaimed children but those named officially are: Imani, Sharon, Cedella, David (aka Ziggy), Stephen, Robbie, Rohan, Karen, Stephanie, Julian, Ky-Mani, Damian and Madeka. Marley also had at least eight more children with eight different women. He adopted her daughter and they had four children together during their marriage. Marley had several children and adopted children as wellĪ little history of Marley and his wife Rita: He married her at 21 (she was a Sunday school teacher at the time) and stayed married to her until his death. The gesture of defiant survival heightened his legend and further galvanized his political outlook, resulting in the most militant albums of his career. Though bullets grazed Bob and wife Rita Marley, they electrified a crowd of 80,000 people when both took to the stage with the Wailers. In 1976, two days before he was set to play a free “Smile Jamaica” concert aimed at reducing tensions between warring political factions, an unknown gunman attacked him and his entourage.
He wrote about the soaring unemployment, rationed food supplies and pervasive political violence he saw in Jamaica, which transformed him into an influential cultural icon. He produced a string of politically charged albums that reflected the keen social consciousness that came to define his lyrics. Marley not only continues to be a revered artiste but a Rasta celebrity as well. Ganja-smoking Marley once bought cigarettes from a young Buju Banton during a chance encounter. When Livingston and Tosh left for solo careers, Marley hired a new band and took center stage as singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist. Surprisingly, Reggae icons Bob Marley and Buju Banton have a little known connection that goes way back.
He produced a string of politically charged albums
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