How Bob Marley Changed Music

Here's everything you need to know about the truly legendary @BobMarley .

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Produced and written by Matt Beat. Creative commons credits: Eva Rinaldi

An annotated script of this video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l4VUKt2vk5DRrfFA2Kpe5XHdyD_6ncNbBnXeduZXES4/edit?usp=sharing

Sources/further reading:
Bob Marley: The Untold Story by Chris Salewicz
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Bob Marley: A Biography by David Moskowitz
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So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley
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Listen to Bob Marley: The Man, the Music, the Revolution
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Bob Marley, My Son by Cedella Marley Booker
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https://parade.com/celebrities/bob-marley-children
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https://time.com/6695054/bob-marley-one-love-true-story/
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Today, Bob Marley’s legacy is inescapable. First of all, most of his descendants are talented and successful musicians themselves. His Tuff Gong Recording Studio is still thriving and hundreds of thousands visit the various Bob Marley pilgrimage sites throughout Jamaica each year. Heck, Marley is a big reason why tourism continues to be an important industry there. Rita Marley has especially continued to preserve Bob’s legacy. The Wailers also continued after Bob’s death in various forms.

Bob Marley is who most people automatically think of when they think of the entire genre of reggae music. But Marley is not only the best-selling reggae artist of all time. He’s one of the best-selling ARTISTS of all time. In 1994, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2001, he was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Bob wasn’t like most pop musicians. He was spiritual. He was reflective. He was extremely generous. According to the historian Roger Steffens, he regularly donated money to at least 6,000 people every month. He never owned a house, yet bought many houses for other people. Bob’s music is unique in that it is political yet unifying. He used his music as a tool for social activism and as a global ambassador for both Jamaica and all African nations. Yet his music became just as popular with the rest of the world. Today, you’re just as likely to hear his music played at an American college fraternity party as you are at a party in Kenya. More than anything, his music is just uplifting. It just makes you feel good.

While Marley is easily one of the most influential musicians in history, his influence extends far beyond his music. He remains a symbol of Jamaican and African pride, social justice, and spiritual consciousness. And he continues to inspire new generations of fans around the world.

Chapters:
0:00 Early life
2:52 The Wailers
9:54 Worldwide success
11:54 Bob Marley and the Wailers
21:34 Legacy