Bob Marley Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter who became an international musical and cultural icon, blending mostly reggae, ska, and rocksteady in his compositions. He started in 1963 with the group the Wailers and forged a distinctive songwriting and vocal style that became popular with audiences worldwide. The Wailers released some of the earliest reggae records with producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The Wailers disbanded in 1974, and Marley pursued a solo career upon his relocation to England which culminated in the release of the album "Exodus" in 1977, which established
Marley Dias Marley Dias Marley Dias (born 3 January 2005) is an American activist and feminist. She launched a campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks in November 2015, when she was in sixth grade. Marley Dias, named after reggae singer Bob Marley, is of Jamaican and Cape Verdean descent. She was born in Philadelphia and grew up in New Jersey. When Dias was aged 11, she complained to her mother that all of her mandatory reading was books about white boys and dogs. She said, "There wasn't really any freedom for me to read what I wanted." After talking to her mother, Dias decided to