Bob marley was a legendary Jamaican singer songwriter who, in the 70s, became an international
musical and cultural icon.
His music was a medley of reggae, ska, and rocksteady.
He gave us hits like Is this love, Jamming, and One love.
His greatest hits album, legend, was released 3 years after his death in 1984, and to this
day it is the best selling reggae album of all time.
Bob marley died on the 11th of may, 1981 of melanoma at the very young age of 36.
But what if he survived?
What if bob marley were still alive today?
How would he feel about the world, and the society that we have become?
That’s what we’re going to talk about, right now on life’s biggest questions.
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Unlike other legendary artists of the 70’s like the Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson,
Bob Marley’s music was a huge driver of Rastafarian music and religion.
Rastafarianism was a religion that spoke to oppressed groups of people, specifically black
people, and bob marley was the face of it.
His songs with some of the most powerful religious messages included three little birds, haile
salassie is the chapel, and rastaman chant.
Rastafarianism is an afro-centric religious and social movement which is based in Jamaica,
in the carribean.
It stems from the of rising against post-colonial oppression of poor blacks.
Rastas ususally come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Rastafarians believed in a single god, reffered to as Jah.
They beliebed in the divinity of Emperor Haile Selassie the first, who was, to them, a incarnation
of Jah on earth and as the second coming of Christ.
Its likely that if bob marley were still alive today, the Rastafarian movement would have
continued to have been extremely influential.
We might have seen far more rastafarians in other areas of the globe.
Bob marley also probably would have had something to say about white rastafarians, as well as
rastafarians that belong to other races and religions.
There was one incident, witnessed by writer Adam Simeon, where Bob marley, Skill Cole
and seeko were speaking to a blonde American teenager at 56 hope road.
The girl said she had gone to Jamaica because she wanted to become rasta.
Bob and his associates told her to go back home to America, because it wasn’t possible
for her to become rasta.
Marley said, Rastafarianism was a movement of black people, for black people.
Bob marley also would have disliked how commercial Rastafarianism, as well as his image, has
become.
Many non rastas make money off of his likeness, red gold and green merchandise, and his biggest
hit, one love, is the official tourism anthem of Jamaica.
This might have upset bob marley, considering that there are no rastas employed at a top
level by the tourism industry.
That being said, Bob marley’s messages through his music have become a global phenomenon.
His music has helped many, inspired many, and he’s given a face to an important movement.
Its undeniable that If bob marley were still alive today, he would have continued to be
a very influential musical artist and activist.
He would also be a very rich man.
As it stands right now, according to reports, the bob marley estate earns 1 million dollars
per day from music royalties and the sales of bob marley memorabilia.
That’s 365 million dollars every single year, and bob marley isn’t even alive.
Imagine how much money he would be worth if he continued to grace our radios with his
incredible music.
But bob marley, considering how much he wanted to help poor under priviledged black communitiyes,
probably would have donated much of his earnings to charities that help those people.
Its likely that he would be a supporter of the black lives matter movement, and he would
be an extremely active voice in politics.
He would have been an avid supporter of US President Barack Obama.
In many ways, bob marley’s wishes for abolishing the oppression of black people have remained
unfulfilled.
Maybe bob marley would have stopped making music altogether, and focused his efforts
on running for office in Jamaica.
Well there you have it, these are a few things I think would happen if bob marley were still
alive today.
But now I open the question up to you, dear subscribers of life’s biggest questions.
How do you think the world would be different if bob marley were still alive?
Let us know in those comments.
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