Bob Marley "Sun is shining" Painting

Bob Marley, born February 6, 1945 in Nine Miles, Jamaica, and died at the age of 36 on May 11, 1981 in Miami, USA, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist. He enjoyed worldwide success during his lifetime, and remains reggae's best-known musician to this day, as well as being credited with bringing Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a global audience. He has sold over 200 million records worldwide. Bob Marley's cultural and musical legacy is considerable. The singer, Rastafarian, rebel and prophet, whose images are displayed on walls the world over, has become an icon on a par with Che Guevara, Martin Luther King and Marilyn Monroe. In every corner of the world, Bob Marley's image is to be found on the walls of neighborhoods, in souvenir stores and in the bins of record stores. Everywhere, Bob Marley remains the symbol of the struggle against oppression and the call for universal love. "True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it's dark all around you." "Sun is shining, the weather is sweet - Make you wanna move your dancing feet now - To the rescue, here I am - Want you to know ya, can you understand…"