Bob Marley performed at the Smile Jamaica Concert two days after being shot, showing his commitment to peace and making one of the most powerful statements of his career. Marley’s 1977 album “Exodus” ...

Before America met Bob Marley, reggae was merely "novelty music." Criticism in the U.S. focused on how it was "crude, cheap, not to be taken seriously on any level." It had no tune or any "good words ...

Bob Marley became an icon for popularizing reggae music worldwide. Marley passed away in 1981 at the age of 36, leaving at least 11 children behind. Many of his children and grandchildren have ...

Reggae music pioneer Bob Marley died at the too-young age of 36 in 1981 from melanoma. But his music lives forever in the hearts of music fans, if sales are an indication. His 1984 "Legend" best-of ...

Jamaican superstar Bob Marley once sang about "Reggae on Broadway" — and now, more than four decades after the release of that song, some of Marley's greatest hits have been incorporated into an ...

DIANE JOBSON ISN’T LIKE ANY lawyer you have ever seen. She’s barefoot, and her feet are callused and dirty. She’s smoking a hand-rolled marijuana cigar. Her brown hair, just going gray, is matted into ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — As Reggae Month heats up in South Florida, residents and visitors alike are immersing themselves in the rhythms of Jamaican culture, food, and music. With a lineup of events ...

In 1973, a reggae group on the verge of breaking up released an album — its second that year — filled with militant anthems inspired by life in the Jamaican slums. It turned out to be Bob Marley's big ...

Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley, son of musician Stephen Marley and the grandson of reggae legend Bob Marley, has died. He was 31. A rep for the singer confirmed Marley’s death to Rolling Stone, but did not ...

Bob Marley, a musical icon, elevated reggae music from a Jamaican sound to a global phenomenon. Many years after his death, Marley continues to be one of the most admired musicians around the globe.