Bob Marley Was Naturally Driven to Create Music, Even When He Was a Small Child

Bob Marley, singer, guitarist, and song-composer,during his 18-month stay there, but he seems to
shook the world with his Reggae music and becamehave had some significant exposure to music at this
an international superstar. In his songs, he eloquentlytime. After his mother finally found him and took him
conveys his strong spiritual beliefs and values. Beforeback to Nine Mile, six-year-old Bob Marley declared,
developing into a Reggae composer, he collaborated"I'm a singer now."
with many different musicians and singers, performingWhen Bob Marley was around 10, a little boy
various styles of music, including Ska and Rocknicknamed Bunny moved to Nine Mile with his father
SteadyToddy Livingstone. Little Bob Marley and Bunny
Born in 1945, Bob Marley grew up to the sounds ofquickly formed a friendship. Bob and Bunny sang and
Jamaican music while he was raised by his motherperformed music together. Bob Marley's mother then
who scratched out a bare subsistence existence atmoved in with Bunny's father, and they became a
an area called Nine Mile in rural Jamaica. When Bobfamily.
Marley was just three, he made waves withTo find jobs, Bob Marley's mother and Bunny's father
neighbors after he read their hands and told theirrelocated the new family to Trenchtown, a Kingston
fortunes with incredible accuracy.shantytown built around a large reeking open sewer.
At the age of 5, Bob Marley's mom sent him aloneIn Kingston, Bob Marley was exposed to the music
on bus to Kingston for schooling promised to him byof Fats domino and Ray Charles. Bob and Bunny got
his father, who lived there. His father dropped himsome music training in a class taught by famous
off at an elderly woman's home, then disappeared.Jamaican singer, Joe Higgs.
Bob Marley didn't receive his promised schooling