Bob Marley was born in 1945 in Jamaica and grew up in poverty. He formed the band The Wailing Wailers in 1963 with some friends and they got their big break in 1972 when signing with Island Records. Bob Marley died in Miami in 1981.

1. Bob Marley was born on February 6,
1945 in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica.

2. • HE DIED IN MIAMI ON 11 MAY 1981.

3. • In 1963, 1972 Marley and his friends formed
the Wailing Wailers.

4. • The Wailers got their big break in 1972 when
they landed a contract with Island Records.

5. • Arriving in Kingston in the late 1950s, Marley
lived in Trench Town, one of the city's poorest
neighborhoods.

6. • He spent his early years in the rural village
known as Nine Miles in the parish of St. Ann.

7. • He struggled in poverty, but he found
inspiration in the music around him.