| He was a man obsessed with privacy and devoted | | | | Born of a middle-aged white father and a teenage |
| much of his lifetime protecting this mystique. It was said | | | | black mother, Robert Nesta Marley or popularly known |
| that not even some of his closest friends, family, and | | | | as Bob Marley grew up poor in Trenchtown, Jamaica |
| associates were not able to get a full picture of this | | | | and was the biological product of a mixed race |
| Rasta Man. His unfathomable easy going attitude | | | | relationship. Cedella, his teenage mother, became |
| towards life added to his allure. His lyrics were able to | | | | involved with Norval Marley. Bob Marley was the |
| transcend languages, cultures, and nationalities. Rising | | | | product of that relationship. Norval was of an English |
| like the phoenix from the ashes he was able to rise | | | | upper class background. This fact placed a strain on |
| out to his humble Trench Town beginnings to become | | | | the relationship between the two from the very |
| the Reggae Superstar. | | | | beginning. |