Bob Marley And The Women ( Part 1 )

Wife and children
Bob Marley had a number of children: three with his wife Rita, two adopted from Rita's previous relationships, and several others with different women. The Bob Marley official website acknowledges eleven children.
Those listed on the official site are:
1.Sharon, born November 23, 1964, to Rita in previous relationship
2.Cedella born August 23, 1967, to Rita
3.David "Ziggy", born October 17, 1968, to Rita
4.Stephen, born April 20, 1972, to Rita
5.Robert "Robbie", born May 16, 1972, to Pat Williams
6.Rohan, born May 19, 1972, to Janet Hunt
7.Karen, born 1973 to Janet Bowen
8.Stephanie, born August 17, 1974; according to Cedella Booker she was the daughter of Rita and a man called Ital with whom Rita had an affair; nonetheless she was acknowledged as Bob's daughter
9.Julian, born June 4, 1975, to Lucy Pounder
10.Ky-Mani, born February 26, 1976, to Anita Belnavis
11.Damian, born July 21, 1978, to Cindy Breakspeare
12.Makeda was born on May 30, 1981, to Yvette Crichton, after Marley's death. ] lists her as Marley's child, but she is not listed as such on the Bob Marley official website.
13.also list Imani Carole, born May 22, 1963 to Cheryl Murray; but she does not appear on the official Bob Marley website

[@ghanasoul]

I don’t give a damn where Bob’s head was as far as women, his marriage etc. All he really owed us was his talent.

[@barringtonedwards7008]

😂😂😂😂 BOB MARRIED RITA FOR TRAVEL PAPERS FEBRUARY 10 1966. THE NEXT DAY MY MASTER BOB FLEW TO DELAWARE TO VISIT HIS MOTHER CEDELLA. AND BOB GAVE MANY INTERVIEWS WHERE HE SAID HE DENOUNCED WESTERN MARRIAGE. AND BOB DIVORCED RITA AND LEFT HER FOR CINDY😂😂😂. RITA WAS A NIGHTMARE TO BOB. AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE. LIKE RITA WRITING IN HER BOOK "NO WOMAN NO CRY" THAT BOB ABANDONED HER AND THE KIDS FOR MONTHS AND NEVER SENT THEM A DIME. THAT'S AFTER THEY SHOT AFTER HIM. BOB FOUND OUT SOME THINGS ABOUT RITA THAT WOULD MAKE YOU CRINGE. RITA IS CIA FROM CUBA AND STEPHEN LOOKS JUST LIKE HIS DAD MORTIMMO PLANNO AND CEDELLA BOTCHED HER FACE AND UNDERWENT FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND BLEACHED HER SKIN AND SO DID ZIGGY, KYMANI, STEPHEN,.SELAH ROHAN, JO MERSA, JULIAN AND SKIP AND ROBBIE AND YG AND MANY MORE. THEY ARE NOT MARLEYS😂😂. THEY ARE NARLEYS

[@MSLIZZLA]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@joennjala1666]

Rita was all the Queen Bob needed, I can only imagine the embarrassment and hurt she endured watching him chase and romance other woman, big up to Mrs. Rita Marly a true buffalo soldier.

[@shininglightjoi6627]

....we all have choice x

[@properone3248]

You clearly have no idea what a buffalo soldier is 😂

[@mielledowney2379]

This woman irks tf out of me. The way she glorifies being a side chick is cringe 😬. She had nothing to do with his success but Rita was Bob's foundation and true Queen.

[@AS-wj1du]

Cindy the beauty queen, Esther Anderson the photographer, women Bob allegedly were with. He still came back to Rita. Apparently hurt by it, Rita wanted to leave him but he wouldn't let her. So he loved her and remembered where they were coming from. Apparently Rita's parents left her at different times, Bob's dad too and his mother to seek a better life so they probably clung to each other. Bob did wrong but knew it was Rita who loved him

[@theresajames1773]

God give her the her peace

[@queenbrown7751]

Rita is so beautiful in and out. She has a heart of Gold Bob was so lucky!!!

[@siofra3819]

She definitely wasn't, she has a black heart as bobs mother said. Let's not forget her tricking bob into marriage saying he would get a usa citizenship

[@CCJJ160Channels]

There’s a tendency to make Marley a saint. I enjoy his music & his message but he did a lot of messed up things when it came to his marriage to Rita.

[@Horac3]

Idk if they were polyamorous or open, but they clearly had some sort of arrangement from what Rita said in the footage. She also had affairs and children outside of their marriage as well that Bob adopted. People conveniently like to not do their research/forget about that part!

[@tjthegreat7]

Rita had two children to two different men during their marriage

[@shilohstent1134]

Knowledge of Good and Evil, God works in mysterious ways. Judge not lest you be Judged Beloved. God is so Great!

[@shilohstent1134]

Bob was a prophet of God. Remember what King David did with Bathseheba and He was a MAN after Gods own Heart. Powerful! Mystery of God.

[@shilohstent1134]

Focus not on the fallen part of the human nature (the chaff), but focus on the wheat which the King comes to seperate and make Whole. Forgive to be forgiven and the riches of Heaven will manifest in your Life. Zealously Forgive and see the Power of ALMIGHTY GOD manifest in your Life. Bless :)

[@sharonshead8916]

RITA MARLEY WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE BOB MARLEY'S QUEEN.❤❤❤

[@user-er8wj4wi9v]

I don’t care about his Relationship history. I just love Bob Marley as my favorite Reggae artist.

[@jujubeanzzz5413]

He supposedly wrote those songs for Cindy but Mrs. Marley living off the royalties of the songs lol

[@deidrapeters635]

That part!!!

[@georgiaisom6347]

🤭😁

[@jenny-im9gc]

And all she could say is the song was made for me. Nothing else. He was with other women during his time with you. Not special

[@jujubeanzzz5413]

@@jenny-im9gc And the song is about xes. Not love

[@alethiacampbell1365]

😂😂✊👍

[@veronica213LA]

Im a fan of Bob Marley but that so disrespectful to have his wife sing a song he wrote for another woman romantically. Rita is a strong woman I wouldnt handle her situation well.

[@erinchillmusic8930]

I know! WTF?!!

[@deangelos1980]

Family&Music why don’t talk her cheating before first

[@sammilozano6000]

Family&Music I agree, Rita also struggled and had a couple affairs herself, Bob actually adopted a daughter that wasn’t his. I don’t blame her though I mean, she was lonely

[@tannygodisbeautiful9690]

Smart woman Rita the others all of to live with the shame she was married and received all. #SmartRita

[@wzz225]

Family&Music they had an open relationship

[@tishallmoon9669]

BOB had CHARISMA !! RITA WAS HIS STRENGTH !!

[@twahirabasi9765]

Bob's Mom Cedella once said bob was crazy in love with Rita. she said bob found some resemblance of Rita to her (His mother). Remember, Bob wrote stir it up for Rita!

[@bellarue3065]

She strongly resembles his Mom. Rita was his true love and Queen before the fame. Bob was simply being Bob. Spreading his seed and enjoying the attention he got from many women. However, Cindy had to be the most delusional of them all. She obviously was madly in love with a man she could never have 100%

[@diamondmoeleneaux3887]

@@bellarue3065 true

[@tomberver1075]

@@bellarue3065 doesn’t excuse cheating

[@sayeedharem4673]

@@bellarue3065 I agree that the intrusive nature of fame means that women will appear that wouldn't really have been there at all if it wasn't for the tours fame and new money .Plus with rocks stars and athletes there's also the pressure of getting a woman who is literally a trophy someone to model with Infront of the cameras .At a time where if you were darkskin the photography couldn't and still can't capture your aura and beauty . Often the fans too would internationally would make remarks because the Mick Jaggers , Road Stewart all had multiple wives and girlfriends ,kept exchanging then once they got tired . But I do think this is BLK culture to where women have got to want better for themselves and men if their not protecting or providing are slipping. Rita should never had been demoted to room security and having all these women verbally and physically in competition with her ,weaponised against her .That I still find distasteful

[@AS-wj1du]

Bob chose someone like his mother as men often choose women like their mother and women like their father. But Rita said the fame made him stray. Still he came back to her and she took him back. Apparently he was hurt when she cheated

[@janicej7771]

It seems like all of the siblings love each other... so something good came out of all of the relationships with the many women

[@wilcoxwilcox3272]

I agree

[@gavinscott10]

Strange but true. So maybe a man having multiple children with multiple women in an unforgiving society is not so bad, just as long as he can financially take care of them all. Something to think about.

[@robertlund5694]

@dayum son you don't have the foresight to understand boy.

[@vmurrayful]

@@robertlund5694 please if it was a regular joe none of this would of been tolerated

[@patrickphokoane641]

In front of the cameras yess but behind closed doors i don't think so

[@MrSwaggIAm]

Bob Marley was out here planting seeds 😭 at least his legacy is continuing

[@denisejohnson3578]

None of these other women seem ashamed by being with a married man

[@erinchillmusic8930]

I know... so much violence against women by women in this world...

[@chykim1]

Such is life 🤷

[@heyLORDitsme]

He was Bob Marley. That's why. Any probably loved them all and made them all feel special.

[@earthakitt8665]

@@tiff2422 why should there be shame? They're all consenting adults.. Just because Polyamorous relationships aren't the "norm" doesn't make em' wrong. Different strokes for different folks

[@gavinscott10]

In many African cultures, it's traditional for a man to have many wives...as long as he can take of them financially. Bob did that, except he couldn't legally marry them all.

[@slehcyo8223]

I can never listen to "One Love" the same way.

[@RockaRollaSteel]

Lol.

[@sherylsimmons8111]

LOL!😂😂😂

[@kaylao.3326]

Really wish Rita had more of a backbone in that marriage

[@faithxaas6730]

Same. But then I’m glad she gets the entire empire/legacy. She’s the one who helped build the man thus should be the only one rewarded. She’ll always get the glory/praise, Cindy and the others are just sidechicks/baby mothers.

[@barringtonedwards7008]

​@@faithxaas6730 BOB MARRIED RITA FOR TRAVEL PAPERS FEBRUARY 10 1966. THE NEXT DAY MY MASTER BOB FLEW TO DELAWARE TO VISIT HIS MOTHER CEDELLA. AND BOB GAVE MANY INTERVIEWS WHERE HE SAID HE DENOUNCED WESTERN MARRIAGE. AND BOB DIVORCED RITA AND LEFT HER FOR CINDY😂😂😂. RITA WAS A NIGHTMARE TO BOB. AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE. LIKE RITA WRITING IN HER BOOK "NO WOMAN NO CRY" THAT BOB ABANDONED HER AND THE KIDS FOR MONTHS AND NEVER SENT THEM A DIME. THAT'S AFTER THEY SHOT AFTER HIM. BOB FOUND OUT SOME THINGS ABOUT RITA THAT WOULD MAKE YOU CRINGE. RITA IS CIA FROM CUBA AND STEPHEN LOOKS JUST LIKE HIS DAD MORTIMMO PLANNO AND CEDELLA BOTCHED HER FACE AND UNDERWENT FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND BLEACHED HER SKIN AND SO DID ZIGGY, KYMANI, STEPHEN,.SELAH ROHAN, JO MERSA, JULIAN AND SKIP AND ROBBIE AND YG AND MANY MORE. THEY ARE NOT MARLEYS😂😂. THEY ARE NARLEYS IDIAY. THE ESTATE IS IN CEDELLA NARLEY' NAME AND RITA IS A FRAUD😂😂😂😂

[@siofra3819]

She tricked him into marriage, and told him he could get a usa citizenship he wasn't with her for very long

[@sandradaley4920]

She did she didn’t sweat anything she had a friend name Ital on the side so she was good

[@mangoyacho]

He dodged the HIV\AIDS bullet. I wonder how he would have felt if some man were playing one of his daughters?

[@shantoyallen6851]

A it me a say to but he wouldn't want that though I can bet you that

[@forresterstransporting.2552]

He didn't play anyone, he wasn't into any relationship where the ladys were underage or forced to, it was up to the individuals decision to get involved with him, who the cap fit let them where it.

[@Horac3]

Idk if they were polyamorous or open, but they clearly had some sort of arrangement from what Rita said in the footage. She also had affairs and children outside of their marriage as well that Bob adopted. People conveniently like to not do their research/forget about that part!

[@krystingrant6292]

Yessssssssss

[@krystingrant6292]

​@@Horac3Rita wanted a divorced but he refused refused to file.

[@melbrooks1192]

all bob's kids are talented. Love Rita the only Mrs. Robert Nesta Marley.

[@gavinscott10]

except for Rohan. He was the "Tito Jackson" in the Marley family. Did good with the coffee business and then hooked up with diva Lauren Hill, messed up her head, dropped 5-6 pickney pon she and then left her for the Venezuelan chick. SMH.

[@juleslazaro6950]

Is there anyone in the wide world you'd rather have so many children with so many women? A half-white, half-black master artist who spread truth and tolerance and who continues to exude his message through mankinds goodness? Marley just wanted to give the world some "Good, good loving."

[@Diwani_Spark14]

Bob may have had his share of women but nothing beats his band member Family man who has 50 children. It was part of the mentality back then and still is. Those bredren truly believed in being fruitful and multiplying.

[@tabitha1821]

Dwayne D bet he didn’t look after all of them though

[@JEOfficialMusic]

They really did. I don’t think I’d get married if that was the kind of life I chose to live. Nothing wrong with having kids by several women and being a rock star but don’t commit to one in marriage then do it after. That’s why folks say wait to get married.

[@annmcdonald7713]

Crazy. How can a man father 50 kids. Impossible

[@gavinscott10]

@@annmcdonald7713 some woman in Africa has 43 biological kids...not even all with the same dude. She also has 3 full time jobs. Incredible ish.

[@henryilori9952]

Aston "family man" Barret, his bassist

[@joanhannington456]

And my vote goes to Rita ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@cornflower9258]

Rita is a beautiful woman! He probably respected and loved her the most ❤

[@amberkosterewa7029]

so- lying & cheating is respect?!?

[@warrendoris9669]

Utmost respect to Rita!

[@ingridrichards6427]

Great women Rita is a women I always look up to bless her😘

[@apexwalker7090]

Wow! I'm just coming across this now..he actually showed her the upmost DISRESPECT- I never looked into this before, love Bob Marley's music, but probably wouldn't have liked the MAN himself, after seeing this!

[@carmaela2689]

Rita was such an amazingly understanding and beautiful wife. She was much more patient than I could ever be!

[@charlo17]

Bob was a Gallis! This man just enjoyed having many women and the women permitted him! So one cannot blame him alone!

[@SquillyMon]

Now Rita is a STRONG WOMAN... Say what you will and of course I have the same thoughts as I am rather Insanely Loyal myself. But Rita REALLY WOWED me when she said she was part of something BIGGER... She believed in Bob and how he was a gift from God and she wouldn't get in the way of that. WOW... Cudos to Rita...Serious

[@nightswan12now]

SquillyMon well hell squilly,we're all gifts from God I believe .I don't see how leaving what I'd call a marriage from hell as getting in the way of what Bob was doing with his message of love to the world. Please tell me how it is considered "strong" to stay in a situation like this one turned out to be. What ? Just to see how much pain she could expose herself to? Oh, maybe a test of endurance? You said it right this was INSANE. Insane bullshit!!! The woman was a singer in her own right and a good one at that step the fuck out of that asylum. Start your own message board for God's sake, " WAKE UP AND LIVE" (Bob Marley}

[@nightswan12now]

nightswan12 now obviously I'n not WOWED. Cudos? Ha! My ASS!!!!

[@SquillyMon]

Im not sure if you are angered by my post...or saying that I dont know what I am talking about... It seems that you havent understood a single thing I was saying. I complimented Rita the entire way... I also stated that I wouldnt be able to handle any of what she handled with Poise and actual Pride in herself and Bob. Basically she was ABOVE JEALOUSY... She truly LOVED Bob...in a selfless manner Again...STRONG... My entire post was a compliment, that seemed so clear to me... No? If I were a woman...I wouldnt be able to handle what she did...not by a LONG SHOT... Im too weak in that manner. I get Jealous...which is WEAKNESS... Second...She never left the marriage Third...she wasnt sad or hurt or angry...Again...Strong... Rita was in Pain? In a marriage from Hell...was she? When did she EVER say that? She never once ever stated that... In fact all she did was proclaim her Love for Bob... ALWAYS. Again... STRONG I think you need to explain what your point was here...because I am completely lost... Are you mad because you think I support Bobs was of living? I dont support it....I couldnt do that to a woman I loved... You definitely have me STUMPED here... Care to explain?

[@nightswan12now]

Well Squilly I see this is from back in March had to refresh myself as to the content , but yes I'd made some statements that apparently was misconstrude that I was angry. My notorious language for which I apologize; a bad habit I'm presently working to correct and should.A lot U brought me here so let me begin by saying that I would never make a blanket statement inferring that U knew not what Ur talking about. I think U and I have a different spin on the beautiful Ms Marley and how valiant/strong she was for staying in what I would call a marriage from hell. First of all why on God's green earth would staying put in such a disfunctional hell be considered strong when she could have left all that heartache and pain? And jealousy being weak? No. I believe this is ur and my whole disconnect.Jealously is a human trait and we humans should be allowed to react within reason when put upon in this respect. I believe Ms Marley at that time was more afraid than strong or weak for that matter. Afraid to get out of a marriage that Bob himself is now denying even exists!! She stayed because she loved him yes but how much of one's self is required to be sacrificed for the sake of love, money stature and the like? I believe you have to love yourself first before you can honestly/ truly love another. You must believe that what and who you are is relevant to the relationship and that you do count !! To the other half that is. From the various interviews given by Bob and Rita there is no reason to believe that she now held no special meaning to him!! No more than any of the others in which he was involved although she is the legal wife who also cheated resulting in at least one child just as he did with children to attest to various affairs. So keeping on point she relegates her own status as #1 and only wife ever to "Guardian Angle" something bigger than she? Really? This is where I have a problem with Ms Marley and you obviously don't. The marriage is long over and she says so herself but she stays within it. He's now giving public interviews stating that he is not married!! So do you not think that by most sane accounts a marriage from hell at this point? Sure she stayed but Rita moved from 56 Hope did she not? Believing that this household not a condusive one for to rear her children. Can you not see what was going on within that house/Marriage? Either everything or just nothing left. no respect for sure. without that for each other what does any marriage have? Either way bodes bad news for what anyone in my opinnion could call a normal, amical marriage. So she left yet she stayed in that union not marriage, racked in public humiliation, scored with other women and resulting children popping up everywhere!!! OMG! Hence the guardian angle thing. So, Squilly why? Please explain to me why you think that Bob Marley needed a guardian angle in the form of Rita? And who is Rita suppose to be guarding Bob against or from? It appears that all kinds of women with Bob's children all over the place, well let me say if she was on the gate then she should be charged with derelick of duty!! Bob should have had somebody else on that wall!!! So she had to save face if she is going to stay and she did stay!! Squilly,who is strong, weak? I think it would have been strong/taken more courage to walk away from that insanity which she obviously didn't have. Can you honestly say this is the way you feel a strong woman deals with an errant husband? Really? What? Cudos from me had she the strength to just step off!! Leave the icon and the money, while still maintaining dignity and SELF RESPECT!! I don't believe that Bob would not have let her and their children starve. He wasn't mean spirited that way. With all his faults and yes he had them he was a messenger for peace/love. Not a one dementional man for sure. I think he out grew Rita within the struggle of success. As for her pain you say? Well I can only ask that you trust me from a woman's point of view, yes there was pain and plenty of it!!! Ask any women how can there not be. Does she really have to verbally asy so? Do you really have to ask? As a woman I would leave her that dignity!!! We women can feel it for her no need to say it. Watch her interview It's all over her beautiful face!!! So if a woman chooses to stay in such a disfunctional mess then stay, love him, care for him as she did, but be honest in it all. If anything is said as to why U stay just say it's because U loved him just like all the others did. No. No. No guardian angle flying around THIS man. Just a lot of women in love!!

[@SquillyMon]

OK....I apologize I asked you to clarify for me. That obviously did NOT work. I might be FAR more confused now, than I was before. NO...IM JUST KIDDING.... I think I see what you are saying.... In a way Yes I understand what you are saying. You dont agree with me labelling Rita as Strong because she stayed in what would be to almost any woman.....A horrible Marriage. I am going to go ahead and AGREE with you.... Perhaps I used the word Strong in an improper context.... No I wouldnt call any other woman strong if they had and stayed in a poisonous marriage or any other situation. The ONLY reason I called her Strong was because she seemed to not be bothered or seemed to almost rise above what would have emotionally killed any other woman...or man for that matter.... So my use of that word made it seem like i condone the way of their marriage....Which I certainly DO NOT.... I dont cheat.... I dont tolerate cheaters...and I certainly could not handle anything like what Rita did. So after more thought...I THINK that I DO understand you my Dear. I wouldnt wish Rita Marleys situation on ANY woman....and I suppose I shouldnt say that any woman who did stay in that situation should be or would be labelled as a "Strong Woman" Because my saying she is strong almost seems like i am saying that all women should tolerate whatever Hell a man put upon her.... In that way....I apologize... I never meant it to seem thata way... I only said she seemed strong because she stated in an interview that she was not negatively affected by all of those goings on by Bob.... After thinking about it all this time....I see your point...and I need to say that wasnt what I meant by using the wording that I used

[@dvsdelfia]

Rita......great!!!!!!Couldn't be me thxxx 4 posting

[@jadicampbell2879]

I've never seen anybody so proud to be a side chick like Cindy was. But who cares Rita got the last laugh

[@msrubie11]

+jadi campbell You got that right, giving lectures at the college in Jamaica, that is wearing you side chick hat with pride! Yes, Rita is reigning as the true Queen.

[@YawAsafo]

Not my place to judge her, but did she not think about his family? Yes, so proud of her deeds.

[@msrubie11]

@118394772708340196241 We learn as we get older but when you go to a college and lecture about your affair with another woman's husband that you know caused her pain it says something about your character and your growth as a human being. Rita's meekness, kindness, and devotion is why I believe the Messiah has blessed her so abundantly. I knew someone just like her. Even though it killed her inside she took care of this person kids. When I see Rita, I think of her. Rita still helped all the kids career wise and made sure they were close as siblings. I just think she deserves respect now. It seems the other moms keep to their lives. This woman has had 2 husbands and has a 3rd and still talking about Bob Marley as if she had the marriage license. The University also should be ashamed to have promoted this! Proud of her deeds is quite right and then some. Cindy thinks she is better than Rita and she always have. It is obvious. So if she is going to put herself out there people are going to comment and she should expect it. This is 2016!

[@HeeeyFuckers]

She is not proud, she just made the choice to not lived ashamed like some people would want her to, she has one of the most talentented reggae artists as a son who gets alone perfectly with Rita's sons and they touch people everyday with their music. Less judgement, more love.

[@msrubie11]

Rita certainly is not proud and I think by now everyone know Cindy is not ashamed. This is not the first interview she has done, please! I read Rita's book and it was in her own words and her own voice. She was treated very disrespectfully by Cindy and Esther and some of the other high profile women, as well. As if she meant nothing. She was hurt, why continue to pour salt in this woman's wound. Yes, Damian is very talented, so are all the Marley Bros. Rita made sure they stayed close after Bob's death. What about her shame, her hurt, her life now? All the other mothers stay silent, they do not give speeches and interviews and they are not wealthy women! . Cindy has been married 3 times, the first 3 months after Bob's death to wealthy men. She does not have a financial need. So what has this to do with shame, not much! If you don;t want public backlash, don't do public events that cause controversy. You don't control public opinions. Everyone will not think like you, have the same value system as you. You have your opinion and we have ours. If Cindy did not want backlash from public opinions don't do questions and answers publicly at universities! Less disrespect and more humility!

[@missbenjamin3610]

I guess all these women were willing to accept the ultimatum of "you'll never be no'1 and my heart belongs to Rita" and they were all willing to be that other women, sad but to each it's own and Rita also accepted it so should we I guess , love him anyway

[@savitri2794]

Bob did what any red blooded American Did,thank the god almighty he did, he died so young glad he did things his way,he earn it.

[@kaylao.3326]

One thing that interest me about the whole Cindy and Bob affair is how Cindy loves to tiptoe around the obvious racial part of their relationship which was the reason for most of the backlash she received in the Uk. Had Bob had been with a black Miss World, there would have been very little backlash

[@Pirate7X]

RITA RULES, respect to the Empress of the Marley Legacy!

[@Happey67]

The funniest thing is women talk about men and their cheating and they know the man was married but still took off their underwares and allow Bob to have his way. I bet you if they were married to Bob it would be different. Bob seem to be really smitten with Cindy. I am surprise he didn't add a room and bring her in and her baby. Rita you are a strong woman.

[@karajones4638]

He cheated on her 2 that smitten thing wore off after a while

[@gavinscott10]

They were all fucking around on each other, even Rita..lol

[@MegaThefuture]

The one that should be blamed is the cheater, he had a brain and he could've been responsible towards his marriage, don't blame the girls, they weren't the ones that were married.

[@forresterstransporting.2552]

Brother you right,you right, you right, you right, you so right....he threw his corn but he no call no fowl.

[@forresterstransporting.2552]

@@gavinscott10 you know your history my brother.

[@BillyBuxkets]

you can have as many Queens as you want, BUT THERE IS ONLY **** 1 **** EMPRESS ************* Empress Rita Marley

[@gavinscott10]

BOOM

[@ruthmuran1244]

YES. Her nickname Bob and his friends called from the beginning was Ritz. It's so appropriate for herr .

[@ruthmuran1244]

Even now Rita aka Ritz is the picture Ure.I really hope that when her time comes she is to rest will h him.And they can have eternal peace together without the interference of others.

[@ruthmuran1244]

She has s the picture of elegance even Her soft voice is beautiful.Listen to other wanna be,s She wins hands down and good for her.

[@Dreama41]

He was trying to spread peace and love through his music. But his personal life was a complete and utter mess. There is nothing respectful about a womanizing man. No one is perfect we all know that. But right is right and wrong is wrong.

[@lonztehira3564]

Everyone has different veiw points what you think is right maybe wrong in others eyes, it is what It is..

[@heyLORDitsme]

Well said

[@bloodredeem5781]

True True but we all have our issues or weakness his was women

[@robertlund5694]

Some men don't have to womanise , Bob was one of them.

[@mahardhikayogathama4165]

Who decides what is right and what is wrong? Humans? EACH person has their own mind and judging someone with their own perspective is just stupid.

[@Feralfaye]

In the end, Rita gets all the respect. She is who the world knows as Bob Marley's wife. So all these other mistresses will just be out there missing Bob, but never get the respect from the world that only a wife can receive.........It says alot that he MARRIED Rita. Everyone else was just a booty call wishing he would marry them.

[@house_of_stars_3578]

being the wise soul (dier) he was , who truly lived what he came here to do, bring love and peace to the world, he was able to love, truly love a woman, so i don't think he would appreciate these categorizations. Sure time can make love stronger, but sometimes that's also a differnt type a love. All the sages knew it: live and love in the moment. And if you look at how thee children grew, into each beautiful and gifted spirits, then i'd say that's a real good proof of that .

[@theamazingworldofme6489]

If Bob was still alive yanno he would have cheated on Cindy too😂😂

[@kitto3608]

Bob slept with her two closest friends while he was with cindy🥲🤣🤣

[@cassandrajenkins9319]

He did with that African chick and he had a child after Damien 2

[@judiththomas7431]

He did cheat on Cindy, with two of her so-called friends no less

[@wishropp]

We Are What We Are......Let The Man Rest in Peace...Love the King Still..

[@monkeyjunkyard9947]

Through our lives we've all gained our perceptions of right and wrong. Who's to say....if we are right or wrong. I didn't realize how important he was until he was gone. Now he lives on through my children. RIP

[@ijumaainjabulo5983]

Your comment really is not an arugemt about right or wrong like you say it is. You comment is based on the perspective of his fame and message so it makes his personal life okay. You are allowed to separate the person from the artist.

[@LoganCharlesII]

Bob Marley certainly had a "type" when it came to women outside of his marriage.

[@HeeeyFuckers]

All people hating or insulting him and the women only show they didn't understand Bob, you just like his music, but you don't get the spirit. And I dislike cheating too, don't get me wrong, but it's about being open minded to the fact that no one belongs to anyone at the end od the day, and yeah people make mistakes but your minds get so stuck on those mistakes, on the word "cheating" and you don't move on, while the family actually ended up becoming one, collaborating on music and art, and have nothing but love to spread to the world.

[@Amconrod]

2-D that’s a crock of bullshit! He was famous and adored for his music and he knew this and took advantage of anyone woman he chose while disrespecting Rita and his children. While I loved Bob Marley and his music...I’m ashamed of his selfish indulgent behavior.

[@JG-mh4yu]

anne marie conrod x

[@amor797]

What they dont know is that Rita is not what she seems to be. Why talking after his death, sorry but nobody were present in their private life and dont know anything. He never talked about private stuff. People should ask themselves how a wife can let her husband being poisoned by doctors

[@foncharles4284]

Bob Marley was just saving a situation of an earthly female struggle

[@OceanBabiedollBias]

@1:08 sis already knew what was goin on look at that face 😂🤣💀

[@terryanndouglas5394]

What a sad life

[@sgreeni]

Met Rita before and everything about is synonymous with being a humble queen. All others are mistresses happy with scraps.

[@alianaweston2286]

A man can be in love with more than one woman. Even yours 😉 I know it stings real bad that he loved a white woman, but you’ll be Ok 👌

[@sgreeni]

@@alianaweston2286 if you thought my comment was a man loving more than one woman you must be trashy. Like I said, Rita was a queen then, and she was never a mistress, she will always be confidently first. Everyone else trying to get linked, she is the original and only link. Get that through your head.

[@user-ul5ms6fb1s]

@@sgreeniYup Cindy has to be linked through her son that she lives vicariously through. She will always be looking from the outside in. A proud sidechick.

[@cindysidechick]

Name me a more prouder Side Chick than Cindy?

[@dee24874]

Ha ha 😆.

[@KAMAAINA101]

Lovely Rita u are! Behind ever great man is a great women!

[@NotEvenOverThere]

I’ll never understand how women like Rita always end up in situations like this, Bob was a great man but without her who knows what the story would be today.

[@16Mind]

@SingMeAnElla and CINDY moved on to a next man when he died...Rita Still stayed Faithful. It doesn't Matter, RITA was THERE from the VERY beginning, that's the QUEEN!:)

[@gavinscott10]

Ummm...LOL..In case you didn't know, Rita cheated on Bob and had a jacket pickney that Bob raised as his own. FACTS.

[@ancientfuture9690]

A woman that stays devoted to a man, that clearly shows he has no regard for her feelings whatsoever, isn't a queen. That's called a pauper. She let Bob walk all over her.

[@ronnybueller]

She cheated on him first when he moved to Delaware with his mother.... do some homework... of coarse Rita would stick around for that estate while his other children got nothing

[@shaniquecarnagie3534]

Rita is all for the money...smh.

[@buffalovirgo]

"gonna have to get miltant" love it

[@wycliffaguomo3432]

You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She’s loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect, you aren’t either & the two of you may never be perfect together. But if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking of you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she know’s you can break: her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.” - Bob Marley. stop the arguments this is enough. love is one and love is all.

[@JoelZWilliams1]

Dang, I was hoping to see a picture of Cindy Hunt, Rohan's mother. I just found out he once played at Miami alongside of Ray Lewis. I want to see where he got those genes.

[@KingJaames]

Ray Lewis, The Rock, Rohan, Warren Sapp.... Interesting team

[@WWEETHEPEOPLE]

KingJaames which genes...lol

[@amadoumoustaphadieng8660]

Can anyone name a perfect human being on earth? Stop judging!

[@ancientfuture9690]

😂 No. But we can name a man that (didn't bother to) father over his MANY, MANY children. It's not judgement...it's fact. All he wanted to do was selfishly plug his penis wherever he could and move on. Was his music good? Yes. Was he a terrible Father? Yes.

[@mizpahmatiaha1773]

Because she is Jr Gongs mama ❤ she deserves the respect and love just as much #justsaying

[@Junie-uh9ik]

She’s a sidechick a proud one at that

[@cassandrajenkins9319]

Side chicks don't get respect

[@mizpahmatiaha1773]

​@@Junie-uh9ik I literally watched Miss World 76 and thought her vibes were completely vile and ughhh 🙄😒

[@imanigabbana6629]

​@@Junie-uh9ik well she might be a side chick to you and the others but to Bob she was everything that's why he writes multiple songs about her and want his wife to sing them 😂

[@1pieros]

I bow to your superior wisdom. I am not a Christian. I also do not have need to post negative comments especially about dead artists. Accept my apologies for advocating tolerance. No doubt I will go to hell, my consolation being that I will share it with many a great musician and artist. ;=) peace.

[@moymoy5394]

Absolutely 💯% Pure BEAUTY @ 2:00

[@slehcyo8223]

It's sad when people have multiple women they stop caring & just jump around having fun.

[@nonofyourbiz6749]

Tell that to the Mormons..

[@dreddluvr]

It's difficult for caucasian Americans to wrap their head around other cultures- therefore they condemn what they don't understand. Wrong or Right, Bob Marley was a force of nature. His heart was bigger than life and his message lives on. Jah Bless Reggae!

[@MariaM-nl9ky]

Yes its wrong but thank G-D they were all born and bring us much beautiful music to this world and keep Bob's legacy Alive..it was written...Bob died very Young...this was G-D's plan for the LEGEND to have many International children here on earth...Its deeper than just "cheating". I understand because I had an ex who did this to me...he passed away at same age as Bob and has several kids by several women and all of the children have made such a big impact to this world. Blessings

[@rellfromcentral4343]

Boo

[@bookdream]

I think how Bob handled this relationship was wrong. That being said, it doesn't define him, or make him a bad person. We can accept he had flaws and did wrong like every single one of us and still recognize all the good he did and people he helped and the talent he had which greatly overshadowed his mistakes. People are complicated, you can't look at one aspect of them and judge their entire being. Look at the whole picture.

[@erinchillmusic8930]

Yes, I can say I loved his Art but I do not respect him as a man. Yes, they can Co exist.

[@marenolemmert9090]

I'm very disappointed that Bob hurt Rita. If it were me...I would be out. Respect to her. Shame on all the other women for not respecting her AND OF THE dead we don't speak.

[@comoody]

***** After years after being hurt by his infidelities , disrespect and outside children.

[@evelynapplewhite7340]

Me too! I would not have been singing back up for him I would have been backing up from his cheating self once I discovered that he was playing me with other women....I do hope he didn't die in his sins....She is so strong a woman.

[@tonywalton1052]

Rhee Pah Oh Rhee - who would have thought that famous wealthy musicians have loads of women! When asked why who only dates models, mick jagger said, "because i can."

[@stormyweather4489]

You are right in a sense! However, you have to understand the fact that it was Bob Marley! And it's hard to ignore temptation when you are a man and have all these beautiful women throwing themselves at you, Bob was famous as well as good looking, Who wouldn't want to bear his child? I guess they were well aware that Bob would not leave Rita, I don't think they really cared. I believe they just wanted their children to be a part of Bob's legacy. And as far as i can see they have all achieve their goal.

[@Sp-ck5es]

diane russell Bob Marley was just damn disrespectful to Rita..Too many people, are still intrigued with the iconic view of his cultural success..And will give him a pass because of it...In my estimation..

[@neneyounge]

Bob was not a Christian man. He had different views and beliefs on marriage. He married Rita because he loved her and saw his mom in her. She was his Empress. Even though he had different women, he never abused them, he showed them love and respected them. Rita also had affairs. Different marriage arrangement.

[@sarahthompson8230]

Yeah but her lovers wasn't making speeches at universities and giving multiple interviews on their fuck life

[@ruthy2825]

What do you mean he never abused them? When he beat Rita so bad in Germany that the hotel room door was broken off and they banned him from coming back there.

[@neneyounge]

@@ruthy2825 source?

[@DetroitRed03]

Rita will always be Queen Marley. Cindy would look stupid carrying the Marley name

[@GELLA29]

well said. bless up rita

[@geovannyleon190]

Tuvo muchas amantes estando casado aunque lo negaba en las entrevistas

[@TheReneex]

Rita must have truly loved him but that's no excuse to stick behind a man who has no true devotion to you.

[@Ahoia88]

She saw bigger then the woman she saw the importance of what Bob was doing. She wrote a book called no woman no cry. She explains it all

[@rootsreggae2007]

Happy Bday.. Big up Rasta

[@wateragua1613]

AGREED THOROUGHLY 100%!!! PEOPLE ARE STRANGE.

[@Celestialtarotreadings]

Rita is good lol. Smart lady too.

[@51MontyPython]

Man, dude sure was a player.

[@tjwalters61]

WOW Tonksred You possess a striking resemblance to the popular reggae dancehall artist Yellowman ! No Body Move, Nobody Get Hurt !

[@TONKSRED300]

@prettylovecaramel the documentry can be found here on youtube called rebel music the life of bob marley thanks

[@gavinscott10]

From a man's point of view.."the NEXT pum pum is always the BEST pum pum"

[@cassandrajenkins3817]

Gavin Scott u sound like an idiot

[@gavinscott10]

@@cassandrajenkins3817 Sadly, it's true.

[@user-og8oi9we5s]

I love Damian, I love Kymani. Had he not “cheated”, they wouldn’t exist

[@manonmoon10]

most definitely agree with you!

[@margypaolacovaledamonje4188]

me gustaría que estuviera traducido, lo he buscado por todas partes y no lo encuentro con traducción. :(

[@seanmarren9804]

Imagine a poor boy in trench town getting no love from anyone. You meet Rita and she opens the gate of heaven. Then you make it big and all these hot women suddenly want you too. Any man can see the giant test Jah put before Bob but few of us really know how difficult it would have been to resist. Rock star life was his only weakness

[@ijumaainjabulo5983]

This has nothing to do with God

[@kaylao.3326]

Wasn’t he cheating on her way before he became famous?

[@made.in.ja.2250]

Bruh I'll be real with u,all successful guys go always have multiple women

[@seanmarren9804]

@@made.in.ja.2250 wide is the path that leads to destruction

[@made.in.ja.2250]

@@seanmarren9804 that's irrelevant

[@cassandrajenkins3817]

Cindy needs to stop i mean really already Rita won in the end. She really did her beauty queen status wasnt all that he didnt rush to marry her

[@gavinscott10]

are you an idiot?

[@toni9890]

@@gavinscott10 are you

[@rashmisolanki5347]

To all the people Barking in comments make sure you hands our clean no one is perfect

[@toni9890]

Sure but you can still criticize him

[@annakeys8028]

Bob was who he felt inside, right, wrong or indifferent to the people around him. He was still a great man who took care of all his children and those he loved no matter what the cost.

[@brianforde5200]

Finally a sensible person

[@leonashmead6381]

Common sense

[@CocoapieRodriguez]

He still married MY chocolate, RITA.

[@39Missmel]

What baffles me is Cindy didnot know he was married to Rita, and Bob felt it was ok to have other children by other women, but Rita your title was WIFE…

[@dee24874]

Cindy knew but imo was in denial smh. People asked about Bob's wife Rita on tour and if Bob was married but he kept the single image as a marketing ploy imo. Even in a youtube 1976 reel when Bob's attempted assassination happened it mentioned Rita as his wife ( Cindy started to really date Bob in 1975). Cindy mentioned that it was not until Bob's Mother Cedella told her that Bob was married that she "found out". 🙄

[@39Missmel]

@@dee24874 yes thats what i read, i commend Rita's purpose in life as a background singer for her husband Bob, which was something greater, yes she knew and it hurt her, but she continued the mission which was to spread the word to JAH people, Bob great musician but he was a H** period.

[@dee24874]

@39Missmel btw Cindy is portrayed in the new BOB MARLEY ONE LOVE movie by an actress named Umi Myers ...smh. 🙄🙄

[@39Missmel]

@@dee24874 well i plan to see the movie, well its a real story , She did stay at Hope Road, and Bob had something to do with her entering that pagent that she won as Miss Jamaica.

[@dee24874]

@39Missmel No worries and enjoy the movie. I just am tired of the fact she yaps her mouth like a glorified sidechick 'til this day...

[@dismasodhiambo6768]

Bob as most musicians are he could not avoid the numbers of woman around him and the kid of smoke he used made him change them like handkerchief. Guys we need to understand that he is the king of reggae and nothing can change that. Above all he had what woman are looking for money.

[@tinacorral4377]

Awesome

[@OCTOPUSSY91210]

A woman she loves me with all of her heart Swear by many powers, we could never part Since I’ve left she’s acting strange Everything is changed, nothing remain the same Call me, she used to call me bya She used to call me, oh da She working down, down town somewhere as a clerk I know she had lots of potentials Didn’t have to prove no one or show her potential Used to call me, she used to call me Used to call me dada A woman she loves me with all her heart Swear by some powers, we could never part Since I’ve left, acting strange And everything is changed, nothing remain the same Call me, she used to call me She used to call me dada, yeah dada Well, check out her home, found a work Working down, down town somewhere, as a clerk I know Potential But I heard, heard she’s gone commercial Used to call me, she used to call me Call me, dada, dada, dada She used to call me, she used to call me She used to call me, dada, dada, dada

[@kuur3137]

omg! how you can tell to your wife "get those girls in the room"

[@gavinscott10]

He was just like Bill Clinton.

[@geogudgood3498]

Oh great legend Bob Marley

[@fngherbo5972]

A man..... that is honored by each of his children’s care givers

[@emperorrocker]

Gwan bob! Him beat out nuff pum pum

[@mackajordan5818]

LMAO. Dat dude

[@saranwright7113]

😂😂

[@cassandrajenkins9319]

Wow wish u could do that huh😅

[@hannahbecher827]

POOR RITA. PAINFUL TO HER.

[@shininglightjoi6627]

Oh please. Don't be so ignorant and shortsighted. She made her choice and I'm sure had her agenda....!😮

[@lilteenyweenytuna]

i lost a whole bucket of respect for this man.

[@teefedtips]

Rita was his Queen. she was the Queen. She was the one set on a pedestal. the other women excited him and he kept them close to his heart because he had a great time with them. his concept of pedestal is different from mine tho.

[@kitto3608]

In Cedella Bookers book-chapter 12 Cedella said without a doubt out of all the women in nestas life, his strongest and most abiding love, down to the last breath he drew was for Rita Marley. When cindys mom asked cedella when Bob was going to divorce Rita so he could marry Cindy. Cedella told her to never touch that line again. Cedella also called cindy a “boops” meaning a side chick so she knew how bob really felt about cindy especially when he kept on giving her false promises. Bobs plan was to leave Chris Blackwell and move to Africa with Rita and all of his kids and live in a big house but he unfortunately got cancer. If Bob really loved cindy he would’ve married her but he decided to stay with his beautiful wife Rita.

[@AS-wj1du]

Yes mi know boops 😂 Need to read the biographies. So Bob wanted to live in Africa with Rita and kids? Aww

[@AS-wj1du]

Cindy's mother should be ashamed if she wanted her daughter to marry a married man. Only because he was famous. They didn't even respect rastas

[@casp6426]

Bob's infidelity was never right, but Bob and Rita were technically not together before he started dating Cindy. Bob and Rita stayed married on paper and stayed business partners and parents. He chased Cindy for quite a long time before she eventually agreed and it seemed Bob was truly deeply in love with her. All respect to the mother Queen Rita, but she already had two children by two different men, before Bob started dating Cindy. I believe Bob and Rita's love transcended beyond merely being married; they could've divorced, but they chose to stick with each other instead, no matter what. Life is never perfect and neither is any human. All Bob's children are fulfilling their individual purposes, just like their mothers did, and Bob himself as well, within his short life span.

[@ijumaainjabulo5983]

Rita was together when they he was dating cindy, she did break up at some point even though she stayed married. I don't think its as profound as you try to make it. I think it was the influence of the rasta religion that influenced not getting a divorce.

[@indierbmsc2989]

Rita has six children, three from other relationships and three with Bob. Bob adopted Rita's two children as his own and they have the Marley name. Bob has 13 children in total: the two of Rita's that he adopted, three born to Rita, and the remaining eight with separate women.[6][7] Rita's children are, in order of birth: Sharon Marley, born 23 November 1964 Cedella Marley born 23 August 1967 David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley, born 17 October 1968 Stephen Marley, born 20 April 1972 Stephanie, born 17 August 1974 (from a relationship with Ital, according to Bob's mother, Cedella Booker) Serita Stewart, born 11 August 1985 (from a relationship with Tacky, according to her biography)

[@msrubie11]

+Indie RB MSC Not according to Rita, and I don't think Bob's mother was there. But she was on the outs with Rita about money issues when she wrote that book.

[@janedoh2625]

Well, he couldn't behave that way if the "queens" didn't allow it! I feel for his wife and all the shit she dealt with though. Couldn't be me.

[@Happey67]

+Jane Doh I understand she should have known because of the Rastafarian practices.

[@omegadread7246]

I dont she did the same with one of his friends too

[@Horac3]

Idk if they were polyamorous or open, but they clearly had some sort of arrangement from what Rita said in the footage. She also had affairs and children outside of their marriage as well that Bob adopted. People conveniently like to not do their research/forget about that part!

[@Horac3]

Rita You’re correct, I actually did more research after posting that. I’m not defending Nesta though. Like I stated earlier, I strongly believe they had an arrangement. Plus just because she had one child doesn’t mean she only had one affair. But if they didn’t have an arrangement he’s immensely wrong! I just don’t like the narrative some folk/the media likes to spread, solely stating men’s flaws majority of time. You know good and well y’all have plenty of players on y’all side lol.

[@Horac3]

Rita No worries and same here, Bless!

[@angelfish6236]

I'm sure another woman named "Karma" came back around to visit those that boasted on being with a married man and of course the man Mr. Marley himself! Rita was his back bone.

[@marymicrogram9194]

If you want to have an open relationship, fine. But it goes both ways. One person can't be expected to be faithful and raise the kids while the other is a freewheeling globetrotter with many partners. Relationships should be equal and fair. But in the end, you get what you put up with. These women obviously put up with the behavior so it was all consensual. You're only a victim if you allow yourself to be.

[@nightswan12now]

Mary Microgram Hey,hold on a minute. Sounds like your insinuating that Bob was the freewheeling globe trotter when Rita was trotting that same globe right with him. She got the kids a nanny and was everywhere he was. She was one of his beautiful back up singers. Everything is fair in love and war She loved this man like all the rest of those women did and she proved that she would put up with anything to keep him. Btw from what I read she is the one who started all the sleeping around mess anyway. Something bigger than she? What!!! Pleeeease girls!!!!!! She don't need to ever say that in any other interview.That bucket been to the well too many times. THE BOTTOM FELL THE FUCK OUT that's all!!

[@talisharobinson6609]

nightswan12 now LMBO!

[@nightswan12now]

Talisha Robinson I think Bob Marley was served up and open handedly given all the latitude he needed to do exactly what he did with all these women. Look, no minors involved all grown up as far as we know.No pillaging or plunder nor rape and no complaints from none of them!!! The only tools used : seduction yes by all means, an over abundance of fuckin swagg, and a damned song? He didn't steal them ; just their hearts, but then again they freely gave them up too when you think of how the whole shit went down. So where is the crime? Singing to people? These were willing workers if you will. So he worked them. Worked the fuckin hell out of all of them and they liked it dammit. Took no quarters instead left everybody crying, crying for more ,,,,,,,,,, of him that is!!! Go figure that shit Nobody been able to figure that shit the fuck out yet after 30 some odd years, NO VICTIMS HERE yall LOL Just some lonesome fuckahs now!!!!!

[@eyeclapback7182]

+nightswan12 now Spoken like a true side chick. Lol!

[@nightswan12now]

+Socially Conscious My my, ur comment though quite salient renders U blatantly misinformed. Lol

[@7sinco7]

can you send a link to the full documentary?

[@rosequartz7841]

A WOMAN CAN SAY NO! TAKES 2. RITA COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY!

[@karajones4638]

I used to love that song turn your lights down low now that i know the facts about it i wont even play it now thats weird

[@22Purplemist]

+Kara Jones - Why? It's a beautiful song.

[@erinchillmusic8930]

Up... Purple mist... It is disrespectful to the one woman he made vows to. Duh

[@AB-mf8le]

Art should stand alone

[@blacklove4125]

Bob Marley song about "turn your lights down low " is a love song for 2 people who are really interested in each other. I love the song.

[@robertlund5694]

That's why knowing too much ruins all your own notions of something.