The Tropixs (London, United Kingdom) – Reggae Icon Bob Marley has been honoured with yet another accolade.
The Reggae superstar has been recognized with yet another accolade this time, an English Heritage blue plaque at the London house where the Jamaican lived when he completed the recording of his historic Exodus album.
According to BBC reports, The plaque was unveiled by Rastafarian writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah on Tuesday.
Marley had lived at the house, located at 42 Oakley Street, in Chelsea, along with other members of his Wailers band in 1977. The placement of the plaque, ‘comes after a drive to uncover more addresses of ethnic minority figures’.
Blue plaques generally establish the link between a location and persons regarded as “eminent” in their field, who have made an “exceptional impact in terms of public recognition,” and have been dead for at least two decades.
The presentation has reportedly been in the pipeline for quite some time, but experienced some difficulty due to Marley not being registered in any phone directories or electoral registers because he had given a different address following an arrest for ganja possession in 1977.
During his time at the Oakley Street address the Reggae superstar would go on to record his most successful album of his career “Exodus.”
The Exodus album was hailed by Time Magazine as the Best album of the 20th Century and came after the musician went into self-imposed exile following an assassination attempt in Kingston.
The Exodus album featured some of Marley’s biggest hits including; Jamming,” “Three Little Birds,” and “One Love.” “Natural Mystic,” “Waiting In Vain,” “Turn Your Lights Down Low,” and title track “Exodus.”
