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Biggest celebrity to come out of the WI

 
black 2021-03-28 14:01:10 

Bob Marley or Rihanna?

Note: This is not about content, just popularity.

 
ponderiver 2021-03-28 14:31:24 

In reply to black

Based on your definition it has to be Rihanna

Bob is a movement a pathway a prophet and a philosopher

 
Cricket_101 2021-03-28 14:42:59 

In reply to black

In Bob’s era, he was... He filled 200k stadiums across the globe. Currently, Rihanna is, but I don’t think she can fill 200k stadiums globally... With that being said, Bob is King.

 
nitro 2021-03-28 14:48:05 

In reply to black

Rhi Rhi maybe more popular now with especially with the explosion of social media/internet access.

Bob became a global icon as Pondi sates a movement without that access.

 
VIX 2021-03-28 14:57:19 

Socafighter!

Guy says he's over 7ft tall and a multibillionaire. No contest!!

 
JahJah 2021-03-28 15:00:38 

In reply to black

Dude. One day, Rihanna's fans will be dead like many of Bob's. Or they will simply grow out of this part of their life and look for more mature and worthwhile content.

Not sure we'll be around at that time, to ask this very question.

The fact that we're even talking about a man who dead and gone (in his mid 30s) for 40 years now...

 
sudden 2021-03-28 15:13:46 

In reply to VIX

big grin

 
Curtis 2021-03-28 15:14:27 

In reply to black

Rakeem, he Yuge

 
johndom90 2021-03-28 15:30:34 

In reply to black

Will Rihannas music be still relevant 40 yrs after her death?

 
Casper 2021-03-28 15:38:34 

Me.

 
black 2021-03-28 15:51:30 

In reply to JahJah

Dude. One day, Rihanna's fans will be dead like many of Bob's. Or they will simply grow out of this part of their life and look for more mature and worthwhile content


Won't Bob's fans be dead faster? lol

 
black 2021-03-28 16:04:22 

In reply to johndom90

Will Rihannas music be still relevant 40 yrs after her death?


That's where you get into content.

 
openning 2021-03-28 17:56:01 

In reply to JahJah

Dude. One day, Rihanna's fans will be dead like many of Bob's. Or they will simply grow out of this part of their life and look for more mature and worthwhile content.

Bob's music will last for ever, but the Fenty brand is soaring, she has not release a new album in years, yet her brand is soaring, with a networth of $600 million.Link Text

 
nick2020 2021-03-28 18:53:36 

In reply to black

you recycling material now?

 
imusic 2021-03-28 19:07:58 

Usain Bolt anyone?

 
openning 2021-03-28 19:34:10 

In reply to imusic
On a personal note, do you know how I can save my Apple music unto a file?
I know I will lose the material, when I stop paying for it, so I want to keep it.

 
imusic 2021-03-28 20:27:29 

In reply to openning

I'll hail you out later

 
HumbleCalf 2021-03-28 20:27:51 

In reply to black

If after READING what Jah Jah wrote you asked that question, look our Courtesy coming for you with another exhibit.

 
HumbleCalf 2021-03-28 20:29:54 

In reply to imusic

I do not think he is number 1 but number 2 (ahead of Rihanna).

Hard to reach the Bob Marley level.

 
nitro 2021-03-28 20:33:10 

In reply to openning

If wealth was the yardstick then Lee Chin would be the one.

 
dayne 2021-03-28 22:16:35 

How about Sean Paul, he is very popular internationally, might be on the same level with Rihanna and his music could last longer

 
bravos 2021-03-28 23:09:29 

In reply to dayne

What you talking bout man ? He's small fry man.

 
black 2021-03-28 23:11:03 

In reply to bravos

lol lol lol

 
black 2021-03-28 23:11:03 

 
ray 2021-03-28 23:13:43 

Bob Marley....he will live on forever

 
bravos 2021-03-28 23:14:46 

Nicki big in de dance too yinno..biggest female rapper in history and bigger than many top male rappers too simmi..

It's easy to compare current people like Rhianna and Nicki etc with their contemporaries with social media following and net worth etc..

But Bob Marley is a legend who's music has stood the test of time..

RhiRhi is a successful popstar among many in the highest earning genre and with the help of merchandise etc..

Would you say she's better than Whitney or Mariah simply because of her net worth ?

"Ay Ay Ay" ?

 
black 2021-03-28 23:24:52 

In reply to bravos

Would you say she's better than Whitney or Mariah simply because of her net worth ?


Tough call, her voice is not better but she is a better entrepreneur.

 
bravos 2021-03-28 23:29:40 

In reply to black

So what is 'top celebrity' in these times then ? Bank balance only? Social media followers ? Accolades accumlated in your field/genre ?

? ? ?

 
black 2021-03-28 23:31:33 

In reply to bravos

All of the above.

 
johndom90 2021-03-29 00:25:00 

she has not release a new album in years, yet her brand is soaring,
In reply to openning

to think of it...kim kardashian ent release an album in 2 years either... ...



smile

 
camos 2021-03-29 00:37:43 

Bob is more enduring for sure, Rhi is a commercial Phenom ,something like Disney creation Hanna Montana.

 
imusic 2021-03-29 00:52:00 

Would not surprise me if more people on the planet have probably heard more about Usain Bolt than Bob Marley

 
openning 2021-03-29 04:11:36 

In reply to bravos
The post is about the biggest celeb, Bob made it thru his music, Lara, Gayle cricket, Bolt T&F, Rhi Rhi singing and her Fenty brand.
I would never compare Bob brand of music around the globe to Rhianna, but the Fenty brand along with her music, put her in a category with others around the globe.
I don't know who is the biggest celebrity from the region, I do know she is in the top ten.
I have one of Rhi Rhi song in my collection, cannot count the number of Bob's.
I downloader Love on the Brain from the Voice, not knowing it was a Rhianna song, because I liked it.

 
bravos 2021-03-29 23:18:50 

In reply to openning

Exactly..

 
JayMor 2021-03-29 23:41:20 

In reply to imusic

Usain Bolt anyone?

Whatever happened to your prognostication that he'd be discovered to take drugs?

--Æ.

 
Runs 2021-03-30 00:06:43 

Bob,
Jabbar tied with Usain


Rihanna






The rest.

 
DukeStreet 2021-03-30 00:13:01 

In reply to black

Everyone has heard of Bob Marley. Not sure everyone has heard of Rihanna.

 
Emir 2021-03-30 00:15:50 

In reply to JahJah

shock

Don't come in here talking about Bob when your kind is what called out all is life rolleyes

 
POINT 2021-03-30 02:14:26 

When I lived in Brooklyn , going to Manhattan via the Subway , I always
bought the New York Times , No not as
a status Symbol , but for its comprehensive Coverage of Events in the USA ; and also in the World .

One day I opened the New York Times ,on the front page ,I saw a photo of Bob Marley , being greeted by a very Large Crowd , at the main Airport in
Germany .

That was the first time that I realized that Bob Marley and
his Band were International Music Stars .

 
imusic 2021-03-30 02:35:06 

In reply to JayMor

Whatever happened to your prognostication that he'd be discovered to take drugs?

You mixin me up with Horsie and the needles in the garbage story

My "prognostication" was not that at all. I maintain to this day that all of them take something. So just make it legal and done all the ole talk.