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In light of recent discussions in here with mostly old men over age of 50 who make up most of the members in here, let us understand the obvious in real life.


Bob Marley (older generation) vs Rihanna (younger generation)

In this forum most do not know five Rihanna songs and still worship Bob Marley songs. Outside this foum in the real world, young people are not listening to Bob Marley half as much as Rihanna. They follow her fashion trends, what she says on social media, her travels. She is bigger than music, a global brand

In reply to problemjay

You're probably right in your assessment on the commercial side of things. They are two distinctly different artists and both are relevant, that is why I was careful not to diminish the Great Bob Marley.

And on this forum and outside this forum 'in the real world', most can't name one Kitchener or Rudder song.

There ya go.

If we talking about popularity of brand, music and image. Rihanna ahead by miles

In reply to black

Dude, what's the point? Are the 'young people' listening to Bob Dylan, Lennon, Elvis, Aretha, Stevie? Hell, most not even listening MJ!! Remember when Sam Smith was clowning him?

What really is the point? That the younger generation has shit for brains and have no taste?

In reply to black

And I was recently watching CNN International's regular Africa show. Can't remember what it's called, and lo and behold there was a mural of Bob in the background, on the street...and it was just a feature on African art and culture. Senegal I think it was. I saw Garvey in another some time ago.

Let that sink it.

In reply to JahJah



You cannot knock young people, I'm sure older folks thought the same way about your generation.

In reply to black

Which generation is mine? Not the one that hails Soulja Boy as the best ever. Don't underestimate some young people. Nuff people who born 1990 and 2000s check for Marley. You may not see them jump on social media and blurt it out, but plenty did deh. Get out some more. Travel the world. He's still revered in Europe and Africa.

Walk into any Vietnamese run store in Prague and see you see these. They're in Canada, and plenty other places, from what I remember.

Yu really underrate the brand of a man who did dead at the start of the 1980s eh. The fact unnu still a chat bout him says all you need to know.

He'll still be talked about 30-40 years from now. I mean, you're talking about the man that many consider to be the face of a genre that people are performing the world over.

In reply to JahJah

Don't get me wrong. I'll take Bob's music over Rihanna's, any day.

Bob is up there with the Dylans and the Lennons of this world. he's known as a true artiste and one of the most iconic persons of the 20th century. Rihanna herself would be embarrassed to be compared to Nesta Marley.
In fact the whole region should be proud that such a figure is from our world.

In reply to Raggs

...but we should not be proud of Rihanna?

In reply to JahJah
Nikki minaj?

I doubt there's a place in the World Bob Marley is not known.

These days due to marketing and the Internet you can be known easily.

Marley was known when the only way you got known is through the power and resilience of your craft, not internet memes, gifs and well placed trends.

If Rihanna left the stage today will her music live on?

My daughter heard me listening to Bob the other day after i picked her up from work....a few days later i heard she had downloaded and was listening to it herself....she is 17 and starting to form her own taste for good music....that says it all.

[b]In reply to Ayenmol[/trends.

The answer is yes without a doubt. Not only her music but her impact on pop culture for her business fashion trends to her multi award winning chart topping hits.

See this is what I mean by mostly old men on this forum. You have to be an old man who don’t know the reality outside this forum to ask such a question

In reply to problemjay

Rhi Rhi sells a brand. Bob Marley sells a brand AND a tourism destination.

In reply to problemjay

Am probably younger than you....You obvoiusly look up to Rihanna. Cool....is Rihanna the first to start a business outside of her main and initial medium?

How many Athletes have diversified into all sorts of forays of Business? Is what you speak of endemic to Rihanna or her Industry?

There are people who have used the Internet and Social Media to come from nothing to huge money, Rihanna used her music and Social platform to do the same when thousands are doing likewise....Mark Cuban, Micheal Jordan, JayZ etc etc etc....you are the one who is blinded by Nationalistic pride....

Btw...am from the Caribbean, I cannot tell you a single song Rihanna has sung.

Culture? Rihanna is part of a Culture that consumes in large numbers then forgets.

Bob Marley was part of a Culture that thought about the message of the music and not how much airtime it got and likes and how many teens and pre-teens were sharing it in the moment.

In reply to Ayenmol

You can continue with that all that rambling that not saying much. You want to believe her hit songs that are anthems for many people in the pop music world will not be remembered, you want to believe that her global fashion trends are just another business venture by another musician although we know that is not the case, you want to believe she is average but the entire music world have already said otherwise, you want to believe she has not made a major impact on pop culture everywhere in the world...

You stay here stuck in your 1970’s mindset

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In reply to Ayenmol

You can’t tell a single song Rihanna has song already gives us an understanding why you should not be commenting. Your age has been identified. The same way most young people really do not have one Bob Marley song on their playlist but I’m sure they have a Rihanna song, especially women.

In reply to Ayenmol

So you really dunno one Rihanna song?

Ah sure that is strictly by your choice not to listen to her type of music. Yuh sound like dem old school Caribbean fathers who only listen to reggae

Which one has the most number 1s on billboard 100?

[b]In reply to TriniStar[/

It must be that. These old cricket heads really believe the average person listening to more Bob Marley than Rihanna in 2021

they still don’t understand the world is bigger than their 1980’s Caribbean experience which they hold on to in dem minds

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

she's a top artiste, in fact being a woman very, very, impressive.

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

I want Jah Jah to answer

In reply to problemjay

Funny....i was not born till the middle 70's, yet i appreciate the music because of it's message, as do many others of all walks of life Races and Culture.

Which is what you do not understand, pop culture songs and artist are a dime a dozen, they are corporate manifestations. Mostly adored by the youth of their time and nothing more.

My 17 yr old daughter just missed the Rihanna days, i have never heard her play a Rihanna song. She just goes with whatever is blasting over the airwaves.

How many adults, besides you, go in search of Rihanna's music?

We tal;king about a culture that saw mili vanilli, ashlee Simpson and other frauds who were slopped up as great music....you keep up with that garbage, and the American machine that belts it out.

Most people around the World have their own versions of Pop...you do know pop is just popular music right?

It is like the drink of the day that gets all hyped but then fades....and forgotten...while the natural stuff stays even keeled and forever....Sobe vs a refreshing lemonade....squirt vs a glass of orange juice. Chubby vs apple juice. etc. etc.

Bob is the healthy drink that will forever be with us...Rihanna is the chubby, here today, largely forgotten tomorrow.

Rihanna accomplished what she did. Great, but she is not alone....she is not atop anything. She is using the popular tools that many like her are doing.

Nothing that groundbreaking about that.

Bob built a genre based on music that touches many by it's message and conciousness of the human condition....My aunt use to sing Marley.....i do.....my dad did, now my daughter will....Kids coming up today will never really care about Rihanna music in that way. They just move on to the "pop" of the day.

In reply to TriniStar

Off the top of my head? nope.

Am sure if i hear a few of her chart toppers it would come back to me....but that is all pop music is about....next up.

These songs we fall in love with for a time but it's all different versions of the same story being repeated through generations.

when I know that Bob is beyond a mortal soul, a film crew went in the heart of an amazon jungle and showed the natives who hardly have too much contact with the outside world images of Jesus Christ, Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Bob Marley and the Rastaman trump them all.

In reply to Ayenmol

It’s ok old man. Most of the young people today don’t know any Bob Marley songs as well. Their playlist have Rihana and Beyoncé billboard chart top hits from more than ten years ago.

They are NOT dancing to i shot the sheriff when they go on springs break or in the clubs. Ten years from now they won’t be dancing to it as well

The young women looking for fenty beauty products and looking at every Rihann tweet and Instagram post

You still have your old school turn table with big record disc. You chose that life of music and that is fine but is not the reality for MOST people around the world today

In reply to problemjay

Man fix your grammar before you submit your posts

In reply to Ayenmol

Do you know what is digital download platforms or still buying CDs? You still listening to legend Bob Marley CD huh?

I was in Dubai two years ago and I see a huge Rihanna poster in the entrance of a mall to advertise a perfume on sale. This is a black woman with huge global impact

In reply to problemjay

When last you went to Spring Break?
I never been so i did a search of those in the know....and lo and behold...it's whatever junk is popular now....and it will always be...

When i were a teen it was Lauper and Queen and Madonna then Bobbie Brown and spice girls etc....how many of those in your playlist?

Here's another....no doubt driven by Youtubes metric....you mentioned the Social standing of Rihanna....i scrolled through quickly....can you tell me how many of Rihanna's unforgettable top 100 are listed?

I would like you to tell me where you getting all this data about Rihanna being listened to today by the masses.

Now take a gander....wheel and come again.

Us old fogies must have some real power....have these people not heard of Rihanna?


Here....top 100 of all time....counts dow from 100 you may have to wait a while for Marley or Rihanna....let me know what number ....

In reply to Ayenmol

Since you want to play the silly exchange of sharing opinion articles.

Did I not tell you Rihanna brand has changed the beauty industry. She is bigger than a singer but you didn’t believe because you have no idea of reality now take a read and have a seat
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Oh wait here is a add on to the last commentt. Since you is a man who have to read to believe Link Text

In reply to Ayenmol

OH WAIT NOW! You just said what her music will not last and she has no global impact.
Since you want to play the silly exchange of sharing opinion articles. TAKE A READ again Link Text

In reply to Ayenmol

Oh boy let me stop with this one. Let us go beyond music now into business success. Some of allyuh old men need to get with reality. Take a read Again! Link Text

In reply to problemjay



But seriously if any of the links you post is a surprise to Ayenmol then he living in his own world

In reply to problemjay

lol....so? she makes alot of money from tapping into an under represented market....so?

I doh wear that i doh care bout that....you obviously are gaga over it. do you bro.

I do not know or follow a single lingerie maker.

If that does it for you great....no one cares who is making dough....they care who uplifts them when they down....for me a Marley song does that in a way Rihanna can only dream of....

You obviously worship the financial success of Rihanna... i love the music Bob Marley put on tape that i can depend on to lift my spirit.

not vein idolizing other peoples financial repertoire.

Btw, there have been people making gobs of money from lingerie for decades, i have never heard them mentioned in the sme breath as singing artiste.

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Well notice they still can’t or choose not to answer


One man in here has retreated his argument to let’s stick to music and not consider Rihanna brand and pop culture impact success. Ok so then let’s get to the answer of this question. This is a music question

In reply to problemjay

Dude, I can say indubitably that if you were to come in the vicinity of Rihanna she would ensure there were a couple body guards between you and her.

I love Marley because he is a Cultural icon....i think most Windians would say that....i know Rihanna is a wildly successful business woman....she is not a cultural icon....and most windians would agree.

Oprah Winfrey became an icon because she was the foremost daytime host of all time....i was not a fan but respected what she did and how she did it....most people agree and she has parlayed that into great success.

But most people don't idolize her because she has made alot of money....but what she represented as a person and her talent in that arena that brought her such wide respect.

My favorite entertainer of all time was Michael Jordan....dude did things on a basketball Court that made my jaw drop....al i had to say was, you see that move Jordan made? And school mates as well as workmates later on would go on for minutes ....

I have never bought a single piece of apparel with his name on it....i do not care of his achievements off the Court they mean nothing to me. Happy for him, but that's all....you are cut from a different cloth apparently.

Rihanna is not the icon Marley is....period....no matter the weight you put on her money making and business dealings.

In reply to Ayenmol

As have I said before most of your ramblings don’t mean much. You are an old man who love your Bob Marley. And what I have clearly pointed out to you is in real life today in 2021 for most people who listen to music today in 2021 Rihanna is a bigger sell than Marley in any arena. Her multi chart topping music she has delivered for almost twenty years is not only what define her but also her impact on Pop culture and how she has a business facet to her brand that has helped put her another level that will be talked about for many years. A Pop culture you clearly have NO knowledge about. Which means you stuck in your old man turn table 1970s Reggae closet and you are not in tune, not acquainted with what is happening in the real world today

In reply to TriniStar

Ayenmol will see that poster in Dubai and suck
His teeth and say that is nothing I don’t care about that is all about Nesta

In reply to problemjay

Did you see photos of any other women advertising perfumes?

Did that make them icons?

Do you see photos of women in the Caribbean advertising perfumes?
Does that make them icons?

Who's perfume was she advertising btw?

My daughter is 23 and a big RiRi fan. She just moved into her first apartment and I said I would buy her first piece of art for her wall. She said get her a Bob Marley painting. I was shocked but I think that is the context of how Bob is viewed. He is an icon to both young and old.

In reply to Ayenmol

Man so is that all you get from this conversation? Just An artiste selling perfumes?

In reply to beesis

Good point on that young and old comparison. The young generation who idolize Rihanna will get old one day and she will be viewed in the same context because ah believe her music and image will transcend to the next generation. So yuh will have same outcome for her with young and old

In reply to TriniStar

You told me this...

Not sure what i said about that...was she selling her own perfume and at the same time marketing herself?
Does that make her a cultural icon, or cross marketing and smart business?

Then you say this....



What young and old? The man talking bout his 23 yr old choosing a painting of Marley above her great love for Rihanna.....is she choosing the painting because she is old? Or he is old? You have no idea what you are even arguing....

How many people look upon the beauty of a model hawking a perfume and even care who she is other than she is beautiful?

You think that does not come into play with women? In fact they are chosen and marketed based on that which is why they have these careers.

How dense can you be? Marley is known for his music and the respect and love of his music the World over.....not for financial success or his sex appeal etc.

There are many singers and songs from my Youth i get nostalgic over.....that does not make that singer an icon....so people who are rihanna fans now remembering or playing her songs tn years from now is not iconic.....People falling in love with and understanding the power of the music Bob made and how it has driven an industry and a Region akes him memorable.

What is your favorite line from a Rihanna song?

We should celebrate our own instead of comparing, especially the fact that they're totally disparate, and from different generations.

That's like comparing Headley and Lara, even though, for example, Headley played when pitches weren't covered overnight and Lara played when technology is used to good effect on batsmen.

In reply to Ayenmol

old man you are very out of touch! Not even YOUNG CARIBBEAN people today going out at night to hear Bob Marley! If they play Bob Marley song is usually towards the end when people are leaving. You are hilarious

Make sure to keep your comments in here and not share it with the wider public

As for cultural impact I have already spoon food you enough on how Rihanna brand has revolutionized Pop culture. You may not follow it but that has to do with your age. Case closed

Look , One day some years ago , Bob Marley and his Band landed in West Germany ,and there were Thousands of
People were at the Airport to Greet him
and his Band .

THAT PICTURE WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF

THE NEW YORK TIMES , WHICH IN MY

OPINION IS THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .

I do not recall seeing any Other
Singer or Musicians from the Region , being accorded such coverage by The New York Times .

Who's the Queen of rap and has a larger social media following than RhiRhi ? ?

In reply to problemjay

Am obviously debating a child....who makes all sorts of assertions that is not supported by any facts but his deluded view of an idol....can't show that people are still clamoring for Rihanna music,, cant show it is being played at spring break...cant see any of her songs on any top list.....even with boast of social media dominance...

Yet to answer what is his best line from a Rihanna song....which he claims is so unforgettable....you are obviously just seeking attention.

In reply to Ayenmol

Rihanna = 14 x Billboard #1 Chart Topping Hits

Now go to sleep because like I said you clearly have no idea of reality!

In reply to problemjay

14 chart topping hits all of them mostly forgotten but by her rabid fans.


You still cant say what your favorite line from her song is....why?

In reply to Ayenmol

oh so wait you changing your argument now!

you have NO idea of reality.

In reply to problemjay

man you are the only person on here with this adiction to Rihanna,....we are all West Indians and none of us share your enthusiasm for Rihanna over Bob Marley as the gem of the Region.....old or not.

You can keep laughing alone....

In reply to Ayenmol

Problem with your argument is the young people around the world today, not just Caribbean know more of those lines you requesting from hit songs from Rihanna than Bob Marley. They can sing to you more Rihanna songs than Bob Marley songs. You will have to tell them a Bob Marley line from one of his vintage classics and then they would say "oh yeah I know that song" as oppose to a Rihanna pop classic from ten or fifteen years ago that they can still sing the whole song. Old generation vs Younger generation argument

Riri and Bob Marley should never be in the same sentence, this is like comparing an apple to an orange. Marley have a lot of motivational songs for example "stand up for your rights" what does Riri have? "Sex in the air and I love the smell of it" or "Pon the replay"?

In reply to vsingh

how many motivational songs Michael jackson and Elvis Presely have?

In reply to black

Rihanna hasnt had a hit record fuh years ...ah thought she dead.
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In reply to TriniStar

you see these old men still have that old grandfather west indian logic. Their caribbean 1970's get up stand up for yur right music = best music ever produced in the world

I want to know how much motivational songs Michael Jackson or James Brown or John Lennon had? Rihanna does need to have ANY motivational songs!

In reply to TEMPER

calm down..ah sure her last one was more recent than Bob Marley last

In reply to vsingh



That's why he cyah come up with a single line....because is pure junk....Rihanna is a current producing artist, the dude above wants to compare her impact now on the impact of a Man who DIED decades ago....who's song is regarded as top 7 OF ALL TIME!!!!!

In 40 years Rihanna will be forgotten mostly. Even if she alive i promise you you wont hear her music from today played even by her fans.....Time is the true measure of all things.

Man say her music being played at spring break....i show him that just a few years gone from her top single she not showing up on any list i have seen....he still arguing impact.

A dime a dozen empty tune that can be gobbled up mindlessly by millions till the next mindless garbage tek ova.

Billboard....kasey Kassum long gone.

Ayenmol clearly stated he does not know any Rihanna music but want us to give a line from her songs. so he can say well i dont know

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fr the old men in here who still going to oldies nights in teh clubs hoping to hearI shot the sheriff

I really feel some of our elders in here never stepped out of your Caribbean circle

*or should I say their nostalgic Caribbean circle of Marley, Tosh and Wailers

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In reply to TriniStar

OH shush, i live iun Springfield MO. I have heard Marley tunes many times thumping in White folks vehicles a stones throw from the heart of Klu Klux klan territory.

I never yet hear an adult speak bout Rihanna.

Some people just know what real music is and are not fooled by corporate garbage that is teen music of the last 20 years plus.

In reply to problemjay

Is Rihanna fixed up with husband and baby yet..open to offers from members of the board??....meanwhile the money still rolling in fuh dead Bob...his LEGEND album stll in the top 100 in U.S.

In reply to TEMPER

take a read! understand what the world think vs what the old Caribbean man who still listen to Bob Marley every day think..look here Link Text

In reply to TriniStar

MJ: You are not alone and Black or White. There you have 2. Now give me 2 from Riri, a waiting...

In reply to vsingh


You serious? soon you will say Man in the mirror as well. But anyway Rihanna music legacy will not be known for motivational music. Similar to other music icons like Madonna or Elvis or Stevie Wonder.

Best you just say you Like Bob because motivatinal music is yuh ting

In reply to problemjay

Music? Or earnings....tell me what artist today on top of this game does not dwarf those of yesteryear in their height of popularity.

Caompare these words....because this is what you opened the thread alluding to...impact and value to their genre.
Rihanna...


Marley....

Made it big in America? Steuuupppsss.

We talking bout quality and longevity and power of the music....not who made it big in a social age when cat videos gets millions of views.

In reply to problemjay

With all due respect, I am under 40 and my wife is more Canadian than Guyanese and I asked her just one question "Bob Marley or Rihanna, who is more famous? Without hesitation she said Bob Marley.

In reply to vsingh

The man and his admirer living in a bubble and laughing at the people outside his bubble.....soon he will say despacito is a better song than anything Marley sang....

In reply to TriniStar

Then why are you comparing Reggae to Pop? Besides, Bob Marley opened the gate for the whole Caribbean. Anyways I see you couldn't find 2 Rihanna songs with a good meaning.

In reply to vsingh

Is this why you love Marley so much and will die with him being the best? nothing wrong with that , he can be your best but the world may not see him as the greatest Caribbean musician in history


What you think about this? Link Text

or should we ignore that because its not Caribbean old man 1970s mindset thinking opinion

In reply to Ayenmol

I have never heard a Rihanna song in a Sandals commercial or any commercial in this part of the world. Maybe PJ Mask can shed some light.

In reply to vsingh

Define good meaning. For some people music lyrics that tell a woman to pack up and leave her cheating man is music with meaning. Rihanna, Beyonce have that

once again define good meaning meh bredda, for some people forget your worries and party and fete is music with good meaning. Machel have that

In reply to problemjay

Can you imagine what would of happened to Bob Marley if the Internet was available back then?

In reply to vsingh

Aye you big dummy. Sandals is Jamaican brand and so is Marley. why you even bother to bring that in the conversation. That is expected

In reply to TriniStar

In his mind music with good meaning is ONLY rasta with clean heart and soul music

I tell you these old men in here have no grasp of what is reality TODAY in 2021

In reply to Ayenmol

Is that not what Rhianna is doing with her music, fashion and cosmetic brand?
Only a year ago this board was against her, for asking a popular artist to audition, if it wanted to be part of her reggae album.
I am quite sure Rhianna consider her self, more than just a singer.
Thats why it is hard to say who at this time is more popular, because she is a triple threat.

In reply to problemjay

We oldies mellow wid age son...DONT WORRY BOUT A TING EVERYTHING GONNA BE ALRIGHT....

In reply to problemjay

Seem like those "fans" don't want to buy

In reply to problemjay

Dont want to widen the discussion sbout babes in music industry...but Rihanna is fading star...i would prefer Megan thee stallion and Cardi B...both look FIT...Megan fuh she botty and Cardi B just had s BOOB JOB.

In reply to openning

Man you keep coming in late and arguing opposite the point being made...Oprah is lauded....not for her money, her real value was as the top daytime host who uplifted people whole others in her Industry relied on the lowest common denominator....this is why she was called upon to interview Royalty and many tuned in and believed what they saw.

Bob what's his name the former BET owner, has accomplished much too....he aint in Oprah class as a Voice of black folk.

Pay attention....did you not read what i said about Jordan?

Rihanna has made a name gor herself singing mindless songs in the most popular genre of music....her music itself is forgettable.

In reply to problemjay

Just to give you an Idea, I listen to Music from people like of course Bob Marley and Rihanna, Nikki, Lady Gaga, Post Malone, Eminem, Drake, Bieber, Yellow man, Barrington Levy all the way to Vybz Kartel, Popcaan, Shensia, Alkaline, Chronixx, Machel, Shal Marshall, Kes and the Band, Benjai, All the Chutney Soca, Babla and Kanchan, Sundar Popo, Terry G, From Brian Adams to Linkin park, John Lennon etc.

Now you tell me if this is what a dinosaur listen to.

If a white dude came to the Caribbean and took over Reggae he would be accused of cultural appropriation.....Bob Marley took our simple culture and the Jamaican music and and made it international with music that has stood the test of time and continues to uplift people.

Rihanna went to America and followed the script given her by a Corporation to make money hand over fist.

That is cultural appropriation....nothing new....one size fits all...just have a little talent and good looks....the machine will do the rest.

No one sees Rihanna and thinks Caribbean....they think pop, which is why people like you keep having to remind us she from the Region and need some love.


Marley is the Region.

Of Bob Marley or Rihanna, which one wrote their own big hits?

In reply to problemjay

The same people downloading chunes from Rhi Rhi are the same people downloading Skip Marley and Damien Marley chunes. Riiiiight????? So, therefore if they know bout Skip and Damien and Stephen, they know where those men come from.

You underestimate the power of the Marley name but yet at the same time you hugging up chunes from Kitchener, Sparrow and Rudder. Big loud steeeeups.

In reply to Ayenmol

Dude, this woman continue to be a triple threat, Music, fashion, cosmetic.
Continue to talk about her music, that what got her started, but she was smart enough, to understand the business, and to create products, that many young women around the world is buying.
Everyone knows Bob Marley and his music.
The original post was not about music, it was about the popularity of West Indians around the globe.

In reply to openning

oh trust me, he knows that. He is trying desperately hard in his argument



he is now talking about who has a more Caribbean feeling to their image, who he believes will make others think Caribbean

In reply to openning

Yeah, so has thousands of other people in this age....the guy who signed her initially is known himself as having a diversified portfolio....

Here read up


This was the threads oppening salvo....

Yes music.....he dared compare the music life and worth of Marley to Rihanna.....comparing their worth to the Region as being old vs new.

Then threw in her other endeavors as a claim that she is so much bigger as a singer that it has led to fans supporting her in other things


Everyone worth their salt today has invested in multiple brands....there is even a term for it ....branding.

Athletes been doing it.....artiste.....business people been doing it for centuries.

They even started a show called Shark tank based on the premise and exemplifying the behavior of money makers making deals to expand into every new endeavor. Or up and coming entrepreneur.

It's nothing new and did not start nor will end with Rihanna.

Yet you do not understand that we are talking bout music....and the impact of music.....she will never have the musical and legendary impact on the World as a musician....that is the pushback.....this fool argued that her music was better received than Marley's and is still being played at spring break etc....

Learn to differentiate between what is being contested and what is not.

You even brought up the Rihanna vs "it was'nt me". I was the most vocal in setting matters straight on who was the bigger Star.

Here this man wants to compare the longevity and musical worth of Marley to Windians vs Rihanna... and even to the World.

You always late and always missing the point....even when you use the very post where i make the distinction between money making and marketing vs that which earned that person celebrity.

Get a clue. Learn to comprehend.....or should i break it down further for you?


When it comes to their standing as Ambassadors and icons of the Caribbean.....Marley is it.

Musicians .... Marley


Music ..... Marley

Legend who put the Caribbean on the map......Marley.

If he were still alive he would shake his head at the corporate takeover of music and would still be pushing against the system.....not using it to maximize dollars.....and that is what he represents to most

Fun Fact :

Do you know that Nicki Minaj has the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 entries by a female artiste in history among all female artiste in all genres and 5th among all artiste in history ?

In reply to Ayenmol

This was the original thread, two others pop up after the first.
The original post is below, "Biggest celebrity to come out of the WI"
You like others joined the post focusing on singing, other who understood the questioned asked, list Bolt and others.

If you believe that Bob is as famous in 2021 as Rhianna, give us your data,
What I am saying, Rhianna in 2021, with her business brand around the world, cannot be taken likely.
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In reply to openning

I responded to this post and made my point clear.....if you choose to muddle it in with other post i am not involved in then thats you....speaks to your inability to again reason on a specific issue.


I will remember to simply ignore you.

French Fries outsell Jamaican patties and doubles, but does that make french fries better tasting?

French Fries outsell Jamaican patties and doubles, but does that make french fries better tasting?

French Fries outsell Jamaican patties and doubles, but does that make french fries better tasting?

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In reply to DirtyDan

I get from the conversation that it is just about popularity in the USA and value of brand.

It is very insulting to the legacy of Bob Marley to even discuss his body of work versus Rhi Rhi.

As for brand, a major part of tourism in the Caribbean is built on Marley's image. There are major reggae festivals all over the globe built on his legacy. Reggae, not American pop music. Several generations of artists, including Rhi Rhi, made it on the international stage because of a genre of music made popular by Bob Marley.

The Marley estate tried for years to protect his image so they could earn from his brand but for the most part failed. I suspect the unauthorzed sale of the Marley brand is far bigger than Rhi Rhi's.

In reply to Ayenmol

The above should tell you that this Thread is a continuation of a previous post.
There is also a third one.
You come into a middle of a discussion, tell us about your 17 year old daughter downloading Bob, because you played it, while she was in the car.
Really?
And you want to be part of the discussion?

This should add some input to this discussion. Rihanna impact on music, fashion and beauty industries. She will have a very long lasting impact because of how she changed the game Link Text