Like many other Jamaican teenagers, Bob found music a relief from the realities of ghetto life. ... Higgs held free music clinics at his home in the ghetto, only one street away from Bob's home. ... "Bob noticed that increasing numbers of ghetto youths were growing their hair, allowing it to twine into long happy tresses" (White 225). During a concert in New York in 1980, Bob nearly blacked out. ... Bob was flown from Miami to New York's Memorial Sloan Ketting Cancer Center, where he was fully diagnosed as having brain, lung, and stomach cancer. ...

• Word Count: 1845
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Wailers' music was imbued with this faith, which represented a spiritual alternative to the frequent violence of ghetto life for many poor Jamaicans. ... The band's packed touring schedule in 1978 included a sold-out show at New York City's Madison Square Garden, which was recorded and released as the highly acclaimed live album Babylon By Bus. ... In 1980, Marley collapsed while jogging in New York's Central Park. ...

• Word Count: 1251
• Approx Pages: 5

Many poor Jamaicans saw Rastafarianism and The Wailers" as a spiritual alternative to the frequent violence and ghetto life. ... "The band's packed touring schedule in 1978 included a sold-out show at New York City's Madison Square Garden, which was recorded and released as the highly acclaimed live album "Babylon By Buss". ... In 1980, Marley collapsed while jogging in New York's Central Park; by that time, the cancer had spread throughout his lungs and brain. ...

• Word Count: 1698
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School