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A Social Justice Icon In Life, Is Bob Marley A Sellout In Death?

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Post date February 7, 2024

Marley's estate earned $16 million in 2023, making the artist ninth in Forbes' list of highest-paid dead celebrities that year. Toa Heftiba/Unsplash

Are Bob Marley’s artistic and cultural values now clouded in a haze of rampant commercialization?

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