Bob Marley Terlahir dengan nama Robert Nesta Marley pada 6 Februari 1945 di St. Ann, Jamaika, Bob Marley berayahkan seorang kulit putih dan ibu kulit hitam. Pada tahun 1950-an Bob beserta keluarganya pindah ke ibu kota Jamaika, Kingston. Di kota inilah obsesinya terhadap musik sebagai profesi menemukan pelampiasan. Waktu itu Bob Marley banyak mendengarkan musik R&B dan soul, yang kemudian hari menjadi inspirasi irama reggae, melalui siaran radio Amerika. Selain itu di jalanan Kingston dia menikmati hentakan irama Ska dan Steadybeat dan kemudian mencoba memainkannya sendiri di studio-studio musik kecil .
Bersama Peter McIntosh dan Bunny Livingston, Bob membentuk The Wailing Wailers yang mengeluarkan album perdana di tahun 1963 dengan hit �Simmer Down�. Lirik lagu mereka banyak berkisah tentang �rude bwai� (rude boy), anak-anak muda yang mencari identitas diri dengan menjadi berandalan di jalanan Kingston. The Wailing Wailers bubar pada pertengahan 1960-an dan sempat membuat penggagasnya patah arang hingga memutuskan untuk berkelana di Amerika. Pada bulan April 1966 Bob kembali ke Jamaika, bertepatan dengan kunjungan HIM Haile Selassie I �raja Ethiopia� ke Jamaika untuk bertemu penganut Rastafari. Kharisma sang raja membawa Bob menjadi penghayat ajaran Rastafari pada tahun 1967, dan bersama The Wailer, band barunya yang dibentuk setahun kemudian bersama dua personil lawas Mc Intosh dan Livingston, dia menyuarakan nilai-nilai ajaran Rasta melalui reggae. Penganut Rastafari lantas menganggap Bob menjalankan peran profetik sebagaimana para nabi, menyebarkan inspirasi dan nilai
Simbolisasi ini kental terlihat ketika pada tahun 1930-an Jamaika mengalami gejolak sosial dan politik. Kelompok Rasta merasa tidak puas dengan kondisi sosial dan pemerintah yang ada, lantas membentuk masyarakat tersendiri yang tinggal di tenda-tenda yang didirikan diantara semak belukar. Mereka memiliki tatanan nilai dan praktek keagamaan tersendiri, termasuk memelihara rambut gimbal. Dreadlocks juga mereka praktekkan sebagai pembeda dari para �baldhead� (sebutan untuk orang kulit putih berambut pirang), yang mereka golongkan sebagai kaum Babylon�istilah untuk penguasa penindas. Pertengahan tahun 1960-an perkemahan kelompok Rasta ditutup dan mereka dipindahkan ke daerah Kingston, seperti di kota Trench Town dan Greenwich, tempat dimana musik reggae lahir pada tahun 1968.
Ketika musik reggae memasuki arus besar musik dunia pada akhir tahun 1970-an, tak pelak lagi sosok Bob Marley dan rambut gimbalnya menjadi ikon baru yang dipuja-puja. Dreadlock dengan segera menjadi sebuah trend baru dalam tata rambut dan cenderung lepas dari nilai spiritualitasnya. Apalagi ketika pada tahun 1990-an, dreadlocks mewarnai penampilan para musisi rock dan menjadi bagian dari fashion dunia. Dreadlock yang biasanya membutuhkan waktu sekitar lima tahun untuk terbentuk, sejak saat itu bisa dibuat oleh salon-salon rambut hanya dalam lima jam! Aneka gaya dreadlock pun ditawarkan, termasuk rambut aneka warna dan �dread perms� alias gaya dreadlock yang permanen.
Meski cenderung lebih identik dengan fashion, secara mendasar dreadlock tetap menjadi bentuk ungkap semangat anti kekerasan, anti kemapanan dan solidaritas untuk kalangan minoritas tertindas.
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