Biography

Who is someone you would really like to meet? (Or, someone you would have liked to have met if the are deceased). We are going to answer this question and provide a biographical piece about this person. Your essay needs to be:

- 400 words mimimum
- In your own words (see Plagiarism below)
- Have proper APA citation (see example)
- An image, and even a video if you like

See example below-

Robert Nesta Marley was born the 6th of Feburary, 1945 in the parish of St. Ann, Jamaica. He was born to Cedella Booker Marley and Captain Norval Marley. Cedella Marley, a black Jamaican was a mere eighteen years old when she married Norval, a much older white English Jamaicain Marine officer. Norval, due to his military obligations, was present very little during his son’s early years. The relationship between his parents never flourished, and Captian Marley died of a heart attack when his son was ten.

Like many rural Jamacains Cedella Marley moved to the capital Kingston in search of a better life and job opportunities. Bob subsequently had a difficult childhood growing up in some of the toughest neighborhoods of the city. Here he made two life-changing friends in Neville Livingston and Peter MacIntosh. Together the three young men developed a passion for music and began to dabble into singing and playing. Later they sought the guidance of fabled singer-song writer Joe Higgs. The three formed their first band, the Teenagers. Another fellow musician important to Marley in his budding musical career was the young singer Rita Anderson. Marley took a fancy for her and in 1966 the couple married. Rita became an integral part of the band as an ever-present backup singer.

The band later changed their name to the Wailers. Their first full-length album, Catch a Fire, was released in 1973. The following year they followed this up with Burnin. The band broke up in 1974. Marley’s childhood friends and band mates went on to have extremely successful careers of their own.

Although the original members of the band were no longer with Bob, he replaced them with some of he most talented artist on the island and dubbed the new lineup “Bob Marley and the Wailers”. Over the next six years Bob Marley and the Wailers would make reggae an international household name. Bob’s good looks, charisma, and abnormally gifted musical ability would make him an unofficial ambassador not only for the music, but also for Jamaica itself.

In 1977 Bob Marley was diagnosed with cancer. After a number of traditional and experimental treatment attempts, Marley succumbed to his illness May 11, 1981. Reggae and the world of music will be forever indebt to his great contributions.
Rita and Bob had a large musical family. Their children, obtaining their talents from both parents, went on to become notarized musicians themselves. Accompanied by four of his siblings, Marley’s eldest son Ziggy, formed the group, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. The band has carried on their father’s musical legacy having produced many albums and winning awards, including a number of Grammies.




This is how this should look if you have obtained your information from a website (Wikipedia).

Bob Marley (2006). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 1, 2008. www.wikepedia.com/bobmarley

From a Book:
Crowher, Mikchael. (1986) Catch a Fire, The Life and Legend of Bob Marley. New York:
Island Books Publishing Co.

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means
1. to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
2. to use (another's production) without crediting the source
3. to commit literary theft
4. to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

In “other” words, you must put the information you receive form others in YOUR own words.