TIL that before a concert to ease violent tensions in Jamaica, Bob Marley was shot. He went on to perform, injured, stating that, "The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley#1974.E2.80.931976:_Line-up_changes_and_shooting



Submitted February 23, 2015 at 05:06AM by Mardkayin http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wt8t5/til_that_before_a_concert_to_ease_violent/