Bob Marley's son inks merchandise deal with private equity group.Byline: ANI Washington, February 21 (ANI): Bob Marley's son, Rohan, has entered into a deal with a private equity group for generating merchandise using the reggae reggae, Jamaican popular music that developed in the 1960s among Kingston's poor blacks, drawing on American "soul" music and traditional African and Jamaican folk music and ska (a Jamaican and British dance-hall music). legend's name and face. A decision on having such a deal was taken considering the fact that hundreds of millions of dollars have been generated by bootleg Bob Marley products since his death in 1981 at the age of 36. Rohan, however, insists that they will try to ensure that his father's image is not spoilt. "Whatever we do, it'd better be good. We're not here to bastardise v. t. 1. Same as bastardize. Verb 1. bastardise - change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms bastardize my father's image, slap it on here, slap it on there," Contactmusic quoted him as saying. He has also revealed that he is planning to develop a "Grand Theft Auto-style" video game that follows street kids "working their way out of the ghetto". (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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