A new book celebrating the life of Bob

Marley will be released next month in celebration of the music icon’s 75th

birthday.

Bob Marley: Portrait of the Legend will include more than 150 pictures of some intimate and iconic moments over the Redemption Song singer’s life and career.

Published by Rizzoli, the manuscript will be available on October 13, and pulls exclusively from the family’s archives, showcasing some previously unseen images of the artiste’s creative process and family life.

Ziggy, himself an accomplished musician

and multi-Grammy Award winner, said “I am blessed to present to you this very special collection of

photographs from our archives. There is a cliché term, ‘a picture is worth a

thousand words’; from my experience of looking through hundreds and hundreds of

photos for this book, I will say, yes, it is true.”

Much of

the book will concentration on Marley’s last decade of life before succumbing

to cancer at the age of 36 and include unpublished interviews and quotes by his

closest friends.

Year-long

celebrations are being held to commemorate his legacy and musical

contributions.

Marley, a

pioneer of reggae music, is widely considered to be one of the greatest and

most influential musicians ever. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame, posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and

received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.