Question #9 features a lyric from the song Exdus by Bob Marley& The Wailers: Bob Marley formed a vocal group in Trench Town with friends, PeterTosh and Bunny Wailer. The trio, which named itself the Wailers because, as Marley stated, “we started out crying." In December 1963 the Wailers cut the song “Simmer Down." Unlike the playful mento music that drifted from the porches of local tourist hotels, “Simmer Down” was an urgent anthem from the shantytown precincts of the Kingston underclass. Marley continued to be a political figure and in 1976 survived an assassination attempt. Marley’s attempt to broker a truce between Jamaica’s warring political factions led in April 1978 to his headlining the “One Love” peace concert. His sociopolitical clout also earned him an invitation to perform in 1980 at the ceremonies celebrating majority rule and internationally recognized independence for Zimbabwe. In April 1981, the Jamaican government awarded Marley the Order of Merit. A month later he died of cancer.Although his songs are some of the most critically acclaimed music in the popular canon, Marley was far more renowned in death than he had been in life. Legend (1984), a retrospective of his work, became the best-selling reggae album ever, with international sales of more than 12 million copies.