The Tuff Gong label was founded in 1970 by Bob Marley, with the vision of producing, distributing and promoting his music free from the constraints of corporate label politics.
In a time decades before artist-owned record labels were commonplace, the legendary Bob Marley’s vision was characteristically well ahead of its time. Now, nearly a half-century later, his dream is being realized. With Tuff Gong Worldwide, Ziggy Marley continues a dream of his father to own and manage not only his own music, but nearly every aspect of his career. From record label operations to book publishing, Ziggy not only records and releases all of his recent solo studio albums and DVDs via Tuff Gong Worldwide (including the Grammy-winning albums Love Is My Religion and Family Time, and the new release Wild and Free), but also has become a force in the graphic novel / publishing industry with the release of the Marijuanaman series and children’s book ‘I Love You Too’ . With such distribution partners as Image Comics, Entertainment One in the U.S. and Canada and a variety of distributors and label imprints around the world, Tuff Gong Worldwide’s reach has become, indeed, a global phenomenon. Most recently, Tuff Gong Worldwide has expanded into the world of television with Marley Africa Road Trip (Elixer Films) and into foods with Ziggy Marley Organics, which includes the world’s first flavored GMO free coconut oils and roasted hemp seeds.
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