via SnapchatArts+CultureNewsUsers criticise ‘blackface’ Snapchat filterYou can now add a ‘Bob Marley’ filter to your face – presumably to mark the worldwide weed holiday 4/20 – and it hasn’t gone down wellShareLink copied ✔️April 20, 2016Arts+CultureNewsTextDominique Sisley Snapchat has come in for criticism after giving its users the chance to get their very own ‘blackface’. The social media app, which has become known for its daily filter updates, introduced a new Bob Marley option today; complete with dreadlocks, beard, and a darker skin tone. The filter appears to be a nod to worldwide weed holiday 4/20, as it appeared on Snapchat for the first time this morning. As you no doubt know, Marley is well-known not only for being a world class songwriter and one of the best-selling artists of all time, but also a big time weed smoker. Snapchat reportedly partnered with the Bob Marley estate on the new filter, which along with ‘blackface’ gives users a Rastafarian hat. However, it didn’t take long for the rest of social media to begin reacting. Snapchat's half-baked 420 nod is a Bob Marley blackface filter?! Dude was Jamaican! Did waaaay more than smoke weed. pic.twitter.com/t6tazxnMxT— Brian Ries (@moneyries) April 20, 2016Can @Snapchat explain to me why there's a Bob Marley filter on 4/20? You realize he did more than smoke weed, right? pic.twitter.com/xPCOU5uQko— Jack Qu'emi (@jackquemi) April 20, 2016Oh my god oh my god oh my god snapchat put a "Bob Marley" filter and it's... bad and in poor taste, to say the least pic.twitter.com/syAHGXp3f6— Alp Ozcelik (@alplicable) April 20, 2016This Bob Marley Snapchat filter seems misguided pic.twitter.com/aPRoEdjdwf— Elle Hunt (@mlle_elle) April 20, 2016 We’ve reached out to Snapchat for comment. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhy did Satan start to possess girls on screen in the 70s?Learn the art of photo storytelling and zine making at Dazed+Labs8 essential skate videos from the 90s and beyond with Glue SkateboardsThe unashamedly queer, feminist, and intersectional play you need to seeParis artists are pissed off with this ‘gift’ from Jeff KoonsA Seat at the TableVinca Petersen: Future FantasySnarkitecture’s guide on how to collide art and architectureBanksy has unveiled a new anti-weapon artworkVincent Gallo: mad, bad, and dangerous to knowGet lost in these frank stories of love and lossPreview a new graphic novel about Frida Kahlo