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If you know LL Cool J’s smash hit called Doin’ It, you should also know that it was built around a sample from My Jamaican Guy by Jamaican music superstar Grace Jones. The drums were played by Sly Dunbar, who died yesterday, and his musical partner Robbie Shakespeare, who...

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I am saddened to hear of the passing of Jamaican reggae music legend and international superstar Jimmy Cliff, whose real name was James Chambers. He was 81 years old, and he died from pneumonia after suffering a stroke. I grew up on his music, with my parents playing it in the 1970s and 1980s when I was a young boy in Murewa. I remember being in grade six in 1983, wondering who wrote No Woman, No Cry between him and Bob Marley because both sang it with such gusto. I only learnt later that it was written by Marley, who gave the credit to “Tata” Ford, his childhood friend from Trench Town, so that Ford could use the royalties to run a soup kitchen for the poor in Trenchtown. Jimmy Cliff became known outside the reggae movement with Many Rivers to Cross and other classics like You Can Get It If You Really Want. But what placed him at the intersection of global music and film was his hit song The Harder They Come, which was the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. Jimmy Cliff was the star of that film. He played the lead character, Ivanhoe “Ivan” Martin, in the 1972 Jamaican crime drama. The film made him an international icon and helped introduce reggae culture to the rest of the world before Bob Marley emerged as the first Third World global superstar from reggae. However, Cliff was already touring internationally in the late 1960s, and his performance of Many Rivers to Cross is often credited with opening doors for Jamaican music globally. He was one of the few Jamaican artists to receive the Order of Merit, Jamaica’s third-highest national honour, recognising his contribution to music and culture. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, cementing his status as one of the most influential artists of his era. His death is a moment to acknowledge that a generational icon, who opened the doors for Jamaican artists, has passed. Jimmy Cliff was part of the first wave of musicians who took reggae from the streets of Kingston to the world, creating the pathway that others, including Bob Marley, later walked through. Rest in Peace Legend. Full concert of the legend below from 2018.

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