RIP Jimmy Cliff

[Michael_ Gee]

Reggae star whose appearance in "The Harder They Come" (a banger movie BTW) brought Jamaica's music to your basic white American suburban youths (like me). Dead at 81.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Sh1t.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

There are icons and then there are icons.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Aw, damn. I had a chance to see him in concert about ten years ago but passed, and I've been kicking myself ever since.

"The Harder They Come" is my favorite movie soundtrack by a wide margin.

RIP.

 

[Bubbler]

He was brilliant in “The Harder They Come*” and that soundtrack is choice. RIP.

* Cliff played his role well. The movie itself is pretty hit-and-miss.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

His biggest American hit. Also wrote Trapped which Bruce Springsteen covered