{"id":3198,"date":"2025-11-24T15:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:43:02","slug":"jimmy-cliff-jamaican-reggae-music-pioneer-dies-at-81-music-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3198","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae music pioneer, dies at 81 | Music News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The singer recorded more than 30 albums and won two Grammys during his six-decade career.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 24 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">24 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in his classics, has died at 81.<\/p>\n<p>Cliff\u2019s wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his death on social media on Monday, adding that the cause was a seizure followed by pneumonia.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Born James Chambers on July 30, 1944, during a hurricane in St James Parish in northwestern Jamaica, he moved in the 1950s from the family farm to the country\u2019s capital, Kingston, with his father, determined to succeed in the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>At 14, he became nationally famous for the song Hurricane Hattie, which he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Cliff would go on to record more than 30 albums and perform all over the world, including in Paris, Brazil and at the World\u2019s Fair in New York in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, Chris Blackwell of Island Records, the producer who launched Bob Marley and the Wailers, invited Cliff to work in the United Kingdom with him.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"acting-career\">Acting career<\/h2>\n<p>Cliff later went into acting, starring in the 1972 classic film The Harder They Come, directed by Perry Henzell. The film has been credited with introducing an international audience to reggae music.<\/p>\n<p>The movie portrayed the grittier aspects of Jamaican life, redefining the island as more than a tourist playground of cocktails, beaches and waterfalls.<\/p>\n<p>Known in part for the singles You Can Get It If You Really Want It and Many Rivers To Cross as well as for his covers of Johnny Nash\u2019s I Can See Clearly Now, which appeared on the soundtrack of the 1993 movie Cool Runnings, and Cat Stevens\u2019s Wild World, Cliff was well known for weaving his humanitarian views into his songs.<\/p>\n<p>American folk artist Bob Dylan has called Cliff\u2019s Vietnam the best protest song ever written.<\/p>\n<p>The antiestablishment bent of Cliff\u2019s music gave a voice not only to the hardships faced by Jamaicans but also to the spirit and joy that persevered in spite of poverty and oppression.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Cliff worked with the Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Annie Lennox and Paul Simon.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, he won a Grammy Award for best reggae album for Rebirth, which was produced by the punk band Rancid\u2019s Tim Armstrong, as well as another Grammy in 1984 for Cliff Hanger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The singer recorded more than 30 albums and won two Grammys during his six-decade career. 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