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DBR: Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae - The Sixth
On D-Beat Radio's 5 Year Anniversary, we honor the late, great Jimmy Cliff.
As many legends throughout history do, the whole story starts during a devastating storm…
In the Somerton District of St. James, Jamaica, a mother gives birth to a child, wraps him in a sheet, and takes him to shelter at a neighbor’s home as a hurricane blows her house away.
However, everybody agrees, “There’s something special about this boy.”
Born James Chambers in 1944, just into his teens he took the stage name Jimmy Cliff and began recording soon after moving from the countryside to Kingston.
He becomes famous by the age of 14 for a hit coincidentally entitled “Hurricane Hattie.” He goes on to popularize reggae music everywhere.
Cliff was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Ten years later the U.S. Library of Congress added the soundtrack of The Harder They Come to the National Recording Registry, a list of audio recordings deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Cliff’s other honors include receiving the Order of Merit (2003) from the Jamaican government.
The reggae legend Jimmy Cliff died at age 81 on November 24, 2025, from complications of a seizure followed by pneumonia.
He is survived by his wife, Latifa Belaydi, their daughter Lilty and son Aken, and other children from previous relationships, including the Brazilian actor and singer Nabiyah Be.