A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift.

"Jimmy Cliff - Festival du Bout du Monde 2012 - 012" by Thesupermat is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaica-born artist who helped

Like the Wailers, Cliff signed to Island Records, and his Wonderful World Beautiful People was one of the first clutch of ska hits to reach the UK charts in late 1969. The follow-up was Vietnam, which Bob Dylan once described as the best protest song he’d ever heard. He also had a hit with a cover of Cat Stevens Wild World around this time.

Throughout his decades-long career, Cliff visited Austin several times, making an impact on the music scene and creating history along the way.

Jamaica's prime minister, Shaggy, and Yusuf/Cat Stevens also posted tributes to the late musician following his death at the age of 81

When Jimmy Cliff and Tim Armstrong teamed up, it continued a decades-long relationship between reggae and punk rock