{"id":208258,"date":"2025-11-25T06:17:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/25\/sean-paul-yusuf-cat-stevens-more-pay-tribute-to-reggae-icon-jimmy-cliff-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T06:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:17:42","slug":"sean-paul-yusuf-cat-stevens-more-pay-tribute-to-reggae-icon-jimmy-cliff-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/25\/sean-paul-yusuf-cat-stevens-more-pay-tribute-to-reggae-icon-jimmy-cliff-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Paul, Yusuf\/Cat Stevens & More Pay Tribute to Reggae Icon Jimmy\u00a0Cliff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tTributes from across the music world are pouring in for Jimmy Cliff<\/a>, the reggae pioneer whose death was announced earlier this week. <\/p>\n

\n\tCliff, 81, died following a seizure and pneumonia, according to a statement shared by his wife, Latifah Chambers, on Monday (Nov. 24). While the family confirmed his passing, artists across genres \u2014 dancehall, pop, rock and reggae royalty \u2014 are now publicly honoring the singer\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

\n\tSean Paul was among the first to share a tribute<\/a>, posting a black-and-white image of Cliff on Instagram and writing, \u201cR.I.P 2 a real general. He hit them the harder they came. Fly high my G.\u201d Fans immediately echoed the sentiment, remembering Cliff as one of the musicians who helped shape the global identity of reggae.<\/p>\n

\n\tYusuf\/Cat Stevens, whose 1970 song \u201cWild World\u201d became one of Cliff\u2019s signature recordings, shared a heartfelt message on Facebook. \u201cA powerful presence,\u201d he wrote. \u201cGod bless him. His songs always had some message of peace \u2014 may he find it now and forever.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Marley family also honored him, noting Cliff\u2019s pivotal role in Bob Marley\u2019s early career. \u201cJimmy was an instrumental figure in Bob\u2019s coming up,\u201d they wrote on Instagram. \u201cHe brought him to producer Leslie Kong in 1962 to record his very first singles, \u2018Judge Not\u2019 and \u2018One Cup of Coffee.\u2019\u201d The post included a smiling throwback photo of Cliff, a reminder of the deep roots the two shared inside Jamaica\u2019s music history.<\/p>\n

\n\tShaggy added his own tribute with a photo of the pair onstage together. \u201cSaddened to hear about the passing of the legendary Jimmy Cliff,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHis voice, his message, and his spirit helped shape the soul of reggae music. We\u2019ve lost a true icon, but his light and legacy will live on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tUB40 frontman Ali Campbell described Cliff as a \u201creggae forefather,\u201d writing, \u201cA true foundation, a pillar of our music, and one of the first to carry reggae out into the world. Rest Easy King, \u2018Many Rivers to Cross.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tributes from across the music world are pouring in for Jimmy Cliff, the reggae pioneer whose death was announced earlier this week. Cliff, 81, died following a seizure and pneumonia, according to a statement shared by his wife, Latifah Chambers, on Monday (Nov. 24). While the family confirmed his passing, artists across genres \u2014 dancehall, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}