11/24/2025
Jimmy Cliff’s music was the backbone of so many q***r dance floors and chosen-family nights, his rebel joy and defiant tenderness giving us a soundtrack when the world felt too heavy. Those songs didn’t just move bodies, they helped us all breathe a little freer
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached defiance, joy and endurance in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81