Rhygin

Rhygin

Famed Jamaican outlaw Ivanhoe 'Rhyging' Martin, died of gunshot wounds sustained during a shootout with police officers on September 9 1948, in Lime Cay, Jamaica.

He was the inspiration for the film "The Harder They Come" starring Jimmy Cliff as Ivanhoe Martin and directed by Perry Henzel.

Rhyging is a Jamaican word meaning as much as 'hot', 'bad'. Though often (dis)regarded as the initial rude boy, ahead of his time, Jimmy Cliff refers to him rather as a kind of Jamaican Robin Hood, who was "very much on the side of the people".

References

Lloyd Bradley, Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King, 2001 for the UK version, Penguin Books Ltd, UK, ISBN 0-14-023763-1


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