Rhygin
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Famed Jamaican outlaw Ivanhoe 'Rhygin' 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.
Rhygin 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".
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Lloyd Bradley, Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King, 2001 for the UK version, Penguin Books Ltd, UK, ISBN 0140237631
