Jimmy Cliff’s iconic cover of Johnny Nash’s 1972 classic I Can See Clearly Now just surpassed 100 million views on YouTube – the first of the Reggae icon’s songs to do so on the platform.
The year 2020 is one that will live in infamy. It was the year of the death of Kobe Bryant, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US presidential elections, and it also marked the transitioning of several reggae artistes and popular entertainment figures.
American singer Johnny Nash who died on Tuesday at age 80 in Houston, Texas — worked with a new band called the Fabulous Five Inc.