His death was announced by the Prime Minister of Jamaica himself, Andrew Holness, on Twitter, with these words:
“Lee 'Scratch' Perry died this morning while in Noel Holmes Hospital.
He was 85 years old. ”
Born Rainford Hugh Perry into a working-class family in March 1936, better known by the sobriquet "The Upsetter", this Jamaican producer and musician was one of those who changed the course of popular music.
A task he began in the late 1950s working in the studio of the legendary Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, pioneer of reggae and ska.
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Their collaboration, peppered with conflicts, ended after a few years, Lee Perry going to work with another producer on the island, Joe Gibbs, before forming his own brand, Upsetter Records, also the name of his group.
His first single,
People Funny Boy
, was already showing his innovative skills, with the use of a sampled sound (a baby crying), years before the invention.
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