By: ShaCamree Gowdy Jamaican record producer and singer Lee “Scratch” Perry died Sunday at the age of 85. Perry died at the Noel Holmes Hospital in western Jamaica, per Jamaica Observer’s Brian Bonitto. His cause of death has yet to be released to the public. RELATED: Reggae legend Bunny Wailer dies at age 73 Perry, who is widely credited with revolutionizing reggae and dub and contributing widely to dance, rock and hip-hop, said in a 1984 interview with NME that he didn't learn anything in school. He credits nature for “everything I have learned” and his time spent playing dominoes for stimulating his own mind and learning to read the mind of others. “You could never put your finger on Lee Perry–he’s the Salvador Dali […]
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