The Harder They Come

Een plattelandsjongen trekt naar Kingston in de hoop het hier te maken als zanger. Zijn muzikale carrière komt echter pas van de grond als hij zich in de misdaad stort.

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.