Sixto Rodriguez, the Detroit-born folk musician who would go on to become a phenomenon in South Africa and the subject of the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died, at the age of 81.⁠ ⁠ Rodriguez put out his best-known releases — Cold Fact and Coming From Reality — under a mononym in the early 1970s. They sold poorly in the US, but found a massive following in Oceania and especially South Africa, where his songs became revolutionary anthems for the Apartheid era.⁠ ⁠ Read our tribute at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📸 Matt Roberts via Getty Images⁠ ⁠ #Rodriguez