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Lucky Dube

Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced doo-beh) (3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans in a 25-year period and was South Africa's biggest-selling reggae artist. Dube was murdered in the Johannesburg suburb of Rosettenville on the evening of 18 October 2007.

Biography

Early life

Lucky Dube was born in Ermelo, formerly of the Eastern Transvaal, now of Mpumalanga, on 3 August 1964. His parents separated before his birth and he was raised by his mother who named him Lucky because she considered his birth fortunate after a number of failed pregnancies. Along with his two siblings, Thandi and Patrick, Dube spent much of his childhood with his grandmother, Sarah, while his mother relocated to work. In a 1999 interview, he described his grandmother as "his greatest love" who "multiplied many things to bring up this responsible individual that I am today."

Beginning of his musical career

As a child Dube worked as a gardener but, as he matured, realizing that he wasn't earning enough to feed his family, he began to attend school. There he joined a choir and, with some friends, formed his first musical ensemble, called The Skyway Band. While at school he discovered the Rastafari movement. At the age of 18 Dube joined his cousin's band, The Love Brothers, playing Zulu pop music known as mbaqanga whilst funding his lifestyle by working for Hole and Cooke as a security guard at the car auctions in Midrand. The band signed with Teal Record Company, under Richard Siluma (Teal was later incorporated into Gallo Record Company). Though Dube was still at school, the band recorded material in Johannesburg during his school holidays. The resultant album was released under the name Lucky Dube and the Supersoul. The second album was released soon afterwards, and this time Dube wrote some of the lyrics in addition to singing. It was around this same time when he began to learn English.

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Nigeria .. Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Mr ... He said. “A reggae artiste named Lucky Dube once sang about the imprisonment of the mind. That song mirrors our pathetic situation in Rivers State today ... .

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He said the oldest suspect was 36 and that others could be added to the list ... In 2007, reggae singer Lucky Dube was dropping off his teenage son at a relative's home when gunmen shot him three times during a failed attempt to steal his car ... zam/tw ... ....

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Listen ... As per the charge sheet, Lucky Ndlovu, Honest Ndebele, Bernard Moyo, and Kholwani Dube were apprehended by a joint patrol team of the Botswana Defence Force and the Botswana Police Service while unlawfully mining gold at the farm on January 4.

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Reggae’s resistance roots struck a chord in SA

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In his reflective discourse, Patterson voiced a poignant concern ... Our regions, brimming with musical and athletic prowess, have given the world icons like Bob Marley and Lucky Dube, he noted ... .

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Reggae music makes more sense than other genres —Ras Kuuku

Business Ghana 07 Nov 2023

ONE may not agree with him but it seems nothing will change the mind of Ras Kuuku when it comes to Reggae music ... “Just listen to songs by the likes of Bob Marley, Lucky Dube, Alpha Blondy, Peter Tosh and a host of other Reggae musicians ... .