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Lucky Dube |
Lucky
Dube 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.
Birth name | Lucky Philip Dube |
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Born | 3 August 1964 Ermelo, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa |
Spouse: Zanele Mdluli (m. ?–2007)
Children: Nkulee Dube, Thokozani Dube
Songs
It's Not Easy
House of Exile · 1991
House Of Exile
House of Exile · 1991
Reggae Strong
Prisoner · 1989 .......
Africans have paid tribute to the late reggae music icon,
Lucky Philip Dube, on the 10th anniversary
of his tragic death. The legendary musician was killed during an attempted
carjacking in 2007.
12 Surprising Facts About Reggae Star #LuckyDube
1. His mother named him Lucky because his older
brother died at 6 months
2. As a child, Dube worked as a
gardener
3. There were claims that his
father was Zimbabwean
4. He said he was mistaken for
a beggar while shooting a music video
5. His first songs were in Afrikaans and Zulu
6. Refused to smoke marijuana,
drink alcohol or use any other drug in order to be a good example
7. He appeared in several
movies including Voice in the Dark, Getting Lucky and Lucky Strikes Back
8. He sang traditional music
called Mbaqanga, before switching to reggae in 1984
9. He has 7 children
10. He loved horses, and owned
a few
11. Signed to famous American
music label Motown
12. "The government can remove these
oppressive laws. It can be scratched in the books of South Africa, but it
cannot be scratched in the people's minds. Apartheid lives with the people ...
" - Lucky Dube in 1992.
LUCKY DUBE: 10th Anniversary of his Death
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