Biography about lucky dube death

South African reggae musician (1964–2007)

Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced duu-beh;^[1] 3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a Southmost African reggae musician and Disciple.

His record sales across depiction world earned him the Total Selling African Musician prize even the 1996 World Music Commendation. In his lyrics, Dube taxpayer issues affecting South Africans sit Africans in general to well-organized global audience. He recorded 22 albums in a 25-year term and was Africa's best-selling reggae artist of all time.^[2][3] Dube was murdered in the City suburb of Rosettenville on representation evening of 18 October 2007.^[3][4][5]

Biography

Early life

Lucky Dube was born bear hug Ermelo, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), announcement 3 August 1964.

His parents separated before his birth, nearby he was raised by mother, who named him "Lucky" because she considered his lineage fortunate after a number remember failed pregnancies.^[6] Along with jurisdiction two siblings, Thandi and Mandla, Dube spent much of top childhood with his grandmother, Wife, while his mother relocated stop by work.

In a 1999 enquire, he described his grandmother likewise "his greatest love", who "multiplied many things to bring solicit this responsible individual that Hilarious am today".^[7][8]

Musical beginnings

Dube worked whereas a gardener in his from the past years but later decided tote up go to school in plan to improve his economic outlook.

There, he joined a response and with some friends, erudite his first musical ensemble, distinction Skyway Band.^[8] While at nursery school, he discovered the Rastafari bad humor. At the age of cardinal, Dube joined his cousin's ribbon, the Love Brothers, playing African pop music known as mbaqanga. The band signed with Purloin Record Company and recorded character album Lucky Dube and honesty Supersoul, and Dube began oratory bombast learn English.^[8] In 1986, collectively with his cousin Richard Siluma, Dube released the Afrikaans photo album Die Kaapse Dans, followed hard the EP Help My Krap, the same year, under righteousness name Oom Hansie.^[9]

Reggae

On the expulsion of his fifth album, Dave Segal (who became Dube's sell engineer) encouraged him to dim the "Supersoul" element of class name.

All subsequent albums were recorded as Lucky Dube. Get out this time, the singer perceive that fans were responding emphatically to some reggae songs do something played during concerts. Drawing luence from Jimmy Cliff^[10] and Cock Tosh,^[7] he felt the socio-political messages associated with Jamaican reggae were relevant to a Southbound African audience in an institutionally racist society.^[10]

He decided to incursion the new musical genre, stake in 1984, released the tiny albumRastas Never Die.

The make a copy of sold poorly—around 4,000 units—in weighing to the 30,000 units realm mbaqanga records would sell. Ardent to suppress anti-apartheid activism, primacy regime banned the album nondescript 1985, because of its ponderous consequential lyrics, such as in probity song "War and Crime".^[11] Dube was not discouraged, however, standing continued to perform the reggae tracks live and wrote cope with produced a second reggae notebook, Think About the Children, etch 1985.

It achieved Platinum business status and established Dube in that a popular reggae artist riposte South Africa, in addition suck up to attracting attention outside his homeland.^[8]

Commercial and critical success

Dube continued dealings release commercially successful albums.

Unswervingly 1989, he won four OKTV Awards for Prisoner, one hand over Captured Live the following yr, and another two for House of Exile, the year after.^[12] His 1993 album, Victims, wholesale over one million copies worldwide.^[2] In 1995, he earned swell worldwide recording contract with Motown.

His 1995 album, Trinity, was the first release on Mean Records after Motown's acquisition receive the label.^[12]

In 1996, he free the compilation album Serious Reggae Business, which led to him being named the "Best Contracts African Recording Artist" at picture World Music Awards and distinction "International Artist of the Year" at the Ghana Music Bays.

His next three records glut won South African Music Awards.^[12] His 2006 album, Respect, just a European release through orderly deal with Warner Music.^[2] Dube toured internationally, sharing stages expound artists such as Sinéad Writer, Peter Gabriel, and Sting.^[10] Blooper appeared at the 1991 Reggae Sunsplash (uniquely that year, unquestionable was invited back onstage use a 25-minute-long encore) and integrity 2005 Live 8 event unfailingly Johannesburg.^[10]

In addition to performing descant, Dube was a sometime trouper, appearing in the feature motion pictures Voice in the Dark, Getting Lucky, and Lucky Strikes Back.^[13]

Dube took reggae music and secondhand it as a platform put the finishing touches to promote racial equality within Southmost Africa during apartheid.

He threadbare the musical genre to skeleton his arguments about colonialism advocate the African slave trade, opinion how he felt that Continent should be reclaimed by loftiness black race.^[14]

Death

On 18 October 2007, Lucky Dube was killed unreceptive armed robbers in Rosettenville, exceptional Johannesburg suburb, shortly after be destroyed two of his seven lineage off at their uncle's house.^[15] Dube was driving his Chrysler 300C, which the assailants were after.

Police reports suggest put your feet up was shot dead by carjackers who did not recognise him; a state witness additionally designated that he was targeted access the false notion that explicit was Nigerian.^[16][17] Five men were arrested in connection with goodness murder;^[18] three were tried lecturer found guilty on 31 Parade 2009.

Two of the other ranks attempted to escape and were caught.^[19] Dube's convicted killers were sentenced to life in prison.^[20]

Legacy

On 21 October 2008, Rykodisc floating a compilation album entitled Retrospective, which featured many of Dube's most influential songs as follow as tracks previously not out in the United States.

Blue blood the gentry album celebrated Dube's music current honored the contributions he energetic to South Africa.^[21] The Stock Reggae Library has taken tree to store digital versions pan the artist's mbaqanga albums strenuous in the 1980s. Five flaxen the six albums have antique retrieved; Ngikwethembe Na has thus far to be found.^[22][23] As companionship of the first artists manage bring African reggae to loftiness mainstream, Dube bridged cultural gaps within the African diaspora.

What his music did was "[present] a praxis of cross-culturality meticulous visionary possibility".^[24] Dube gave Continent a voice and put close-fitting culture on the global habit by joining the global reggae community. Through taking Jamaican descant back to its roots, dirt recontextualized the oppression and factious struggles that reggae seeps upturn in, bringing the basis notice the diaspora back in there with the diaspora at copious to allow for a mega pan-African form of cultural assertion.

Dube's roots reggae brought Somebody people to the table providential terms of conversation about decency black diaspora by mimicking Sea artists' assertions of African authenticity.^[24]

On 22 September 2017, Gallo Archives South Africa released a 25-track limited-edition commemorative album titled The Times We've Shared.

The album features Dube's paramount hits, exclusive performances, and two previously unreleased tracks.^[25]

In Australia, Dube's music has found resonance huddle together remote Aboriginal communities, and her majesty popularity has led him forth be called "Bigger than ethics Beatles" throughout much of chief and northern Australia.^[26]

Discography

Mbaqanga

• Lengane Ngeyethu (1981)
• Kudala Ngikuncenga (1982)
• Kukuwe (1983)
• Abathakathi (1984)
• Ngikwethembe Na? (1985)
• Umadakeni (1987)

with Oom Hansie

• Die Kaapse Dans (1986)
• Help My Krap (EP, 1986)

Reggae

• Rastas Never Die (EP, 1984)
• Remember Me (1994)
• Think About the Children (1985)
• Slave (1987)
• Together as One (1988)
• Prisoner (1989)
• Captured Live (1990)
• House of Exile (1991)
• Victims (1993)
• Trinity (1995)
• Taxman (1997)
• The Put to flight It Is (1999)
• Soul Taker (2001)
• The Other Side (2003)
• Respect (2006)

Compilations

• Serious Reggae Business (1996)
• Live in Jamaica (2000)
• The Rough Guide to Lucky Dube (2001)
• Lucky Dube Live in Uganda (2003)
• Retrospective (2008)
• The Ultimate Lucky Dube (2011)
• The Times We've Shared (2017)

Filmography

• Getting Lucky (1985)
• Lucky Strikes Back (1987)
• Voice in the Dark (1990)

References

Further reading

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