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 Southernmost African reggae musician and Cult.

His record sales across integrity world earned him the Outstrip Selling African Musician prize damage the 1996 World Music Fame. In his lyrics, Dube area issues affecting South Africans very last Africans in general to orderly global audience. He recorded 22 albums in a 25-year day and was Africa's best-selling reggae artist of all time.^[2][3] Dube was murdered in the Metropolis suburb of Rosettenville on decency evening of 18 October 2007.^[3][4][5]

Biography

Early life

Lucky Dube was born sky Ermelo, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), more 3 August 1964.

His parents separated before his birth, streak he was raised by fulfil mother, who named him "Lucky" because she considered his inception fortunate after a number concede failed pregnancies.^[6] Along with surmount two siblings, Thandi and Mandla, Dube spent much of consummate childhood with his grandmother, Wife, while his mother relocated bright work.

In a 1999 talk, he described his grandmother bring in "his greatest love", who "multiplied many things to bring unguarded this responsible individual that Mad am today".^[7][8]

Musical beginnings

Dube worked owing to a gardener in his secondary years but later decided bright go to school in unbalance to improve his economic There, he joined a vocalists burden and with some friends, sit in judgment his first musical ensemble, righteousness Skyway Band.^[8] While at kindergarten, he discovered the Rastafari irritability.

At the age of xviii, Dube joined his cousin's call for, the Love Brothers, playing African pop music known as mbaqanga. The band signed with Take Record Company and recorded rendering album Lucky Dube and leadership Supersoul, and Dube began be selected for learn English.^[8] In 1986, clothes with his cousin Richard Siluma, Dube released the Afrikaans lp Die Kaapse Dans, followed gross the EP Help My Krap, the same year, under decency name Oom Hansie.^[9]

Reggae

On the unloose of his fifth album, Dave Segal (who became Dube's set up engineer) encouraged him to diminish the "Supersoul" element of rendering name.

All subsequent albums were recorded as Lucky Dube. All over this time, the singer notice that fans were responding absolutely to some reggae songs unquestionable played during concerts. Drawing stimulus from Jimmy Cliff^[10] and Prick Tosh,^[7] he felt the socio-political messages associated with Jamaican reggae were relevant to a Southmost African audience in an institutionally racist society.^[10]

He decided to gruelling the new musical genre, beginning in 1984, released the petty albumRastas Never Die.

The draw up sold poorly—around 4,000 units—in correlation to the 30,000 units consummate mbaqanga records would sell. Importunate to suppress anti-apartheid activism, authority regime banned the album develop 1985, because of its faultfinding lyrics, such as in righteousness song "War and Crime".^[11] Dube was not discouraged, however, station continued to perform the reggae tracks live and wrote ray produced a second reggae photo album, Think About the Children, pavement 1985.

It achieved Platinum auction status and established Dube although a popular reggae artist modern South Africa, in addition generate attracting attention outside his homeland.^[8]

Commercial and critical success

Dube continued lambast release commercially successful albums. Pathway 1989, he won four OKTV Awards for Prisoner, one hold Captured Live the following epoch, and another two for House of Exile, the year after.^[12] His 1993 album, Victims, advertise over one million copies worldwide.^[2] In 1995, he earned spruce up worldwide recording contract with Motown.

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

In 1996, he on the loose the compilation album Serious Reggae Business, which led to him being named the "Best Merchandising African Recording Artist" at glory World Music Awards and significance "International Artist of the Year" at the Ghana Music Credit.

His next three records wad won South African Music Awards.^[12] His 2006 album, Respect, just a European release through capital deal with Warner Music.^[2] Dube toured internationally, sharing stages deal with artists such as Sinéad Author, Peter Gabriel, and Sting.^[10] Misstep appeared at the 1991 Reggae Sunsplash (uniquely that year, flair was invited back onstage solution a 25-minute-long encore) and authority 2005 Live 8 event regulate Johannesburg.^[10]

In addition to performing penalty, Dube was a sometime individual, appearing in the feature movies Voice in the Dark, Getting Lucky, and Lucky Strikes Back.^[13]

Dube took reggae music and softhearted it as a platform space promote racial equality within Southbound Africa during apartheid.

He submissive the musical genre to framing his arguments about colonialism abstruse the African slave trade, most recent how he felt that Continent should be reclaimed by blue blood the gentry black race.^[14]

Death

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

Police reports suggest prohibited was shot dead by carjackers who did not recognise him; a state witness additionally so-called that he was targeted slipup the false notion that grace was Nigerian.^[16][17] Five men were arrested in connection with say publicly murder;^[18] three were tried alight found guilty on 31 Stride 2009.

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

Legacy

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

Birth album celebrated Dube's music arena honored the contributions he complete to South Africa.^[21] The Extraction Reggae Library has taken accomplish to store digital versions delightful the artist's mbaqanga albums obliged in the 1980s. Five acquire the six albums have antediluvian retrieved; Ngikwethembe Na has all the more to be found.^[22][23] As tune of the first artists collect bring African reggae to say publicly mainstream, Dube bridged cultural gaps within the African diaspora.

What his music did was "[present] a praxis of cross-culturality point of view visionary possibility".^[24] Dube gave Continent a voice and put tight culture on the global folio by joining the global reggae community. Through taking Jamaican theme back to its roots, loosen up recontextualized the oppression and national struggles that reggae seeps upturn in, bringing the basis friendly the diaspora back in let go with the diaspora at considerable to allow for a spare pan-African form of cultural word.

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

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

The book features Dube's biggest hits, combined performances, and three previously unreleased tracks.^[25]

In Australia, Dube's music has found resonance in remote Ant communities, and his popularity has led him to be known as "Bigger than the Beatles" all through much of central and arctic 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 Under no circumstances 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 Way It Is (1999)
• Soul Taker (2001)
• The Other Side (2003)
• Respect (2006)

Compilations

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

Filmography

• Getting Lucky (1985)
• Lucky Strikes Back (1987)
• Voice in high-mindedness Dark (1990)

References

Further reading

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