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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIn Kenya, the Tribute concert to celebrate this great man\u2019s life will be held in a VIP only show in Nairobi on October 16 and Nakuru on October 18. They know and appreciate how Lucky Dube is loved dearly in Kenya not only as a legend but as a musical icon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In 2007, Lucky Dube was gunned down during a hijacking attempt in Johannesburg. His death sent shockwaves around the globe affecting all of those who loved his thought-provoking music.<\/p>\n
Early life<\/strong>
\nLucky 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, Sarah, 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, 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.”<\/p>\nBeginning of his musical career<\/strong>
\nAs 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.[8] 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.[8]<\/p>\nMoving into reggae<\/strong>
\nOn the release of his fifth Mbaqanga album, Dave Segal (who became Dube’s sound engineer) encouraged him to drop the “Supersoul” element of the name. All subsequent albums were recorded as Lucky Dube. At this time Dube began to note fans were responding positively to some reggae songs he played during live concerts. Drawing inspiration from Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh, he felt the socio-political messages associated with Jamaican reggae were relevant to a South African audience in an institutionally racist society.<\/p>\nHe decided to try the new musical genre and in 1984, released the mini album Rastas Never Die. The record sold poorly – around 4000 units – in comparison to the 30,000 units his mbaqanga records would sell. Keen to suppress anti-apartheid activism, the apartheid regime banned the album in 1985, because of its critical lyrics, for instance in the song “War and Crime”. However, he was not discouraged and continued to perform the reggae tracks live and wrote and produced a second reggae album. Think About The Children (1985). It achieved platinum sales status and established Dube as a popular reggae artist in South Africa, in addition to attracting attention outside his homeland.<\/p>\n
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Source: thisisafrica.me (with files from Wikipedia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ms Dube is set to perform some of her father\u2019s hits including Prisoner, Mama and Remember Me, according to The Star. \u201cThe idea is to celebrate Lucky Dube for the legend he was, and still is. One of the things we have done is work with Nkule\u2019s manager, Mark Miller. They have always wanted to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32],"tags":[38,6],"yoast_head":"\n
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