You'll find more Lucky Dube bio facts on his life and principles on my Lucky Dube page. The three murderers were caught and jailed for life. 10 - His Deathĭuring an attempted carjacking on in Rosettenville, a suburb of Johannesburg, he was shot and killed in his car in front of the eyes of his teenage kids. He was a peaceful protester against racial discrimination, war and crime. He strictly refused to smoke ganja, drink alcohol or use any other drug in order to be a good example for his children and the youth. Around 19'000 murders were registered in South Africa during the year 2008. The Apartheid government came into power in 1948 and officially discriminated the black population until the 1990ies. He and his wife Zanele had seven children.
He appeared in the movies "Getting Lucky", "Lucky Strikes Back" and in the feature film "Voice In The Dark". Back to My Roots (Live at The Joburg Theater, South Africa 1993) Truth in the World (Live at The Joburg Theater, South Africa. He won over 20 awards in South Africa and internationally. The compilation Serious Reggae Business had phenomenal sales in Ghana. His album Prisoner was South Africa's best selling album of the 1980s/90s and Victims sold over 1 mio copies. He played roots reggae, but also love songs like 'I've Got You Babe'. He started with local popular music as mbaqanga. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English, and Afrikaans in a 25-year period and was. Lucky Dube, in Eastern Transvaal, South Africa in Rosettenville, Johannesburg Gauteng (murdered), was South Africa's top reggae artist. He was the biggest selling reggae artist of South Africa. Lucky dube prisoner album songs war and crimes remember mejah livefalse prophetsdont cry d. Lucky Philip Dube was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. He recorded a number of "mbaqanga" albums in the languages of Zulu and Afrikaans before switching to reggae in 1984, inspired by Peter Tosh.
He started to make music when he was still a child. He was partly raised by his granny because as a single mom, his mother was working a lot as well. He once worked as a gardener or as a library assistant. Like many other kids in Africa, Lucky often had to work and help support his family instead of going to school. This track isn’t just one of the most famous songs by Dube it is also one of Africa’s most successful reggae songs. It is the first track of Dube’s 1992 album of the same title. Thankful about his birth, his mother named him like that after having lost a baby. House of Exile was written by Lucky Dube. Lucky Dube was born on 3rd August 1964 on a small farm in Ermelo, in South Africa.