Lucky Dube

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Lucky Philip Dube [ ˈduːbe ] (born August 3, 1964 in Ermelo , South Africa ; † October 18, 2007 in Johannesburg ) was a South African reggae singer, pianist and songwriter .

Life

Already as a student founded Dube group The Sky Way band that to be apartheid -times still township jive called mbaqanga , who played on Zulu based -music. But he also dealt with rock and Jamaican reggae .

In 1983 Dube's debut album Lengane Ngeyetha was released . The release of Baxoleleni made the 19-year-old popular in South Africa. He contributed to the soundtrack of Getting Lucky , in which he also appeared as an actor, with some reggae songs. Since Dube's first reggae album Rastas Never Die (1985) struck critical tones against apartheid, it was banned in South Africa. After the LPs Help My Krap (1986) and Slave (1988 with the band The Slaves ), Dube also became internationally known and toured France and the USA. Prisoner , awarded two platinum records , is considered the best-selling album in South Africa at least in the 1980s and 1990s and led to Dube's appearance at the Reggae Sunsplash Festival (1991). In 1992 he appeared at the WOMAD Festival at the side of Peter Gabriel and was involved in the film Voice in the Dark . In 1993 Dube released the album Victims , of which more than a million copies were sold. With its Wailers sound, it is partly reminiscent of Peter Tosh .

In 1994 Dube separated from the backing band The Slaves , which was renamed Free at Last . Dube's 1995 album Trinity was meant to be a fresh start and received positive reviews.

On October 18, 2007, Lucky Dube was shot dead in the presence of a son and a daughter in the Rosettenville district of Johannesburg by strangers who were probably trying to rob his car. His death opened a debate about internal security in South Africa.

He was married three times and had seven children. His daughters Nkulee and Sisa are also active as reggae singers.

Dube was regarded as a representative of mainstream reggae, even if he enriched it with Mbaqanga elements, and was one of the world's most popular reggae musicians even after his death.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

  • Lucky Dube - Live in Concert (Live Concert)
  • Lucky Dube - Live in Uganda (Live Concert)
  • Best of African Reggae Live (Live Concert)
  • The Man the Music (Documentation)
  • Thola Inhlanhla / Getting Lucky (feature film)
  • Voice in the Dark (feature film)
  • Lucky Strikes Back (feature film)

Discography (selection)

  • Lengane Ngeyethu (1981)
  • Kudala Ngikuncenga (1982)
  • Kukuwe (1983)
  • Abathakathi (1984)
  • Ngikwethembe Well? (1985)
  • Umadakeni (1987)
  • Rastas Never Die (1984)
  • Think About the Children (1985)
  • Help my krap (1986)
  • Slave (1987)
  • Together as One (1988)
  • Prisoner (1989)
  • Captured Live (1990)
  • House of Exile (1991)
  • Victims (1993)
  • Trinity (1995)
  • Serious Reggae Business (compilation, 1996)
  • Taxman (1997)
  • The Way It Is (1999)
  • The Rough Guide to Lucky Dube ( Compilation , 2001)
  • Africa's Reggae King (2001)
  • Soul Taker (2001)
  • The Other Side (2003)
  • Respect (2006)
  • Life and Times (compilation, 2012)
  • The Times We´ve Shared (Compilation, 2017)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Reggae star Lucky Dube shot" , Spiegel Online , October 19, 2007, accessed on October 13, 2018
  2. ↑ Kora Award winners announced. news24.com dated November 20, 2000, accessed April 28, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Dube, Lucky
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dube, Ermelo; Dube, Lucky Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African musician
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd August 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Ermelo (South Africa)
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 2007
Place of death Johannesburg