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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL & LIKE THIS VIDEO ✅✅✅Follow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@user999074499... ✅✅✅Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/king_james_... Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced duu-beh;[1] 3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. His record sales across the world earned him the Best Selling African Musician prize at the 1996 World Music Awards. In his lyrics, Dube discussed issues affecting South Africans and Africans in general to a global audience. He recorded 22 albums in a 25-year period and was Africa's best-selling reggae artist of all time.[2][3] Dube was murdered in the Johannesburg suburb of Rosettenville on the evening of 18 October 2007.[3][4][5] Biography Early life Lucky Dube was born in Ermelo, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), on 3 August 1964. His parents separated before his birth, and he was raised by his mother, who named him "Lucky" because she considered his birth fortunate after a number of failed pregnancies.[6] Along with his two siblings, Thandi and Mandla, Dube spent much of his childhood with his grandmother, Sarah, 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".[7][8] Musical beginnings Dube worked as a gardener in his younger years but later decided to go to school in order to improve his economic prospects. There, he joined a choir and with some friends, formed his first musical ensemble, the Skyway Band.[8] While at school, he discovered the Rastafari movement. At the age of eighteen, Dube joined his cousin's band, the Love Brothers, playing Zulu pop music known as mbaqanga. The band signed with Teal Record Company and recorded the album Lucky Dube and the Supersoul, and Dube began to learn English.[8] In 1986, together with his cousin Richard Siluma, Dube released the Afrikaans album Die Kaapse Dans, followed by the EP Help My Krap, the same year, under the name Oom Hansie.[9] Reggae On the release of his fifth 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. Around this time, the singer noticed that fans were responding positively to some reggae songs he played during concerts. Drawing inspiration from Jimmy Cliff[10] and Peter Tosh,[7] he felt the socio-political messages associated with Jamaican reggae were relevant to a South African audience in an institutionally racist society.[10] He decided to try the new musical genre, and in 1984, released the mini album Rastas Never Die. The record sold poorly—around 4,000 units—in comparison to the 30,000 units his mbaqanga records would sell. Keen to suppress anti-apartheid activism, the regime banned the album in 1985, because of its critical lyrics, such as in the song "War and Crime".[11] Dube was not discouraged, however, and continued to perform the reggae tracks live and wrote and produced a second reggae album, Think About the Children, in 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.[8] Commercial and critical success Dube continued to release commercially successful albums. In 1989, he won four OKTV Awards for Prisoner, one for Captured Live the following year, and another two for House of Exile, the year after.[12] His 1993 album, Victims, sold over one million copies worldwide.[2] In 1995, he earned a worldwide recording contract with Motown. His 1995 album, Trinity, was the first release on Tabu Records after Motown's acquisition of the label.[12] DISCLAIMER!!! I Do Not Own Song/Songs In This Video, They Belong To It's Respective Owners. Please Support The Artist/Artists By Purchasing Their Album/Songs. THIS VIDEO IS FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, NO COPYRIGHT INTENDED Tag: lucky dube, culture, joseph hills, gregory isaacs,the best of gregory isaacs,gregory isaacs night nurse,gregory isaacs live,gregory isaacs songs,gregory isaacs greatest hits,gregory isaacs top songs, gregory isaacs playlist, gregory isaacs greatest hits full album, reggae love songs, best reggae of all time, reggae music 2021, best reggae music songs, best reggae music, reggae classic, reggae music hits ever, bob marley, lucky dube, burning spear,jimmy cliff, peter tosh, best reggae songs