Lucky Dube
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Lucky Dube | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lucky Philip Dube |
| Born | 3 August 1964 Ermelo, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa |
| Died | 18 October 2007 (aged 43) Rosettenville, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Spouse |
Thobekile Ngcobo
(m. 1989–2007) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Reggae, mbaqanga |
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| Years active | 1981–2007 |
| Labels | Rykodisc, Gallo |
| Formerly of |
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Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced duu-beh; 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. Dube was murdered in the Johannesburg suburb of Rosettenville on the evening of 18 October 2007.