Lucky Dude has been composing music since he was a kid.
Before he started singing reggae in 1984, he recorded some songs in the “mbaqanga” style, a fusion of Zulu and Afrikaans. These tunes were influenced by Peter Tosh.
He dominated the South African reggae scene. In the 1980s and ’90s, his CD Prisoner was the best-selling record in South Africa when he met Bob Marley and Peter Tosh and shifted from mbaqanga to reggae.
In Ghana, the Serious Reggae Business album set was very popular. He was the recipient of almost twenty honours, both domestic and international. His entire life was one long journey.
When Lucky Dube was shot and died, it appeared like his vehicle was being stolen.
In the dead of night, he was shot in a Johannesburg suburb. His age was given as 43. Our employee Scott Bobb keeps us updated on what’s happening there.
On March 31, 2009, a jury found guilty three of the five persons who had been arrested in connection with his death. The three assailants of the reggae musician said they shot and killed him during an attempt to steal his car because they mistook him for a Nigerian and were unaware of his profession.
Three persons opened fire on the famed reggae artist as he dropped off his kid in the Rosettenville area of Johannesburg, according to the police in South Africa.
An official state witness named Mpho Maruping said that her husband had confessed to her and explained what had become of the multi-award winning superstar Dube after the botched hijacking.
That evening, Dube was driving his son and daughter to school in Rosettenville when he was shot.
The woman told the Johannesburg High Court what happened.
There were sobs from Dube’s loved ones in the background. Maruping married Thabo, and now they have a family.
After initially being suspected of murdering Dube, he testified on behalf of the state.