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My Take
Lucky Dube is the kind of artist I keep coming back to. He took reggae, a sound born an ocean away, and bent it into a voice for South Africans living under apartheid, which is no small feat of adaptation. Winning Best Selling African Musician in 1996 confirms the reach, but what moves me is the moral weight inside the grooves. His killing in a 2007 robbery at just 43 still feels like an unfinished sentence. For me he stands as proof that protest can groove, and that the music outlives the violence done to the man who made it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lucky Dube
- Name (Japanese)
- ラッキー・デューベ
- Reading
- らっきー・でゅーべ
- Born
- August 3, 1964 – October 18, 2007
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Occupation
- singer / songwriter / guitarist / actor / composer
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Lucky Dube born?
August 3, 1964 – October 18, 2007.
Where is Lucky Dube from?
Lucky Dube is from Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
What does Lucky Dube do?
Lucky Dube works as singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor, composer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.