Lucky Dube
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Person
- Born
- 1964-08-03
- Died
- 2007-10-18
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Lucky Dube, ⋆ 3 Aug 1964 in Eastern Transvaal, South Africa; ₫ 18 Oct 2007 in Rosettenville, Johannesburg Gauteng (murdered), was South Africa's top reggae artist. He started with local popular music as mbaqanga. He switched to reggae in 1983. He was by then Rastafarian. He played roots reggae, but also love songs like 'I've Got You Babe'. His compilation album Serious Reggae Business 1996 entitled him "Best Selling African Recording Artist" at World Music Awards and "International Artist of the
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2017 · cited 6,083x
- Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,061x
- Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
· 2020 · cited 3,510x
- The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood
· 2005 · cited 3,360x
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Key dates
- Born
- 3 August 1964
- Died
- 18 October 2007
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Ermelo
- Place of death
- Rosettenville
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- reggae
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Rykodisc
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1964 births2007 deaths2007 murders in South Africa20th-century South African male singers21st-century South African male singersAfrikaans-language South African singersDeaths by firearm in South AfricaEnglish-language South African singersPeople from Ermelo, MpumalangaPeople murdered in JohannesburgRoots Reggae LibraryRykodisc artists