∙ Dube won several South African Music Awards, including a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008, just a few months after his death. ∙ Issued by Tabu Records, which had recently been acquired by Motown, his 1995 LP Trinity made Dube the first South African artist to have an album released by the iconic label. ∙ In 1991, he became the first South African artist to perform at Jamaica’s Reggae Sunsplash festival, and he was invited back to headline the following year. ∙ He found a global audience with his 1987 LP, Slave, which sold 500,000 copies worldwide, while 1989’s Prisoner and 1993’s Victims both surpassed 1 million sales. ∙ Think About the Children-Dube’s 1986 album recorded in secret when his record company pressured him to return to mbaqanga music-went Platinum and made him a star. ∙ Inspired by the music of Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff, he switched to reggae on the 1984 mini-LP Rastas Never Die, which was banned by South Africa’s apartheid government. South African reggae artist Lucky Dube got his start playing traditional Zulu mbaqanga music, and he released several albums in that style. Didn't know she was crying Until now as she turns to look at me She said, 'Boy, o' boy You bring tears to my eyes' I said, 'What' She said, 'Boy, o' boy You bring tears to my eyes' Bob Marley said 'How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look' But little did he know that Eventually the enemy Will stand aside and look While we slash and kill our own brothers Knowing that.

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