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In the late 1980s, Lucky Dube released three albums that became classics in Africa. In 1997, he released a fourth album titled “Trying to Please His Mama”. In his 50th anniversary in 2017, he released a mammoth hit named “Chamane” which is still going strong. His music is still being streamed on radio stations across the continent and the world. On this album is a song called "Vakuma", which means "Father". It was composed by Lucky Dube in honor of his father who died before he could meet him. Lucky Dube was born in Katlehong, a township of the East Rand in Transvaal (now Gauteng) on April 10, 1959 to Nonzwakazi and Mzwakhe Lucky Dube. The family lived at the corner of Kitchener and Jan Smuts Avenue in Soweto. On April 4, 1977, he married Thoko Ntshingila and they were blessed with four children: Bhante (born September 13, 1979), Misheck (born February 21, 1982), Phelo (born March 1, 1984) and Lavela (born January 2, 1990). Lucky Dube's biography is replete with stories of his luck. As a young man he was able to transcend the life of a gangster to become one of the best-selling reggae artistes, all due to his “lucky” name. Lucky was born into an extremely poor family, so poor that his mother had to give birth in the dirt outside their hut. This neither deterred her nor him since the youngest of ten children sprang forth unharmed. The first half of Lucky's surname, Dube came from his grandfather, Levi Mthethwa, but nobody knows where the name came from. His artistic abilities were apparent from early on, however it took him time to record his first single. It was Shube, a song he wrote with his brother Lucky, but it failed to find an audience. He spent time experimenting with the drums, which he learned by watching others playing the instrument. The turning point for Lucky came in 1981 when he entered the Johannesburg's Sun Studios to record some songs under the name Shongololo. It was his second attempt at recording music after a first attempt was unsuccessful and he met Clive Anderson, owner of the sound system Yabo Yabo. He asked Anderson to play his songs and he did so, but made no mention of Lucky's name. One day, someone pointed out that the singer was Lucky Dube and the Yabo Yabo DJ then began to play Shongololo on his sound system. The song proved popular and other artists such as Sello Chicco Hlazo, Lusanda Magalela, Zola and Lucky himself started to join Yabo Yabo. cfa1e77820
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