At this time Dube began to note fans were responding positively to some reggae songs he played during live concerts. All subsequent albums were recorded as Lucky Dube. On the release of his fifth album, Dave Segal (who became Dube's sound engineer) encouraged him to drop the 'Supersoul' element of the name. It was around this same time when he began to learn English. The second album was released soon afterwards, and this time Dube wrote some of the lyrics in addition to singing. The resultant album was released under the name Lucky Dube and the Supersoul. Though Dube was still at school, the band recorded material in Johannesburg during his school holidays. The band signed with Teal Record Company, under Richard Siluma (Teal was later incorporated into Gallo Record Company). At the age of 18 Dube joined his cousin's band, The Love Brothers, playing Zulu pop music known as mbaqanga whilst funding his lifestyle by working for Hole and Cooke as a security guard at the car auctions in Midrand. While at school he discovered the Rastafari movement. There he joined a choir and with some friends, formed his first musical ensemble called The Skyway Band. In a 1999 interview, he described his grandmother as 'his greatest love' who 'multiplied many things to bring up this responsible individual that I am today.' Beginning of his musical career ДЄs a child Dube worked as a gardener but, as he matured, realizing that he wasn't earning enough to feed his family, he began to attend school. Along with his two siblings, Thandi and Mandla, Dube spent much of his childhood with his grandmother, Sarah, while his mother relocated to work. His parents separated before his birth, and he was raised by his mother, who named him Lucky because she considered his birth fortunate after a number of failed pregnancies.

Lucky Dube was born in Ermelo, formerly of the Eastern Transvaal, now of Mpumalanga, on 3 August 1964.

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