Jamaican star honours Lucky Dube

  1. Posted on Tuesday 23 December 2008 - 12:26
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    Harry Mangulenje, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    Jamaican Dancehall and Hip-hop maestro Wycliffe Jean who is adept to Cuban style has said he had to travel all the way from Kingston City to Johannesburg in South Africa to present a special song he did for late African Reggae artist Lucky Dube.
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    Dube died late last year after unidentified gunmen suspected to be car hijackers shot him while dropping his kids at school in the volatile South African city. Speaking during an interview with SABC1 television Mzansi fo sho, Jean said he did the song from pieces of relics he worked together with Dube in Caribbean Island back in years when they performed together.

    “I had to present this song to South African people by myself; I didn’t want the whole Africa to hear this song from the vines, I had to do the whole stage work while they are watching,” he said.

    He said he did not release it while Dube was alive because it could have been misinterpreted as trying to compete with the African star. “To be honest Dube, represented Africa truly, he was a genuine ambassador, the greatest star direct from here, a lot of artists drew inspiration from his works and we shall all miss him dearly,” said Jean the man who did “Hips don’t lie”, a collabo with a sexy Jamaican fast fading lady artist Shakira.

    On the other hand Dube left a beautiful daughter Bongi from another wife who is sharply rising in music circles in South Africa. She works with DJ’s and Producers. She made a great name when she vocalized DJ Bujumojo’s songs, Listen to your heart, Ngifuna wena and Tchaya Ingoma songs.

    Wycliffe said this trip was the first despite being so legendary that he once worked with the great Jamaican crew Fugees. Fugees an acronym for Refugees produced ever rising lady star Lauryn Hill of the popular “Kill me softly”, “Give me some more good love”, featuring digitally modified post-humus Bob Marley voice.

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