South African Reggae Pioneer Dies in Shooting

Violence has claimed the life of a south African reggae star. Yesterday, Gunmen
shot and killed, Lucky Philip Dube, in an apparent carjacking attempt
in a Johannesburg suburb. Three men are suspected in the shooting. Dube
was 43. Police say Dube was dropping off his son when the attack took
place. His daughter was also in the car at the time of the murder.
She was not physically injured.

The singer – lauded for popularizing reggae in South Africa – rose to
international stardom in the 1980s when he changed from singing
traditional Zulu or mbaqanga music to the Jamaican-born reggae sound.

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His first REGGAE album, "Rastas Never Die," was banned by South Africa 's
apartheid government in 1985, but his works continued to cover
political themes that included racism, justice and poverty issues.

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The murder of the reggae icon shocked mourners in South Africa, who say his
death reflects the nation's spiraling crime rate. South Africa has
one of the world's highest murder rates, with as many as 50 homicides a
day. There were 20-thousand killings reported in 2006 alone.