Sowetan live reports that Reggae musician Lucky Dube’s daughter Nkulee has been forced to live outside SA because there are no gigs for reggae artists locally.
Nkulee spends her time between France, Holland, Canada and the US for gigs. She last performed in SA in 2016.
“There are no gigs locally. Our music is not played on all the radio stations. Promoters tend to not take reggae artists seriously when it comes to performance fees. They always want to pay us lower than pop artists. They forget that I play with a full band.
“When you go to Kenya, Gambia, Zambia and Uganda reggae is big and lively. It is played any time of the day. Just like my father, I have to live outside the country to make a living. It is difficult for me as a woman to hustle because women are always questioned for many things. People even question the message in your songs,” Nkulee says.
