One day,
in Detroit

A poor philosophy graduate
published an album

I sang of freedom

Although he and the producers
had high expectations

The cover of
the first album
"Cold Fact."

In total, only
six copies were sold

Four of them went to
my friends, family
and my producers

He was a complete
nobody in his homeland

I've been hungry for long time

So, life goes on

I had no money
so I turned to
hard labor

Missing Sugarman

Inspired by
the article in

Cape Town, South Africa
in 1972

Perhaps the only customer
who bought the album visited here

I came to see
my boyfriend

They played the music
at Apartheid protest

Care to listen?
Touch this bubble

They were talking

Hey, can I ask....

It's
'Sugarman'

(well, that wasn't
what I wanted to ask)

Suddenly his music became
all the rage in the country

He's better than
Dylan or Hendrix!

People called him
the 'Sugarman'

They didn't 
know my name

And they thought that
he must be dead

Rumors about his "death"
1. Drug overdose
2. Suicide on stage
3. Bombing on stage

Sugarman didn't know he had fans

And fans didn't know if he was alive

I wonder...🎵

But their shared love for music
kept them all going

I couldn't see you,
but I knew there would be
someone to love my music

Sugarman met his unseen fans
in 1998, South Africa

Six concerts in 1998
- All sold out

Fans said,

Thanks for really
being here

And he said,

Thanks for keeping me alive

Facts:

The process of how he met
fans is documented in the film
"Searching for Sugarman" (2012)

His albums also enjoyed late success
in Australia in the late 1970s.
Sugarman even held concerts in Australia in 1979.

It is estimated that his albums sold
over several hundred thousand copies
in South Africa. However, Sugarman
himself hardly received any copyright
income because they were mostly pirate copies.

Sugarman continued to live in Detroit,
engaging in activities such as building demolition
and waste cleaning.
He even ran for public office
in local elections and primarily wanted
to do social work.

It is said that he shared
his earnings with his family and friends.

He passed away on August 8, 2023.