He was living in downtown Detroit, barely making a living, breaking his back doing manual labor; trying to support a family doing house demolitions. Unlike most people singing or talking about the hard life of the inner city poor, he actually lived it. He was never paid a dime from the sales of his music in South Africa or Australia. If you want to understand that intellectual property theft is not a victimless crime, read his story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_Rodriguez