 Ghetto President Bobi Wine The self-styled "Ghetto President" is one of Uganda's top singers. Born on 12 February 1982 in Mpigi District, Bobi Wine (real name Robert Kyagulanyi) grew up from the slums of Kamwokya in Kampala. To make earn money to stay in school and make ends meet, he did odd jobs like laying bricks and vending water. With a walkman and a borrowed amplifier and speaker, he entertained fellow students for the small fee of 50 shillings (less than two U.S cents) each. And that was the start of his long and tortured musical journey that culminated into his first hit, akagoma (the drum), in 2000. In 2006, he won the coveted Artiste of the Year prize in the Pearl of Africa Music Awards.
Bobi Wine holds a bachelor's degree in music, dance and drama from Makerere University.
Albums: Kagoma, Namulime, Wendi, Bada, Kampalans Major hits: Omwana Wa Bandi , Taata W'Abaana Y'Ani, Kiwaani, Ghetto
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1"makerere student" at Tuesday, 09 September 2008 16:10
am greatful to your services. please keep on informing ugandans about our music industry so that it booms globally. thanks very mucm.
2"All seasons" at Sunday, 14 September 2008 21:40
wht i like about u is that u dont show off!! stay real cs ugandans love u that way!! your backgrd shows people that with effort dreams come true!! OTHERWISE WHO KNEW U? AND WHERE ARE U NOW! god bless u man.
3Comment at Thursday, 25 September 2008 13:46
Bobby wine KIMWA KILO....Am sorry to say but i hate you with a passion. You have no morals and you over show off. You are so annoying. Its a pitty Ugandans cant tell poeple who sing to those who make noise lkie you. In my own opinion, i dont consider you a singer, you are just a noise maker. Real talent is in church. All you do best with you local village so called fire base crew is fighting Chamelion. Leave the guy alone.
4"miss" at Wednesday, 29 October 2008 02:06
bobi no one will ever ever reach where u r now i mean people like pat, they are nothing but .................... anyways i believe in u. and May God the Almight Bless U, don't worry what they say, they are just bebylons with nothing
5Comment at Wednesday, 29 October 2008 15:17
sarafina oh sorry i meant saranfuli i think yo talk is cheap
6"miss" at Wednesday, 29 October 2008 22:47
i don't blem you. you nothing to me. instead of doing wat concerns you, yo just there waiting yo time. take care. God Bless that mouth of yours with them sweet words.
7"Topgun" at Thursday, 30 October 2008 07:14
Bobi, walayi u rock, in Iraq guys stuck on your!
8"miss" at Friday, 31 October 2008 16:46
u know wot fuck dem haters. mr wine they cant touch or reach u ,the probe wit u ugandans u dont wonna see one progress or suceed,dats y our country is still da same,ldo wot u do we here in london, we love u cant wait 4 u 2 come back sometime and bless us wit ur new music,jah bless
9"baggottee" at Sunday, 02 November 2008 17:21
dude in tanzania u're hitting in most clubz..nwe wats up?
10"wen r u coming?" at Sunday, 02 November 2008 17:25
man when are u coming in tanzania??
11Comment at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:19
walayi oliko ekimwa jama gwe eeeeeeeee how do use it to bark
12Comment at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 18:16
oli wakimwa kye
13Comment at Wednesday, 19 November 2008 15:49
fire base gheto's presdo Bobbi only wants hipopotamusitic memebers in his crew, look at Butcher Man and Nubian Li's manibos and compare who's one in is king size.
14Comment at Wednesday, 19 November 2008 15:57
mwana remmy, you have a point, these guys nubian li, bobi wine, miky wine, and butcher man, bu gyama buliko agamwa eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
15"miss" at Tuesday, 25 November 2008 18:32
i don't really know why people like sunshine, olanya, would wanna start casing people that they really don't even know anything about. you shouldn't start calling people names or even describe them because you wouldn't like it yourself if it was you. how would you feel?
16"Poor format of videos" at Tuesday, 02 December 2008 15:47
Hi this is ISMAIL COMMENTING THAT U CHAGE THE FORMAT OF UR VIDEOS COZ THEY ARE BORING.BUT WI SUPPORT U.
17"COMENT" at Wednesday, 03 December 2008 08:45
ha Bobi is indeed one of the top musicians the country has got, only that he needs to stlye up and begin to target international stardom. most of his songs, if any are in luganda. bobi do it like bebe, pertemiles, jose and we will be competing with artistes like Dbanj,Sasha marley,2face,etc
18"WOW" at Monday, 08 December 2008 19:42
Wow what nice videos ?Nothing should shake ur confidence.
19"HU................" at Monday, 15 December 2008 15:43
But BASHAM be serious.Which nice videos apart from Bada & Abalungi balumya?But bobi ur songs are nice but ur V........S.
20"nugu" at Wednesday, 17 December 2008 14:03
But sarafina dont think that ritah is crazy coz she first echoed u .Now i say that ritah change ur language(check ur tongue).But both of u are not right I mean ritah.BOTH OF U REPLY either on
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OR on this. THANK U.but bobi I am sorry 4 doing this on ur whatever.
21Comment at Tuesday, 30 December 2008 13:20
ol u pips tokn abt dm fire base lips,u beta hav beta dan wat dy got,whch a hyly doubt.we r ol imperfect.stars r also neva perfect lyk ol pips n who eva doznt no dat cn go 2 hell.bobi u kip it real.wi got yo back.so u eva tink of cumn 2 moscow?
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