Bobi Wine

UPCOMING Somali-born Canadian based hip-hop artiste, K'naan will join Bobi Wine, Radio & Weasel, GNL, Grace Nakimera in entertaining Ugandans during the public viewing of the FIFA World Cup on November15, at Lugogo Cricket Oval.

Bobi Wine employed wordplay and taunts, towards Bebe Cool to bring down the house during the Club Beer-sponsored Unplugged show in Silk Lounge on Thursday.

CELEBRATED musician Bobi Wine will lead his 16-team fire base crew in the 10km race of the MTN Kampala marathon on November 22.

Only Heads of State can be allowed to touch the coveted World Cup trophy.

After the Friday face-off between singers Bebe Cool and Bobi Wine, here is yet another battle for the ultimate prize as Uganda chooses her cream in the music world this weekend.

BOBI Wine attracted a full house to his Carolina Mundeeba launch concert at Hotel Africana on Friday evening irrespective of the fact that nemesis Bebe Cool was also launching his Agenze album at the nearby Kyadondo Rugby grounds on the same night, nothwithstanding.

SO who will have the biggest crowd tonight? Bebe Cool launches his Agenze album at Kyadondo Rugby Grounds while Bobi Wine will be at Hotel Africana, for the Karolina launch.

RARELY do our artistes come together for a meaningful cause, but come tomorrow, Bobi Wine, Bebe Cool and Cindy will be part of the "Go Together Know Together" couple HIV counselling and testing campaign."

Blu3 and Bobi Wine are the only indigenous nominees at this year's Zain MTV Africa Music Awards popularly known as the Mamas. The Ugandan all-girl singing trio got two nods in the Best Performer and Best Group categories while Bobi Wine was nominated for a Best Video award featuring in Kenyan pop princess Wahu's music video Little Things You Do.

The rivalry among top local artistes started and sealed CBS's Ekitoobero on Sunday, as new offensives were launched on and off stage. Chameleone, Bebe Cool, Bobi Wine and Radio &Weasel split hairs among themselves; from a war of words, to the one we thought they had outgrown: punches. The immaturity among these old and new guards in the music industry continued to rear its ugly head. "There are little musicians who are talking about Zuena," said Bebe Cool on stage. "She [Zuena] hasn't come back, I must say. But when she returns, expect a big tune that will silence those haters. And I must say, it's only Bebe Cool and Chameleone who are big, no one else," he added.

Mickie is no longer just following in his elder brother Bobi Wine's footsteps. He is ready to make it on his own, Moses Opobo writes

LOCAL musician Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, was yesterday charged with erecting a building without permission from the Kampala City Council (KCC) and "causing a nuisance" for blocking access to a nearby property.

JUST when you thought only Luganda-pop and dancehall songs could get a buzz in Uganda, here comes the future. And it came from the place you would never have thought to look. What? A hip hopper? Rocking Nakivubo Stadium after Bobi Wine?

TOP local artistes Jose Chameleon and Bobby Wine have added venom to a professional boxing grudge fight between Solomon Bogere and Hamza Ssempewo, due March 22.

EXCITEMENT was high when Firebase Crew singers H.E Bobi Wine, Buchaman and Nubian Lee performed for the MTN top dealers at their gala dinner at the Jinja Nile Resort on Thursday night.