When you meet Producer B.I.T real name Wabwire Shadrack in the recording studios doing what he knows best, you may mistake him to have been born carrying a guitar or a small drum in his palms according to the way he and his body language responds to any sound related to music.
He is a charming but polite and calm guy though after a thorough chat with him you will realize that he is indeed a good representation of the phrase “Dreams from the streets to the World” as he himself reckons.
Amon Baita brings you a full story of his life journey in this profile feature.
Wabwire Shadrack aka Producer B.I.T is one of the many top producers signed by American based -Black Market Africa under Studio ‘Black Market 256’ that was established in Kampala 2 years back in Naatete-Wakaliga by owners of the Record label with head offices founded in Sacramento-California in 1989.
Before being scouted and signed by the giant record label, he had worked on different projects with various artists and different studios both here in Uganda and Kenya.
He shot into limelight when he produced singer Shebbah Karungi’s club banger ‘Boy Fire’ that took Uganda by storm and became an instant strong street anthem just after a few days of its release.
It’s after ‘Boy fire’ that artists realized producer B.I.T’s potential and sought after his skills massively before he was quickly identified and signed by Black Market Records where is currently rolling out super selling beats with Studio black market 256.
He is notably the man behind Felista Di Super star’s recently released Club banger ‘’ Bwotyo’‘that is catching uganda’s airwaves like wild fire and a couple of other great vibes like Karekye by Dj Ciza featuring Cosign and Vyper rankings, Nadiguli-Rap Gie feat Allan Toniks, Don’t Stop by Rulz, Stupid by Selecta Jef and Fik Fameica , Confession by Davy Rayz and Hid 16th among many others.
B.I.T has worked with both legendary and new artists’ notable of them including Father Musaala on his album called Sancta Imago, Dr.Hilderman’s Mama album, Nkuswama by King Micheal,Tip swizzy and many songs underway from John Blaq as Nina Roz, Angela Katatumba, Ykee Benda’s Kirabo album among others.
Producer B.I.T’s life story begins at Busia border town where he was born and raised by her single mum Musanya Loyce.
He says his desire for music grew when he started playing in a school band both during his primary and secondary school.
He went S.t John’s Secondary School Busia for his UCE, completed his Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education at Busia Trust Secondary School in 2012 and later joined Muteesa Royal University from 2013 to 2016 where he pursued his bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance.
During his free time, B.I.T would use his time to create beats for his classmates and fellow students at the university, This later propelled him to follow his passion to Kenya in 2017 shortly after his graduation, where he joined Cleo records and gained much of professional skills in audio production before he cut his stay in Kenya short and came back to Kampala to join L16 records where his outstanding skills were noticed and he was recently fished out by Black Market records.
