Mugisha Richard, professionally known as Mr. Lee B2C, is a Ugandan musician born on 24 January 1992. Mr. Lee B2C was born from Nsambya Hospital in Kampala from the family of Mr. Mugisha Joseph and the late Busingye Beatrice Mugisha.[1] He is a professional musician signed under the B2C Entertainment (B2C).[2]
Mr. Lee B2C | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mugisha Richard |
| Also known as | Mr. Lee B2C |
| Born | 24 January 1992 Nsambya Hospital |
| Origin | Kampala |
| Genres | Afro Beat |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | B2C Entertainment |
| Member of | B2C Entertainment Limited |
Education background
editHe started his education from Buganda road primary school located in Kampala. At a young age, Mr. Lee B2C had passion for music as he always practiced in music activities organized by the school. He achieved a primary leaving certificate in 2006. He later joined Crested Secondary School in Makindye Division in Kampala for his ordinary level education in 2007. He teamed up with fellow students (Bobby Lash B2C and Delivad Julio) to start up a music group in school.[2] The trio formed Born 2 Conquer (B2C) while in their senior two class. In 2010, Mr Lee B2C achieved an ordinary level certificate of education from Uganda National Examinations Board.
Career
editBorn and raised from Kampala District the capital of Uganda, Mr. Lee B2C started professional music in 2016 with a breakthrough song titled Tokigeza produced by producer Baur.[3] This song brought Mr. Lee and B2C as a record label to the music industry. It emerged as a best song based on fans' choice in The Uganda Music Awards "Teenz Choice" category.[4] Mr. Lee has managed to release lots of music collaborations since his career started both with local and international artists.[5]
Afrima nomination
editMr. Lee B2C and his musical partners (Delivad Julio) and (Bobby Lash B2C) were nominated in the All Africa Music Awards 2021 in 2019 and 2021. These nominations were in recognition of their top charting collaboration with David Lutalo titled Awo. They had also been nominated as the best African music group in 2019.[6] The trio was nominated alongside notable African artists like Toofan from Togo, Sauti Sol from Kenya and Mi Casa from South Africa.[7] Although they did not emerge as winners, the nomination brought to them more local and international awareness in their career.[8]
Awards won
editMr. Lee B2C has won different awards in his career. Below are the categories he won.
2017 – Uganda Entertainment Awards
edit- Best music group[9]
2018 – Zzina Awards
edit- Song of the year (Gutamiza) featuring Goodlyfe Crew
- Best Collaboration (Gutamiza)
- Best Afro Beat song (Nyongera)
2021 – Janzi Awards
edit- Outstanding Afro zouk artist of the year[10]
2021 – Hipipo Awards
edit- Best zouk song (Gutujja) ft Rema Namakula
- Best collaboration (Gutujja)
Personal life
editMr. Lee B2C is not in any love relationship with anyone despite rumors of him having a secret relationship which he denies publicly.[11]
References
edit- ^ http://kfm (22 June 2021). "B2C's Mr. Lee loses his mother". 93.3 KFM. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ a b Kiwanuka, Ronald (29 April 2022). "8 Things You Didn't know about Mr. Lee B2C". Hard Rock Media. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ Cooper, B. Lee (June 1993). "Jackie Wilson—Mr. excitement? Mr. Musical diversity? Mr. song stylist? Or Mr. stage show?". Popular Music and Society. 17 (2): 119–122. doi:10.1080/03007769308591518. ISSN 0300-7766.
- ^ Atwiine, Simon Peter (9 June 2017). "Eddy Kenzo leads in The Uganda Music Awards". Eagle Online. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ Mwesigwa, Solomon (11 October 2019). "Bebe Cool and B2C Ent. connect on 'Amatu Magule' visuals | VIDEO". MBU. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "AFRIMAs 2019: All the nominees". Music in Africa. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ Ruby, Josh (23 September 2021). "Kenzo, Rema, Spice, Afrie, Shivanah, B2C, Bebe Cool nominated at 2021 AFRIMAs". MBU. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "All Africa Music Awards 2021", Wikipedia, 30 December 2023, retrieved 30 December 2023
- ^ "Full List: Eddy Kenzo, B2C Win Big at Uganda Music Awards". ChimpReports. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ Mugisha, Mugibson (13 December 2021). "Full List: Winners At The Maiden Janzi Awards". mugibson.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ ""She is not my personal person." B2C's Mr. Lee denies dating Diana Nabatanzi". Nowviba. Retrieved 30 December 2023.