Biography:
Ronnie Banton, born Tomusange Bantoneire Ronald is a veteran raga and dancehall artist. He is also the CEO/ founder of Monster studios. He was born in 1982 at Namirembe Hospital. He was born to Mr. Vicent Tomusange and Mrs. Aisha Kababikira
Ronnie joined the music industry in the late 90s but his first breakthrough hit called Kawuuna came in 2007 after joining City Limit crew with other musicians like Dr. propa, Witty Witty and more other artists.
Currently, Ronnie is no longer musically active but his studio still stands out and it has mentored many producers including Nash Wonder who started his career from the same studio. Ronnie Banton’s Monster studio has also produced many hits including Ice cream of Sheeba, Magnetic of Radio and Weasel, Ndabilawa of Khalifa Aganaga and this was Aganaga breakthrough hit single.
In 1996 Banton started washing cars in Bakuuli to earn a living and also to be able to pay school fees. During this time Ronnie started doing karaoke shows which gave him a chance to meet various artists who were big at the time and exposed him more to the music industry.
Ronnie Banton started singing in 1996 when he was still working at the washing bay and he derives his inspiration from a Jamaican dancehall artist Buju Banton who was popular in the 90s and he inspired most of the youths to join the music industry and no wonder Ronnie chose Banton as his last stage name.
With the help of his friend Roni Guns another music artist, Ronnie Banton recorded his first single called Abantu Baluno in 2001 which didn’t get any airplay because of its poor quality. In 2002 Banton released another single titled Nankonkona and it was the same case it wasn’t played on air because of its poor quality.
He didn’t give up he went ahead and released another song called Engatto in 2003 and this was produced by his Godfather producer Cool Cadino and after the release of this track, Ronnie started seeing hope for his music career even when his song was only played at the famous East African Radio.
In 2006 Ronnie Banton joined a group called City Limit Crew which was had other members such as Bella, Dr Propa and a former member of Firebase crew the Late Dizzy Nuts Galiwango.
After a long struggle, Ronnie Banton’s breakthrough through hit titled Kawuuna came in 2007 and it was produced by Henry Kiwuuwa in Kee Note studios. Upon its release, it made it to the top charts and it proved how talented Ronnie was.
In 2008 Ronnie released another club banger titled a Pilingisa and because of these two singles City Limit crew became very popular in Uganda’s music industry. The group managed to get a trip to the USA and performed in various states such as Boston.
By the end of 2008 City Limit crew had developed wrangles and the beef was between the two to musicians of the group and these were Ronnie Banton and Dr Propa. The centre could no longer hold and Ronnie left the group who was the name big in the group and because of his departure, the group collapsed.
In 2009 Ronnie decided to travel to the states and have greener pastures and he almost didn’t release any music while in the states. His song Tonywa novuga was used by the Uganda police in the fight against drink and driving campaign.
In 2011 Ronnie Banton returned from the states and opened up a studio called Monster studios with the help of a businessman called Godfrey Mugalu. After the opening up of Monster studios, this saw the alleged end of his singing career as he has not produced any music since.
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