Mohamed Barrie, commonly known as MB Salone, an international music producer and social media marketing manager based in the United States has become the first Sierra Leonean music producer to debut on the Billboard top 10 charts.

The producer is debuted with his new song “Winna,” an Afrobeat/R&B record which he entirely produced by himself and features Alex Marley. The audio slide of the song was released on 12th April, 2021 and has recorded 68K views on YouTube.

“This is not a dream!!! I woke up this morning to being a Billboard charting artist/producer🙏🏾🔑 Thank you to everyone who purchased and & streamed over the last few weeks!!!! With over 60,000 songs being released EVERY SINGLE WEEK, we were able to cut through some of the noise, thats raw!!!! I’m on here for actually SELLING music lol” – he expressed his thanks and appreciations to his fans.

MB Salone is a US-based producer and audio engineer from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Best known for his mainstream introduction Lil Key’s “Shorty Right There,” but before he was exposed to the mainstream landscape, he burst onto the local scenes in the United States and Africa with a unique production style and fast-growing resume.

In 2018, he dropped his debut beat tape with Da Plug. The 10-beat body of work showcased Salone’s enriched sound with heavy cultural elements, groovy bass and radio-friendly mid-tempo bounce. The project was about the diverse creativity, inspiration and respect he has for several of today’s super producers.