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In a video seen by this reporter, Wine said he was a judge at a singing competition and Eye showed up and requested to participate.
"I remember the first day Big Eye was given a microphone, it was from my hands. It was at Eden Service Park in Bwaise. He was a young kid, in school uniform. In Primary," Wine said.
"He came and said, Bobi, I am requesting you give me a chance to sing... And he rapped and I was like, wow. I was the judge and he was the second."
The video clip is from an interview Wine had with Ibrah Mukasa on his YouTube channel, ExtraDigest in 2020.
It was probably cut out of the interview to add to the current discussion, as Eye has been ruffling some feathers in the music industry, especially after attacking Eddy Kenzo, accusing him of being selfish.
"... the nigga kept all international contacts & connections for himself for like 9 years now," Eye said in a Facebook post.
"Some people don't deserve the motto of 'For GOD AND MY COUNTRY’ coz inside their hearts there is 'FOR GOD AND MYSELF'. Hope am not wrong to term it as being selfish."
His post came after Kenzo lost a Grammys award and Eye said there would have been more Ugandans nominated in such awards if artistes like Kenzo hadn't kept connections to themselves.
But some musicians have been defending Kenzo, saying he has actually helped them in many ways.
"I went with Kenzo for Afrima, and every time he got an interview, he would pull me to also be interviewed. Because they knew him, but they didn't know me... So, for me, I don't see him as a selfish person at all. In the situations I've been with him, he has shown me that he is generous... He has taken me to interviews that only feature the best on the continent and even given me contacts, so I don't see that in Kenzo at all,” Cindy Sanyu said of Kenzo.
Eye was under Kenzo’s Big Talent Entertainment for a year before he left to start his own record label named Big Music Entertainment. He said their separation was harmonious.