Wahab Bugti

Bugti pens the lyrics to his songs in his native eastern Balochi dialect. His singing is usually accompanied with the use of a dambura, a traditional, long-necked plucked string instrument endemic to Balochi folk music. With the accessibility of internet, he began to upload his work on social media and eventually built his own studio where he would record his renditions of music. He was introduced to Coke Studio after being approached by its producer Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan for season 14, where he collaborated with artists Kaifi Khalil and Eva B for the Balochi pop track "Kana Yaari". The single, released in January 2022, instantly became a hit and catapulted Bugti to fame locally and internationally, gaining millions of hits on platforms such as YouTube and Spotify. In November 2022, Bugti performed a folk and contemporary rendition of the Pakistani national anthem onstage with Shehzad Roy at the 21st Lux Style Awards. ==Personal life==

Bugti hails from the village of Goth Mohammad Umar in Nasirabad District, Balochistan, where he owns livestock and agriculture. Some sources ascribe his name as Wahab Ali Bugti. He is married and has eight children. In August 2022, Bugti's mud-house and village were swept away in monsoon flooding and he was forced to relocate with his family to the nearby city of Dera Murad Jamali. There was also an outpouring of support for the artist online via crowdsourcing. ==Discography==

Singles or renditions recorded by Bugti include: ==References==