Ali Jita was born into the family of Alhaji Sallau Jibrin Kibiya who is a butcher and his mother Hajiya Ummul-Khairi in Gyadi Gyadi area of Kumbotso local government Kano state, Nigeria.

As a little boy, his father moved his family from Kano to Lagos, then to Abuja due to his business.

He then did his primary and junior secondary education at Bonikam Barracks, Victoria Island, Lagos state.

He furthered his studies in Federal College of Education Kano where he obtained a National Diploma in Public administration.

[7][8] Ali Jita uses Ingausa musical style, a combination of Hausa and English.