Alhaji Hassan Wayam (an haife shi a shekara ta 1956 ya mutu a shekara ta 2020) dan asalin Sokoto ne amma yayi duk rayuwarshi a Zaria. shahararren mawaƙin gargajiya ne na Hausa. An haifi Alhaji. Hassan Wayam a wani gari mai suna Gwadda, wanda kuma ake kira Bakin Ruba, a ƙasar Maradun ta Jihar Zamfara, a cikin shekara ta 1956. Mahaifin sa, Mal. Muhammadu, Babarbare ne. Mahaifiyar sa, Halima, Bafulatana ce. Sana’ar mahaifinsa ita ce sassaƙa, amma wani lokaci ya kan yi wa Fulani kiɗan kotso jefi-jefi. Ya na yaro ƙarami, sai mahaifin sa ya koma wani gari mai suna Ƙunci da zama, can gabas da birnin Gusau. Da Hassan ya ɗan data, sai ya koma Mayanci, nan kusa da Gusau, ya zama yaron kanikawa. To Mayanci bariki ce sosai a lokacin, ga karuwai da ‘yan caca da sauran ‘yan duniya. A nan Shaka sa da kaɗe-kaɗe ta yi zurfi, musamman kiɗan kukuma. Amma bai fara koyo ba sai da ya koma gida Ƙunci. A can ya fara ɗinka kukuma da hannun sa.