Basketmouth Defends Hosting Show On Presidential Election Day

At the moment, the minds of Nigerians are on February 14, 2015, when they will be expected to vote for a candidate to rule the country in the next four years. 

However, popular comedian, Basketmouth and other top music stars will not be on ground to exercise their fundamental rights.

This is because some of them will be in London for Basketmouth’s show in the city called Basketmouth Uncensored. The 2015 edition of the programme will be headlined by Wizkid and Olamide.

But some Nigerians are not happy about this and have put the ace comedian under fire.

Those unhappy about the issue questioned why Basketmouth fixed his show for the day since he is a role model to many people in Nigeria.

But Basketmouth has defended himself, arguing that it is not his fault.

‘Every Valentines’ Day for the past 6 years, Basketmouth Uncensored UK has held, had I known 6 years ago that the General election would hold on Valentine’s day in 2015, I wouldn’t have signed the Franchise. Home is where the heart belongs, God Bless Nigeria,’ he wrote.

Poverty Is An Evil Spirit -.Basket Mouth

Rib cracking comedian, Basket Mouth, has every course to be thankful to God for a successful career since delving into the showbiz industry of Nigeria.

In 1991, Bright discovered his skills in drumming, which he did for over 5 years after wards. During his days of being an instrumentalist for his church and a band at that point, he also discovered his skills in rap music and later diverted into that path in 1994.

In 1995, he, his friends and brother formed a group called da psychopaths. It had seven members but they split before they could even release an album or single. Bright and his brother Godwin immediately formed a group called d oddz and later added a third member (muyiwa osunrobi). Together, they did a couple of shows but couldn’t break through the music industry as their brand of rap wasn’t accepted then.

His first standup comedy was a disaster because the crowd got irritated and booed him off the stage. Later that year (1999), he came back after a series of research on what brand of comedy could sell in UNIBEN; that was the beginning of Basket mouth’s inception and acceptation into the world of standup comedy. His professional stand up act came into existence in the year 2001 and his big break came when he met Ali Baba. In 1999, Basket mouth got involved in events management alongside his comedy acts.

In one of his interviews, the comedian did reveal that he went into comedy because of a woman and ever since, he has been doing well for himself.

In his throwback picture shared recently, the comedian abused poverty stating that it is an evil spirit.

See why Comedian BasketMouth Left his first Girlfriend Because of 2Baba

Ace Nigerian comedian, Basketmouth, has revealed that though he is a hustler, but was pushed into comedy by his former girlfriend just to prove to her that he can actually make it in life like other successful people.

Basketmouth explained that he was doing comedy then but as an event organizer and not a top flight comedy the way he does now, noting that he does not do comedy for money but still has bills to pay at the same time.

Monitoring the comedian's narration on his breakup with his girlfriend, he disclosed that he had brought pop group, Plantashun boiz, to his school back then in 1998, to perform and when they came, he took his girlfriend to meet them without knowing that she was a big fan of the group especially 2Baba.

He further revealed that immediately the girl saw 2Baba, she went to sit on his laps and the singer was thinking maybe he had brought a lady for him and to his surprise, they started chatting and when he asked her to come so that they could leave, she refused stating that they should hang around for a while and that was the end of the relationship.

Speaking about fame, the comedian explained that the society as grown with a mentality that as a celebs, they must drop something for them wherever they meet these fans, noting that it has not been easy but he is cool because he can go out and get things for himself without sending anybody. “I don’t have problem giving but if we do that every day, it’s not nice and when we don’t do that it, it becomes violent.”