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Basketmouth Bows Out: Comedy Icon Ventures into New Line of Business

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Jan 3, 2025.

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Popular Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, famously known as Basketmouth, has revealed that he would be concentrating fully on music and filmmaking this year.

According to him, he became a comedian by “fluke”.

He explained that he was initially chasing a carer in music but turned to comedy when he saw that it wasn’t working.

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Basketmouth made this known while granting an interview with Pulse,

Basketmouth said, “I’m going to take music more seriously in 2025. I want to create EPs because there are some artists I want to work with.

“I want to go into music and movies full-time. To be honest, movies are my first choice. I prioritise movies over comedy. It has always been like that it’s just that I haven’t made the movie yet.

“I started with music but I saw that it wasn’t going to work. I have always been funny since primary school but music was just a talent I felt I could use as a plaything.

Rap was my thing but after a while, I realised that it wasn’t going the way I want. Then I tried comedy, it was even by fluke. I was like, ‘this one is working. It must be the one.

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