“I will quit comedy after 5 years” – Basketmouth reveals reason

• Basketmouth declares and explains why he will stop doing comedy after five years.

Popular Nigerian artist Bright Okpocha, better known by his stage name Basketmouth, has revealed that he would quit comedy after five (5) years.

Basketmouth is now in Ghana. In preparation for his next stand-up comedy concert, “Baskemouth Unprovoked,” which will take place on April 8 at the Accra International Convention Centre.

In an interview with Ghanaian radio station Hitz FM, Basketmouth revealed that he had been drifting in the industry for the past six years and had thus chosen to return to comedy, his first passion.

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In his words:

“For the past six years I have just been floating, last year I told myself and my team, you know what I am going back to comedy I want to do five years and I am quitting. I am quitting in 5 years.

I have got five years to go to do this and I am done. I will still be cracking jokes but it wouldn’t be a professional thing. So if you see me doing any gig, it is maybe I am doing pro bono but I will not charge anybody to perform again.

I have made enough, I have committed myself to the art enough to take a break or quit. I am now into movies, series, and concert production. I want to experience something new and I want to be remembered for something else other than comedy.”