Nigerian comedian, Bashiru Adekunle, professionally known as Bash D Cash, says skit-makers cannot replace comedians in the industry even though they are talented.
He said that content creators like Broda Shaggi and others cannot be compared with veteran comedians like Alibaba, Basketmouth, AY and the likes, irrespective of the fact that the latter group hardly do skits.
Bash stated this in an interview where he also said that online comedians are only popular today because of social media whereas that is not the case with stand-up comedians.
He said; "The only thing constant in life is change. Social media comedians are very talented and creative, but they cannot run down (replace) stand-up comedy. A lot of them don't have their own comedy shows. Stand-up comedy is always very different. Online comedians became popular because of social media, but that does not affect stand-up comedy. Stand-up comedians, such as Basketmouth, AY, Ali Baba and Seyi Law don't do a lot of skits, but that doesn't mean the likes of Broda Shaggi are more popular or relevant than them.
Thankfully, we are all comedians. They are breaking new grounds and changing the face of the game so, it is a very healthy competition, and we love it. It gives us the drive to keep moving forward."
Speaking further, the comic act revealed that comedy initially affected his marriage while it was in the early stages because he was always hustling and hardly ever at home for his wife.
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