Before I Write A Book Part 3 - By Basketmouth

UNIBEN - 1999

When the posters came up on the hostel walls that there was going to be a Talent hunt show coming up which was organised by Femi Akinwunmi, I quickly registered for it as a rapper. The star price was a CD player..my dream. I imagined being able to replace our old cassette player and put on a CD like the rest of the boys.

I practised my lines and waited for d-day. 3 days to the event, I woke up with fever and to find my body covered with little sores...I had chicken pox. I used calamine lotion like my life depended on it, but they only seemed to increase by the day. 

Then came the day of the competition. Everyone dressed up and left one after the other to the venue. I was in pain from the heat but in greater pain from being in that room rather than on that stage. I was covered in calamine lotion, disappointed as all my hope that I would have miraculously recovered in those 2 days had gone and with it, my dream of a CD player.

Part 2: "Before I Write A Book" (Me, Six Foot Plus and N60) - By Basketmouth

Comedian, Basketmouth as released the part 2 (In case you missed the part 1 read it HERE) from his short stories about his experience with people while growing in the Nigerian entertainment industry and this time its about rapper, Six Foot Plus. Read the story below....

Fame pre-award concert in the year 2000 had Dele Olukoju and Wale Oluwaleimu as stage/project managers. I had met Wale before then and he had suggested I come perform in the bid to expanding my brand name.  

I went there with a friend of mine, we had spent the last kobo on us transporting ourselves and getting food to eat as the event didn't start early enough. My performance was done @ about midnight. 

As it was time for me to leave, I met with the show organizers hoping I'd be paid for my service. Unfortunately, communication had gone wrong somehow as they thought I was doing the performance for free. 

It dawned on me immediately that I was in trouble. My friend and I then decided to just hang around as the concert was still on and hopefully we might get a free ride.

Part 1: "Before I Write A Book" - By Basketmouth

Comedian Basketmouth is planning on writing a book but before that he has decided to share short stories about his experience with people while growing in the Nigerian entertainment industry thus the title "Before I Write A Book". Below is the first story he shares...

Back stage at the Rothmans Groove tour which held @ TBS in 1998, there I was seated with the likes of The Plantashun Boiz,Dr. Fresh,Remedies and more...I was just a young boy trying to weigh his options on what direction to go with his career as drumming,rapping,producing and comedy were few of my options.  

That night was the 1st time I met Tony Tetuila, one of those humble guys you come by,he was warm and accommodating considering the obvious fact that I was nobody in the industry.  

Fast forward a few months later, Comedy had won me over and in the course of my hustle and journey to where I'm yet to get to, I bumped into Tetuila  in Festac, just about the time his single 'you don hit my car' came out.

Check out the Mavin Records All-Star on the Big Friday Show (Pics)

The Mavin crew; Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, D'Prince, Dr Sid and Wande Coal were featured on the Big Friday Show in an all new episode to air at 6pm today, Friday 18th on Silverbird television (DSTV Channel 131).

Also On tonight's show, Basket Mouth plays a prank on The Big Friday Show Crew. Also catch Chuddy K's exclusive interview at the seaside station Rhythm 93.7fm. 

New Music: Comedian, Basketmouth ft Wizkid & Eldee

 

The comedian first started out as a rapper before he found comedy. Now he's going back to his first love - Rap music.