Bright Okpocha, aka Basketmouth, has in a recent interview explained why he returned to his “first love”, music with the release of his album, ‘Yabasi’. The album also serves as a soundtrack to his new comedy series, Papa Benji.
The Yabasi album, which has received prises from both industry practitioners and music lovers nationwide, is his debut album.
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In his words, “I started working on the project called Papa Benji, it’s an online comedy series and it’s situated in a beer parlour and one thing in a beer parlour apart from beer is music, so I started running around meeting artistes telling them ‘I need your song’.”
The interview with Pulse, also saw Basketmouth talking about his first venture into music, through a rap group called ‘The Psychopaths’.
However, his rap career didn’t really take a turn for the better and in the late 90s, he was convinced to venture into comedy. He says this newfound career path “was so divine”.
Watch the full interview below:
