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‘AY is not my friend’ – Basketmouth clarifies his connection with colleague.
Nigerian artist Basketmouth recently made headlines by declaring that he is not friends with comic AY. The two comedians have been at one other’s necks for a very long time.
When asked about his connection with AY on “The Honest Bunch Podcast” with OAP Nedu, Basketmouth made the remark.
He responded by saying, “Just to set the record straight, number one, AY is not my friend. We have never been friends. I’ve never visited his house. I’ve never personally invited him to my house. I never ever called him, but one day I said, ‘O boy, where you dey make we hang out?”
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The comedian asserted that 90% of the tales that AY tells the public are bogus on the podcast as well.
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It’s been going on between the two comedians for a while. In 2021, Basketmouth mentioned that he had a falling out with AY due to the way he had handled loyalty in a Black Box interview with media personality Ebuka Obi-Uchendu.
This year, in 2023, AY disclosed in an interview with Chude Jideonwo that their disagreement started over an outstanding balance of 30,000.
AY said, “In 2006, Basketmouth usually had multiple wedding gigs on Saturdays’. So what he used to do at that point in time was to attend one, and at a point, leave the venue to catch up in the other venue, and then he would need someone else to stand in for him. That was the opportunity one got, of which I’m very appreciative to date.
“Now, one of the gigs that I got his endorsement to go stand in on isUsually, what we get at that time is ₦30,000, and ₦30,000 at that time was everything to me. I got this job, and the people weren’t too happy to see me because they were expecting Basketmouth to come, but the guy was later happy after my performance. There was an exchange of contacts. Then I left.
“Two weeks later, I haven’t seen 30K. Because I didn’t see the 30K and I was starving, I decided to ask for 30K, and he said this person hasn’t remitted, this person hasn’t paid, And then I was like, but this person said he was impressed and happy? Me, I don’t care if you give Basketmouth 100k for the job, but my 30k is my 30k.”