Ayodeji Makun, a comedian and filmmaker who goes by the nickname AY, has spoken out about his ongoing feud with Bright Okpocha, also known as Basketmouth.
In 2022, AY claimed during a Q&A on his Instagram page that Basketmouth has an uncontrollable superiority complex and that he must avoid his constant childishness to maintain his sanity.
However, in a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, AY shed more light on his controversial statement in 2022. This is what he had to say:
He 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 will need someone else to stand in for him. That was the opportunity I got, of which I’m very appreciative of till date.
“Now, One of the gigs that I got his endorsement to go stand in. Usually, what we get at that time is N30,000 and 30,000 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.
“It was very funny to now heard from them that the full payment had been made long before the event. I forwarded their message to one another. So they now started fighting and all of that. 1 didn’t do that because I wanted to get to Basketmouth. But because I was hungry, I was hustling and I needed food on the table at the time.”
Recall that Basketmouth, during a Black Box interview with media personality Ebuka Obi-Uchendu in 2021, noted that he fell out with AY because he messed with loyalty.
