Glo Ambassador - Bright Okpocha [Basketmouth]

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Bright Okpocha aka Basketmouth, one of Nigeria's stand-up comedians was born on the 14th September 1978, the 2nd born from 6 children.

Comedy discovered him at the age of 15, while in secondary school. He was later admitted to study sociology in University of Benin in 1997. While in school he performed at some events, in the course of his acts, the name Basket mouth was picked.

In 1999, he met Ali Baba who later in 2000 invited him to come to Lagos. That same year, Basketmouth was billed to perform at Lagbaja's monthly concert at Motherland, in October 1st 2000.He made his 1st appearance at the renowned Nite of a 1000 laughs. After then, it was one gig to another.
His 1st major break was his performance at a show at fantasyland, 2001, through the help of his mentor and boss....Ali Baba.

A large number of awards started kicked in, endorsements..........etc, during this period, he created and started his monthly comedy show...Laffs n Jamz which lasted for 3yrs, and also introduced a long list of Nigerian comedians.

Basketmouth also gave birth to Basketmouth Uncensored....a one man stand up comedy concert.....1st of its kind in Nigeria. Okpocha Bright has over the years maintained his style of comedy, changed with time.....which is the reason he's still very relevant to the comedy industry.

Okpocha Bright is from Abia State.

Via GloWorld.

[Naittystear]

Thumb up! You deserve to be an ambassador. Just keep it up.

[Tade olaitan]

Congratz basket.

[Segun fadare]

It seems Glo like this guy.