Every story has two sides, and the origins of the 17-year feud between Nigerian ace comedians AY and Basketmouth are no exception.
Over the weekend, comedian AY created a stir on the internet when he opened up about his age-old feud with Basketmouth in an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo.
AY described how Basketmouth betrayed him in 2006 during the interview.
He recalled Basketmouth connecting him with events when he was first starting out in the comedy industry, and how one particular event sparked the rift that has lasted to this day.
“In 2006, (Basketmouth) usually will get gigs Iike weddings- multiple gigs on a Saturday, maybe 2/3 weddings. So what he used to do at that point in time was to attend one, then at a point, leave the venue and catch up in the other venue and then you will need someone else to stand in for you. That was the opportunity 1 got from him of which I am very appreciative of till date.
“Now, Something funny happened. One of the gigs per say, I got his endorsement to go stand in. Usually what we get at that time is N30,000 and 30,000 at that time was everything to me. 30,000 would buy me my pack of indomie, recharge cards, fuel for my 1 better pass my neighbor generator and then opportunity to pay just one or two people to join me to do one or two skits that I can just quickly put out…” He said in part. Read here.
However, while AY stated in the Chude interview that Basketmouth betrayed him, an old video of Basketmouth telling his own side of the story—which appears to be different—has now resurfaced.
Basketmouth, who recounted what happened in an old conversation with media personality Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, claimed it was AY who messed with loyalty.
Basketmouth claims that he confided in AY about something in the past, but AY shared that information with a third party without his permission, which broke his trust.
Watch him speak below.
