Lasisi Elenu | |
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Born | Nosa Afolabi 20 April 1989 Kano, Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Citizenship | Nigerian |
Alma mater | University of Ilorin |
Occupation(s) | Comedian and actor |
Nosa Afolabi (born 20 April 1989), [1] better known as Lasisi Elenu, is a Nigerian comedian, actor, compere [2] [3] from Offa, Kwara in Nigeria. One of Africa's most popular influencers, he is known for his skits with a 'wide mouth' disguise filter [4] during performances and on social media. Elenu was recently featured in Netflix thriller, The Ghost and the Tout . [5] [6]
In 2018, he was nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Comedy. [7] [8] [9] [10] In March 2020, he was named one of Nigeria's Top 25 Under-30 Nigerian Superstars. [11] and he was one of the winners of the second edition of the Trendupp Awards. [12] [13] [14]
The comedian is one of the continent's most popular social media influencers with 75,000 followers on TikTok [15] and over 3.4 million followers on Instagram. [16] [17]
His skits focus on varying themes from law to cybercrime, the economy, insecurity [18] [19] and philosophy, started out as a musician [20] before diverting to the business of comedy. He performed at the Mama Tobi Homecoming concert. [21]
His most recent project, Mama & Papa Gods power, is a series of 16-minute episodes focusing on a low-income household in Nigeria. [22] [23] [24]
In 2022, Lasisi Elenu proposed to his girlfriend Nonso Adika and the couple welcomed a baby girl October of the same year. [25] [26] [27] [28]
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref |
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2023 | Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Drama, Movie Or TV Series | The Razz Guy | Nominated | [32] |
Controversy struck in July 2020 when Elenu was warned by members of the Nigerian Bar Association, who claimed his jokes were misrepresenting the legal profession [33] [34] [35] and threatened to sue him.
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