Events & Event Reviews
‘My First Encounter With Alibaba’ – Veentage
I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO, AROUND 1999- 2000 WHEN I FIRST SAW @alibabagcfr PERFORM AT PREST MOTEL IN BENIN CITY.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS A VALENTINE’S DAY SHOW AND HE WAS THE STAR ACT. I WAS WORKING WITH “CULTURE BAND” AT THE TIME AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING THE KING OF COMEDY DO ABOUT AN HOUR OF STAND UP COMEDY WITH A PISTOL AROUND HIS WAIST.WHAT STUNNED ME ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE WAS THE SPEED AT WHICH HE DROPPED HIS PUNCHLINES. HE JUST WAS BASKING IN SO MUCH SPONTANEITY THAT I COULDN’T HELP BUT ADMIT TO GANDOKI WHO SAT WITH ME THEN THAT “BABA NA BABA”.. WATCHING THE KING ANCHOR AN EVENT 16YEARS LATER @ #tnt2016 , I COULDN’T HELP BUT ADMIRE A MAN WHO HAD NOT ONLY STAYED “VERY” RELEVANT OVER THE YEARS, BUT ALSO STAYED WAY ONTOP OF HIS GAME.
I CELEBRATE A KING WHO IS NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING BOTH FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS BUT HAS NOT ONLY BUILT AN INDUSTRY, HE HAS BUILT COUNTLESS BRANDS IN THE SAME INDUSTRY AND ALSO METAMORPHOSED FROM JUST A STAND UP COMEDIAN TO A LIFE COACH. YOUR MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS HAS MADE ME EVEN MORE PROUD TO HAIL FROM “AGBARRHA-OTTOR” BECAUSE YOU SIR.
ALL HAIL THE KING OF COMMEDY@alibabagcfr