Widely-acclaimed King of Nigerian comedy, Ali Baba revealed how he earned his first N1.6 million cheque as far back as 1995 from Satzenbrau, a beer brand that was brewed in Nigeria by guiness Nigeria Limited.

According to him, the late iconic Afrobeat maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti earned a lower sum of N500,000 while the likes of veteran Raggae singer, Ras Kimono was paid just N150,000.

The stand-up comedy legend made the surprise revelation during a mentoring session with young artistes tagged Stage1Project Bootcamp organized by Nuffnoiz Entertainment. He cited the experience to explain why he should have been proud and arrogant but rather chose to remain humble.

“Let me give you one instance that couldhave made me ‘proud and arrogant,” he began and added, “In 1995, I got N1.6 million as my first cheque while Fela was paid N500,000 then, by the time I got that money everybody around me was earning far less than I do. Ras Kimono earned N150,000 while the biggest musicians at the time were paid around N300,000.”

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Ali Baba and his big mouth - no amount of money can elevate you to Fela status. Stop fronting.

Why did he have to say it?

With his dry jokes that can only make drunk pple laugh..

I am nt surprised

I never heard him crack his jokes ... I only grew up to know he is the King of Comedy.. Maybe, not my generation...

Is he funnier than the likes of bovi, basketmouth, akpororo, seyi law, gordons and I go die. just like the poster above me Maybe not in my generation cos I've only watched him crack one dry joke.

King of comedy. The 2face of comedy!