Ace Comedian, Koffi Idowu has said that new class of entertainers are unfolding in the industry.
He disclosed this in an interview with Entertainment News on Channels Television.
“I am an entertainer, but I am in a society where they don’t single out entertainers yet. It took a while before they accepted comedians, but I am ahead of the park of people who can generally do a lot of those things very well in entertainment, as a comedian, actor, singer and writer.
“Soon you will see new generations coming. Like Falz, he is a rapper, he is an actor. Kenny Blaq is also a comedian who sings. Emma Oh My God. A new generation of people like me are coming with a different verse to it, we are a new breed of entertainers.”
Koffi’s break on TV can be traced back to the hit comedy sitcom, ‘Twilight zone’, where he played the character called Daudu or “Shake Body”.
On the music front, he has been active since 2004, when he released ‘Comfussion’. Today, he boasts a wealth of experience in the industry with many awards and recognition to show for it.
“For me, it takes nothing anymore, I started out as that comedian who went through theater training, perfected theater training and became a refined actor. The music side of me started coming to the fur then I perfected it, then the writing part of me that people haven’t exactly seen started coming to the fur and I perfected it. For me now, I can wake up and do any of these things, it has become part of me.”
Experience and success come with responsibility and for the comedy circle in Nigeria, a recurring problem is the recycling of jokes, which many condemn, including Koffi.
He believes it is difficult to draw a line between emerging acts rising on the shoulders of older acts and an outright infringement on intellectual property.
“It’s not okay to pick up someone else’s joke, especially if you are in the same marketplace. The problem is the market got flooded by people who are not ready.”
Another bone of contention in the industry is the morality of telling certain jokes. In the past few years, top comedians including Basket Mouth, Bovi, Ay and Akpororo have taken a lot of flak to telling jokes about rape and domestic violence, which offended the public. Failed celebrity marriages have become another line for jokes.
“That is a personal thing, for instance, will not go into a public place and say certain things. It is about personal ideologies and mentality.”
Koffi continues to put in the work as an entertainer and is currently promoting his new album, Color-Borations which features talents across various genres including Small Doctor, Ali Baba, Klint The Drunk, Mc Abbey, Raskimono, Sunny Nneji, Jimmy Jatt, M.I, African China and Asa.
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