Tag: Comedy

Prominent Nigerian comedians, Seyi Lawrence popularly known as Seyi Law and Adebowale “Debo” Adedayo also known as Mr. Macaroni are on each others jugular over who brought the latter to limelight. Social media is awash with both comedians claims as at press time. While Seyi Law claimed to the the brain behind Mr. Macaroni’s development in the industry, which the ‘Freakie Freakie’ Star denied.. In a post on Thursday, Seyi Law while promoting his show tagged; ’20 Years on stage, The Mic Tyson,’ said he was instrumental to Mr. Macaroni’s journey. He also backed it with a video. The 41-year old comedian wrote; “There are so many things that are oblivious to the media, and one of them is how I have selflessly supported several talents in this country without collecting a dime. Many may not acknowledge my impact in their lives, but that doesn’t write them off. “I remember my cousin, @toluthejesusbaby, disturbed me several times to meet this young, talented Nigerian, and he brought him to my mother’s birthday in January 2020. I spoke with him, and I agreed to support his craft. “I wrote this script for him and went ahead to act with him, and like they say, the rest is history. Many skit makers benefited from my benevolence by using my voice, where I shouted, ‘Yeeee! Yeeeee!!’ in their skits without royalty payment. ‘Kundus’ to them for their massive success. “While some of them are grateful, others like @talkingdrum_cfrn who used one of my jokes from an experience in my elder brother’s house and turned around to tell me, the same thing happened in their home. “Anyway, it has been 20 years of God’s grace and impact.” In a swift reaction, Mr. Macaroni refuted the claims, stressing that he had been a widely known comedian and that his skits have alreadily gone viral before the Seyi Law’s episode. “Ehya Uncle Seyi, you shouldn’t be doing this to yourself. I am ashamed that you are doing this and it breaks my heart that I also have to respond to you this way to correct some of these unnecessary lies. “Firstly, I never asked your cousin to reach out to you on my behalf. How could he have brought me to ask for your support in 2020 when it was you who reached out to me in December 2019 telling me you had an idea that would do so well if we worked on it together. “Bear in mind that I was already a viral sensation at this time with the daddy wa contents having almost 100,000 followers which is why you reached out with the idea. I don’t deny that collaborating with you on that content was a big deal for me for which i showed love and respect and reciprocated when you also called upon me to help you promote your show. “Secondly, contrary to your claim that you agreed to support me when Tolu brought me to your Mom’s birthday in January 2020, you invited me yourself for the birthday celebration and I honored you with my presence. “I remember taking pictures with some of your guests who were happy to see me and we all had a great time. Thirdly, before I posted the content I created with you, I already had over 100k followers with lots of viral contents including collaboration with other Stars e.g Lateef Adedimeji and Broda Shaggi to mention a few. “Lastly, you shared this idea with me and we worked on it together to make the content. “You making it seem like I was one nuisance that ambushed you at your mother’s birthday party who you decided to help is far from the truth! You saw an existing value, made an investment and cashed out when you called me to help promote your show two months after,” the 31-year old refutes unequivocally.