‘Poverty Pushed Me to Entertainment,’ Says Broda Shaggi
Popular Nigerian skit-maker and actor, Samuel Perry, better known Broda Shaggi has said that poverty led him into choosing entertainment as a career.
He disclosed this during the private screening of forthcoming movie, Ponzi.
According to him, he left his hometown for Lagos after his father died to stay with his aunt in Makoko where he furthered his education. He added that ventured into entertainment when things became unbearable.
“I came from Ikenne in Ogun state. I left Ikene when my father died for Lagos where I lived with my aunt in Makoko area. She was the one who took care of me till l left the university. So, I was neither born with a silver spoon nor grew up in Lekki. Everything started in Makoko,” he said.
“I started entertainment out of hunger. Most people out there also started out of hunger because poverty is not a good thing. When poverty hits you, you’ll be the one to figure out your talent.”
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Recounting how he felt when he shot into limelight, Shaggi said, “It was fun. For me, it was like leaving one world for another. There’s this joy when people see you and want to have pictures with you.”
Broda Shaggi became an internet sensation when his Jesus Appeared in Mushin skit went viral in 2018. Popularly called Nigeria’s number 1 fine Agbero, he currently has over six million followers on Instagram with regular sponsored posts from various brands. The University of Lagos Creative Arts graduate has transited several times from being known as Inspector Perry, Professor, Akande Ibadan before he settled with the name Broda Shaggi.
