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Nosa Afolabi (born 20 April 1989), better known as Lasisi Elenu, is a Nigerian comedian, actor, compere from Offa, Kwara in Nigeria. One of Africa's most popular influencers, he is known for his skits with a 'wide mouth' disguise filter during performances and on social media. Elenu was recently featured in Netflix thriller, The Ghost and the Tout.
In 2018, he was nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Comedy. In March 2020, he was named one of Nigeria's Top 25 Under-30 Nigerian Superstars. and he is a very funny entertainer who is into diverse areas of the entertainment industry as well as one of the winners of the second edition of the Trendupp Awards.




Career


The comedian is one of the continent's most popular social media influencers with 75,000 followers on TikTok and over 3.4 million followers on Instagram.
His skits focus on varying themes from law to cybercrime, the economy, insecurity and philosophy. He started out as a musician before diverting to the business of comedy. He performed at the Mama Tobi Homecoming concert.
His most recent project, Mama & Papa Gods power, is a series of 16-minute episodes focusing on a low-income household in Nigeria.




Personal life


In 2022, Lasisi Elenu proposed to his girlfriend Nonso Adika and the couple welcomed a baby girl in October of the same year.




Filmography


The Ghost and the Tout (2018) as Hoodlum
Made in Heaven (2019) as Azazel
Makate Must Sell (2019) as Radio Caller 1 (voice)
The Razz Guy (2021) as Temi Johnson
African Messiah (2021)
Sabinus the Best Man (2023) as Peter
Small Talk (2023) as Okoh
Shaping Us (2024)




Awards and nominations






Controversy


Controversy struck in July 2020 when Elenu was warned by members of the Nigerian Bar Association, who claimed his jokes were misrepresenting the legal profession and threatened to sue him.




References

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• Lasisi Elenu
• Aproko Doctor
• Made in Heaven (2019 film)
• Uche Montana
• Trendupp Awards
• Three Thieves (2019 film)
• The Razz Guy
• Mama Uka
• List of Nigerian films of 2021
• The Ghost and the Tout