Lasisi Elenu

Nosa Afolabi, better known as Lasisi Elenu , is a Nigerian comedian, actor, and MC from Offa, Kwara in Nigeria. One of Africa's most popular influencers, he is known in many platforms; The Audition, a comedy show on YouTube, he also does an act 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. He is an 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 fictional low-income household in Nigeria.

Personal life In 2022, Lasisi Elenu married Nonso Adika, now Nonso Afolabi and the couple welcomed a daughter 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 threatened to sue him, claiming his jokes were misrepresenting the legal profession.