Layi Wasabi has stated that he has always known he wanted to be a comedian.
With his distinct comedy style, he has taken the internet by storm.
As a guest on the BTS Reality podcast, he now discusses how he came up with his alter ego, “The Law.”
Isaac Olayiwola, also known as Layi, discussed the inspiration for his alter ego, a lawyer named the law.
He insisted that he had always wanted to be a comedian.
In his words, “I always knew that I wanted to do comedy, from school I had always been the class clown so I knew that this is what I’d do at the end of the day. When I told my class teacher that I wanted to be a comedian, she said ‘What is funny?'”
Layi is a full-fledged lawyer by profession, and that, according to him, is where he gets the material for his content. He mentioned that he put a lot of himself into his alter ego and other characters in his skits.
“I think I started doing that lawyer character more because the persona isn’t just scripting, I’ve now become that guy lowkey,” he explained.
The actor also stated that he is able to bring his characters to life by making them sound like people he met and heard while growing up in Osun state.
He went on to recall his mother’s reaction when he told her he wanted to be a comedian when he was nine years old.
According to his comical narration, his mother had a typical reaction when declared that his career path of choice, ‘over her body.’