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Your dad is a linguistics professor and your, um, mom is. Hi. | Hi.

Simon Cowell Street. It's a no for me. | No. Um.

Never smiling. | That was a nice smile, but it wasn't from your heart. Like, it seemed like you were doing it for the camera.

Which camera? | We smile. Almost. It's not there yet. Yeah.

Then are you not understanding that? | No, that's more like it.

Okay. Thanks for this choreography and direction. On my smile, Effa. | You're welcome.

Oh, well, we are calling him. | Don't call me. Don't call me tonight. But it's fine since it's available tonight.

Thanks so much. You grew up and spent a significant part of your life in Ibadan. Is there anything you miss about it? | Ah, uh, my friends.

Your friends? | Yeah.

Complete this sentence. Dating me is like. | Dating the Avengers.

What does that mean? What does that mean? | Because there are very many components, uh, different components to me as a person.

Okay, like what? Give us some of the components. | I mean, I can be a clown sometimes.

Mhm. Um, we can see that. | I can be extremely serious, like really serious. Um, I could be very distant. I could be very in your face. I'm very confused, Very confused, very focused sometimes. Um, and so it's like dating different people.

Everybody I've mentioned I was doing this with you, they were just like, oh my God, Fi is such a good guy. I'm just like, how much are you paying? | They said good guy.

Yes. | This is worrisome. This is worrisome. I am very imperfect.

How much is F paying people for pr? Because everybody's doing fpr. Pr. | No, I think, I think. I wouldn't say I'm a good guy. I would say I'm, um, probably relatable.

The first time we met, this was outside of Zoria and I was walking in. | Wait, we haven't met M her. We haven't met there. By the way, guys, my memory is horrible.

Or you don't call her in the day, only in the night. | No, like some superhero things.

I was walking in with my friend. If I was walking out with his co star, this was around like maybe 3:00am um, and ever looks at me and M goes, good evening, Ma. Really? Is that how you usually approach women? | It's possible. I think it's very respectful.

Good evening. | At 3:00am oh, then after I said good morning, I apologize.

So, yeah, what are your thoughts on women shooting their shirts? | By all means, 100%, please do. Every time a woman says, oh, I think you're good looking or I'm really into you, trust me, I probably get shy at first, you know, but I really, really do respect it.

I'm not sure if you're shy because again, me and Fr. In Abuja. Yeah, that's another, uh, what do you call it? I don't know, places that people go in tonight. | Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And like a lot of people approaching, if I was just rubbing everybody's back, I said, ah, no, because I feel. | Like it's nice and comforting. You don't know what anybody's going through.

Your dad is, um, a linguistics professor and your mom Is researcher. Come on. | Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So is it fair to assume that you read a lot as a child? | All the time.

What was the last book you read? | Fun fact. Since I moved to Lagos, I have not. I have not read one book.

Mhm. | And it really, really.

I'm not surprised. | It really annoys me. It kills me.

Superhero things. What's the superpower? Uh, for nication. All right. You recently wrapped filming on season four of Men's Club. | Yeah.

Describe dating in Lagos in one word. | Hectic.

Hectic. Why? | Because people. I feel like people listen to other people and care a lot about how people think. Perception. Yeah. How they perceive.

Would you say a romantic guy? | Sometimes.

What's the most romantic thing you've done for a partner? | Ah, uh. I've done a lot of funny, funny things in my younger years.

Um. | Oh. I've done it all to be fair.

Okay. Give us one of the all. | I have written poems. I have written songs. I m. Have cried.

I have proposed in character. You've proposed to somebody? | Yeah. In real life? Yeah. Fact.

What? No, no, no. Let's not move on from that. | I'm just saying, like. Yeah.

How long ago was this? | So many years ago.

I was many. | I was young.

Congratulations. | Thank you, thank you, thank you.

How young? | I was 23, I believe.

What motivated m that? | Ah, love.

I understand, but I'm saying, obviously, is that the only person you've ever loved? | No.

Exactly. So what motivated that? | I felt like I was going to lose her. She felt like I wasn't ready to commit. And I said, you know what?

We're going to do a grand gesture. | Yeah. Like, you know, like, let's. Let's do this. And, um, I mean, I couldn't afford a big wedding or a wedding at all. You know, I said, let's do registry. And. Yeah. And.

Okay. So she accepted the proposal? | No. She said no. Yeah. It's a very deep story. It got a lot deeper, but let's move past it.

Wow. I'm sorry about that. Have you healed from that, do you think? | Yeah, I have. We actually. Cool. Like, we're. We're all right.

Are you in love or interested in love at the moment? | That's very deep.

Is it? | I'm, um, very precise.

Is it? | Can I pass?

So on the show, you play a character who is very confused and ends up confusing multiple women. | I don't think he's confused.

No, you can't. | Why not?

Why should you pass? Have you passed any. Have you passed anything so far? | Answer, um, questions. I'm in love.

You're in love? Are you serious? | Yeah.

Okay. Wow. That's heartbreaking for me to hear, but fair enough. Why is the money in love with. Is she here? Is she in this room? | Yes.

No, but is she in front of. | You or behind you right now? She's in front of Me.

Bulu Effra is stressing Bulu out. Guys, you just came to set, uh, to stress this poor girl out. What's the craziest rumor you've heard about yourself? | I've m. Heard a few.

I can't imagine. | I've heard. I've heard I was gay.

I feel like you do that with everybody that acts though. | Every man I have heard I have sugar mummies. Um, I'm looking for. Please. Sugar Mommy's Richard. My number is 08.

I was reading an interview you did with the Guardian, Right. And they asked you how you hone your skills and you said not to be cliche, but prayer is very key. So you pray to God to help you confuse women on men's club or. | So I have absolutely no idea how this date is going to go. I'm just hoping and praying that I don't get confused because she kind of seems like a handful.

Confused? Aren't you the one that confuses women on men's club? | It depends on your perspective. I pray to God to help me seem convincing every day. Stop.

Okay. | Yeah, okay.

You seem convincing. | I feel like people. People judge Tayo on men's club.

Harshly. | Yeah. On. Fair enough. Fair enough.

Fair enough. | He's pretty. He has issues. He has. Very serious.

I love how protective you are of this character. | Yeah. Because I have grown and seen everything in the ins and outs. I think he has commitment issues.

Okay. And you can't see why people don't are not happy about that in this country and in this climate. | No, no, no, no. But you see, I feel like with people that have commitment issues, you need to take it easy on them. Like, slowly bring them in fear.

Don't take it easy on anybody that is using you to play Ludo. Tell them I'm not. I'm not a Ludo chip. Okay, bruv, stop. Please, just stop. All this telegram, makeup artist. It's so disrespectful. We're here on a date. | Sorry. I felt like we're at home. We have this thing, this cute thing that we do.

What cute thing? | Where we like mouth and she mouths it back to me. Sorry.

When was the last time you surprised yourself? | It's been a while.

It's been a while. | It's been a long while. I'm surprised. Well, thank you, kind madam.

Kind man. Did you guys catch that? Why is he on a date with me? This is what Arsenal fans will bring you. | I'm being kind.

He's not confused, but he ends up confusing multiple women, which is even worse. Wow. Is this easy for you to tap into? Because this is, you know, something you do in real life or why is that character just seamless? Why is it just easy for you to portray? | For me, I tap into his pain.

The disappointment from their team. They want to just populate the earth with that shit. | I'm being kind.

And just say no if an Arsenal fan should approach you. It's January. You still have time to save yourself. | I remember last time I surprised myself. I remember last night I surprised myself.

Did you do a whole motion with that? Okay. I thought you did. I thought you had the whole thing. | Thank you.

Thanks. Looks so good. | Thank you.

What do you bring to the table? | Love, Unequivocally.

Is it the kind of love that. | Tire gives her one day? I think the Anti Tayo Squad.

I think I'm the. I'm the class captain. | I swear.

I was very surprised to find out you're a rapper. | Yeah.

I was like, how did I not know this? Can you spit some bars for us? No, no. You're shy. | I am shy and I am, um, on leave. Retired.

Yeah. Leaves like retired. | Hm.

What pain? | I connect with his pain. Because everyone seems to forget that season one, his wife had a baby, but he.

Why did you name your EP worker who vexed you? | Nobody. Um. Impressive.

Very. | So this was 2011.

Yeah. | I'd moved to Lagos already and I couldn't afford to pay for studio sessions.

Okay. | And everyone kept on turning me down. And then there was this producer called Bigfoot. I had done a song with the Latest in Buckner. It was a feature and he produced it and he had heard me rap. So we're at this event or show rap, some rap thing at east center, uh, Coco Lounge.

Yeah. | And he sees me like, yo, fmn, um, we should do a tape. I'm um, like, okay. That's how everyone says.

Yeah. Everybody just promises things. | And then next day he speak on BBM and sends me five instruments.

Bbm, Rest in peace to BlackBerry, bro. | Bbm, Rest in peace man. So he sends me five instrumentals. I listen to them.

Yeah. | I'm m. Like, I don't really like them. Can I come to the studio? I will sit down and work something out. Craft this thing together. But yeah, because he sent five. Five stuck in my head. And I just kept on thinking what we name this thing. It's five. It's, it's, it's five. You will name it M. So I mean, but kudos to my manager at the time, Biomishiri. He kind of was like, you know, waka ep. Kind of.

Yeah, it works. I can see the artistic direction there. | And each song represented, uh, each finger represented a song. So.

Hm. | There was green lights, ready to go. Uh, number one.

This is version of. In primary five, someone broke my heart by his. We're on season four. | By his own Season four guys. By his own brother.

Okay. | Uh, that's me.

Mhm. Of course. Yeah. | F you for the middle finger. That's not you.

Uh, other babes. | There was ring, ring on your finger.

That's the person you proposed to? | Yeah. Ironically, not. That song was about that one. And there was gamble with your life, the fifth one.

So yeah, don't gamble with your life. Don't take a bite from a man that lives in Lagos. | That's the first thing, I swear. Facts.