Skit maker and actor Kamo State has opened up about his early aspirations and how financial difficulty stopped him from being a lawyer.
Instead, he turned to performing arts, a decision that allowed him to channel his creativity into content creation.
Kamo State began producing content as early as 2012, but his breakthrough came in 2019 and 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, when his skits gained widespread attention.
In an interview with Tobi Makinde, he said:
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“I really love your content for one year. Me, I’ve been doing content since 2012, yes. Man, 2012, I was seven in 2012. I’ve been creating content since 2012, but I can say my major breakout happened in 2019. You guys 2020 during lockdown. Yeah, absolutely. So, basically, I wanted to be a lawyer. Yes. Yes.
“Guys, did you hear that? Guys, did you hear that? Yes, yes, but… Let me know, let me see. Kamo States wanted to be a lawyer. Is that the headline? Thank you, you know the vibe. So, tell us about that. Actually, I was raised by a single mom, you know. Raising me with my siblings and my big sister.
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“My siblings, generally, is so high for my mom. I got into, I got admission at the same time as my sister. It was a very difficult thing for my mom. The single mother, like, send us to school and all of that. So, I had to wait for my sister to go first. Wow, wow. And I rewrote, I wrote Jambe Day, second year.
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They gave me a lot. My mom called me and said, Kama, then it was like that. Thank you. Are you sure you want to do this? Who’s going to sponsor you? How do you want to do it? Wow. But I mean, I had to, like, rethink that.
“Okay, what if I pass the money, I’m not going to do it, okay?Do you get it? So, I had to, like… Actually, I studied performing arts. Okay. Do you get it? What school? Wait, you’re about to know what I mean. Ah, oh, shit. Yes, now”.
