Kenny Blaq

Otolorin Kehinde Peter, performing as Kenny Blaq, chi Nigerian stand-up comedian kpamani singer.  I chi'ya ẹfu 2nd edition ẹyi Unlock Naija Independence celebration kpamani Africa Magic Owambe Finale

Early life
kenny Blaq chi both primary kpamani secondary education ẹfu Ejigbo Lagos, i kpo tane alu ki wi  SS3 onwu i lo t'ugbo kuma chi tutorial, ọmọ le i ki WASSCE exam nwu alu ki abo nwu manẹkẹ rọkọ ochu nwu ni.

I chi ukọche ẹyi compere kpamani presenter efu the FRCN training school ki di Lagos anu bi ki ni a stint kpamani SMA FM, a college community-based radio station.

 Career 
Blaq chane comedy career nwu ẹfu ọdọ 2008, kpamani i nwọ chiya ẹfu top comedy events within kpamani outside Nigeria like I laff with Mc Abbey, Gbenga Adeyinka (Laffmattaz), Ali Baba's (January 1st concert) & Fina - Ali , Mc Amana's (DiSpeakable Me), Cool FM Praise JAM, DAREY's Love Like A Movie, AY LIVE, BasketMouth's (Lord of the Ribs), Africa Laughs (Uganda), SEKA Live (Rwanda) ECOFEST (Sierra Leone) and BENIN GLO LAFFTA FEST (Nigeria)

His self titled comedy concert The Oxymoron Of Kennyblaq won Best Comedy Show at the 2017 and 2018 Naija 102.3 FM Comedy Awards for the first two years during its three-year run.

Blaq's first internationally headlined event was staged at the Indigo O2 ọjọ 30 September 2018, titled "Kenny Blaq 'State of Mind, in partnership with SMADE a UK based international show promoter, further solidified his name as one Nigeria's finest comedy export. This aided Kenny Blaq's appearance at "Indaba X; The Laughing Leopard Comedy event", as the events headliner, ki chi ẹfu Royal Festival Hall.

Blaq ku ma mọ ẹfu 2018 ki chi eneka ẹfu ami 100 most influential youths ki di Africa, ubi ki win The Future Awards Africa prize for comedy  ẹfu ọdọ 2017, kpamani, ẹfu  2020, received the Ooni Youth Royal Award. Ẹfu ọdọ 2020, Blaq and crew kicked off a nationwide tour, with their first call ki di east ẹfu Federal University of Technology Owerri ẹfu Imo state, kpamani ẹchọnama ti ẹju ọwọ west ti Ile-Ife yi ẹfu the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, the tour was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ẹfu OAU Innovations, a media company ki di Obafemi Awolowo University, ka ki na Blaq held a sold-out concert held at Amphitheatre, ki amone over 5,000 wa. The tour continued ẹfu December wi Abuja, ugbo ki kpoji its year run. Blaq made a 12-city tour of the United Kingdom in 2021, after the lockdown, with another promoter Akinlolu Jenkins.

Ọjọ November 17, 2021, a comedy special shot by Blaq ẹfu Lagos  debuted oji popular video streaming platform Netflix, making him the first home based comedian out of West Africa to get his production fully licensed by the platform .

Awards
 Year  Awards  Categories 2015  Naija FM Comedy Awards   Upcoming Comedian of the Year  2016  MEAMA Awards  Best Comedy Act, Nigeria  Naija FM Comedy Awards  Best Comedian of The Year  2017 The Future Awards Africa  Comedy Naija FM Comedy Awards  Best Comedy Show
Comedian of The Year  2018 Naija FM Comedy Awards Comedian of the Year Best Comedy Show Most Fashionable Comedian2019Naija FM Comedy AwardsMost Fashionable ComedianMAYA AwardsComedian of The Year (Stand Up)2021Humor AwardsBest Music Comedian

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Gbúgbe:Living people
Gbúgbe:1994 births
Gbúgbe:Nigerian male comedians
Gbúgbe:Nigerian television personalities
Gbúgbe:People from Lagos
Gbúgbe:Nigerian twins
Gbúgbe:Fraternal twins
Gbúgbe:African comedians