About two years ago, the mention
of the name Bobrisky would have been met with nothing more than a
blank stare, as he was still just Idris Okuneye, a regular kid from the
block.
Fast forward to 2017 and this
25-year-old University of Lagos graduate that can still barely
compose a complete and correct sentence is the king of social media, a
status he achieved with almost no help at all.
become one of the most talked-about characters on social media and everyone
just loves to hate him. Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone West
Africa, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, said Bobrisky was most searched individual
from October 26 to November 2016.
celebrity and entrepreneur became popular with the use of Snapchat, a
social media application, when he is not twerking on Snapchat; he is marketing
his skin-bleaching cream or talking about his faceless ‘bae’.
of viewers, a feat very few celebrities in the country can boast of, Instagram
posts that have anything to do with his name get loads of views and comments,
same as Twitter and every other social media platform.
African male Barbie makes without receiving a load of hate comments.
who claims he is prettier than 70% of Nigerian women is undaunted and always at
war with each and every one of them.
having a tough time keeping off people who detest his way of life from his
social media page. As most times, unfiltered pictures of him keep flooding the
internet, although he always insists that those unfiltered pictures of him are
edited by “haterrs”
pictures of Nigerian male Barbie and self acclaimed “queen of Snapchat”,
Bobrisky went viral, she made the decision to go premium on the app. He
announced that he will start charging his followers N10,000 monthly to view his
snaps from August 15, 2017.
Bobrisky says he’s charging that
amount because he has a few people in his employ that he has to pay.
According to him, “Guys be ready my snapchat is going on premium account by
august 15th. I’m the queen of snapchat in Nigeria 670,000 views. If you wanna
enjoy my snap 24hrs u need to pay 10k monthly.
“I wanna upgrade my snap, I will show you guys
life nakedness of Bobrisky in the bathroom .daily makeup,videos , dancing etc
be prepared,have tried a year mow have been giving you all free show. Thanks
” you guys know that my snapchat
is the best.Always lit no dulling . Always entertai ing you all. Maybe if i go
on premium there will be less hatrr on . Y snap.
“The only reason why i am
charging auch money is because i am employing some people to work for me so you
guys can always see my fill out fit whenever i go out . See people meet etc”
expert who claimed that he makes $800 dollars daily from sales of his cream is
not joking as he has started charging his fans money to view his premium
snapchat page.
University of Lagos as part of the activities lined up to celebrate his 25th
birthday on Tuesday, August 22 2017 went premium. He took to his old page to
share screenshots of people crediting his account this morning with cash for
access into his private snapchat page.
have in 8 hours made payment to his new premium account and he careless if he
has only 1k view out of his usual 650k views.
acclaimed king of Snapchat, Bobrisky has deleted his old account.
not only decided to make money from his snap app but also signed his first
endorsement deal as a hair ambassador.
Nollywood, as he was photographed on set of a yoruba movie alongside Toyin
Afolayan aka Lola Idije and Tayo Sobola.
Bobrisky is a name we will be seeing for a very long to come so we might as
well get used to it. It does not matter whether you love or hate him. He
will continue to live his life the way he wants to regardless of the
circumstances. He managed to monetise his infamy, which is why he will prosper
even if the majority of people hate his guts.
skills and hope that he continues to do his thing to entertain the masses.
