Renowned actress and content creator, Patience Yisa, popularly known as Pepe, has revealed that creating skits played a crucial role in advancing her career.
Through her skits, Pepe has grown a significant online presence, garnering over 1.4 million followers on Facebook, nearly one million on both TikTok and Instagram, and approaching 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
She stated this in a recent interview.
She said: “Nothing really has been happening apart from me trying to diversify. I started as an actress and fell in love with skit making. Who doesn’t want to shoot skit for less than 30 minutes and make money from it? As you know, skit making makes faster money than movies. Apart from the passion, you would also like to make money. Nobody wants to follow passion and be broke at the end of the day.
“When I saw an opportunity in skit making, I decided to take it up. I am back into the industry. As a matter of fact, I have shot two movies back to back. One which is ‘Lost Blood’ is currently enjoying rave reviews on Youtube. From now on expect to see more from me. I only took a break to do skit making.
“To be honest it is one of the most lucrative ventures to do as an entertainer. Skit making saved and changed my life. Almost everybody does skits now; Mercy Johnson, Destiny Etiko, Don Jazzy, etc. As you are making money from artist fees, you are also making money from your social media platforms.
“The platform is big for everybody. Gone are the days when before you make it in Nollywood you have to go through executive producers, producers and all that. The industry has grown so big and with the invention of these new platforms, nobody wants to depend on anyone to promote them anymore. Youtube at the end of the day is our retirement plan.”
