Born Joseph Oluwatomisin Opaleke on March 2, 1997 in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria; Tosin Opaleke – Young MC was raised by both parents, Moses and Deborah Opaleke and his first ambition was to be a gospel musician, he used to have great passion for music; Don Moen and Ron Kenoly were his role models for many years. Tosin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
EVENT HOST & STAND-UP COMEDY
After attending Unilorin Preparatory and Primary School, Tosin proceeded to Unilorin Secondary School, and as a JSS1 student in 2007, He began pursuing a career in event hosting and stand-up comedy after hosting a children’s day service at the International Convention Centre of his Church, Rhema Chapel International Churches, Headquarters, Ilorin [ICC] at the age of 10.
He was chosen to anchor the annual children’s day service after an audition wherein he emerged best & youngest; and he anchored the service consistently for ”’7years [2007-2013]”’. He was into event anchoring like birthdays, concerts and wedding receptions only for the first 3 years of his career, not until May 2010 when he told his first joke at the ICC, a recycled work of popular comedian Basketmouth and it was received warmly.
It didn’t take much time for Young MC to develop a unique comedic style of telling jokes in simple and straight English as he wasn’t comfortable speaking pidgin English. After an early period of attempting to imitate comedians like Basketmouth, Klint D Drunk, he found his own rhythm by delving into his insecurities and life experiences. “Because of what I do, it has to be an open book,” he has said. “But right now this is a book that is being written.”
Between 2013 and 2020, Young MC staged 10 shows, went on 2 local and 1 international comedy tour, and recorded 2 comedy specials.
2023 –
Tosin Opaleke has been hosting events in the United States of America and performing standup comedy across comedy clubs within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex like the Dallas Comedy Club, and Hyenas Comedy Club, and is a regular at the Backdoor Comedy Club. Furthermore, Tosin started a monthly African Comedy Club in Dallas, Texas in March 2024. By January 2025, the comedy club started running every Thursday night in Downtown Dallas.
On Friday, May 31, 2024, Tosin Opaleke staged his first show in the United States of America at the Bishop Arts Theatre in Dallas Texas, wherein he filmed his 4th comedy special titled AGREE TO DISAGREE.
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RADIO & TV
In July 2013, after graduating from the Unilorin Secondary School, Tosin decided to take a year off school for personal and career development. He worked with Karikatalk as a prodigy and holiday worker for about 9 months at Unilorin 89.3FM where he was placed on the Monday night shift, and he assisted on the Overnight Lounge. He has also worked under one of Nigeria’s top OAPs as a prodigy for a while in 2015, Yaw of Wazobia 95.1FM in Lagos. In 2016, Tosin worked as an Ingest Operator and Associate Producer at Wazobia TV and worked on 40 episodes of Gudu Morning Naija Show and 56 episodes of Talk Talk TV Show.
Young MC independently started an online radio station in 2014 on the Spreaker platform for 4 years before.
FILMOGRAPHY
| PROJECT | ROLE | PRODUCER | COUNTRY | YEAR |
| Aduke The Movie | Extra | Juju Film Studios | Nigeria 2015 | |
| Midnight Murder | Officer Peter | Juju Film Studios | Nigeria | 2016 |
| Lies Love Tell | Rev. Donald | Samuel Adeoye Films | Nigeria | 2017 |
| Morphe | Extra | Juju Film Studios | Nigeria | 2018 |
| Rebel Shift | Tobi | Hassan Tha Kreator | Nigeria | 2020 |
| Unveiled | Femi | Takeout Media | Nigeria | 2020 |
| The Delivery Guy | Extra | Splufik World | USA | 2024 |
| Pidgin Street | Jagga | Splufik World | USA | 2025 |
| Shattered Faith | Ethan | Amzadol Production | USA | 2025 |
| Path To Yesterday | Roti | Tolu Ogunrinde Studios | USA | 2025 |
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