{"id":4744,"date":"2022-09-14T09:59:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=4744"},"modified":"2022-09-14T09:59:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:59:24","slug":"education-profile-of-basketmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-basketmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Profile of Basketmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bright Okpocha<\/strong> better known by his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stage_name\">stage name<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Basketmouth<\/strong>,\u00a0born 14 September 1978 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagos_State\">Lagos State<\/a>, but hails from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abia_(state)\">Abia State<\/a>, Nigeria. 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