Ola Dada is a Canadian stand-up comedian,Shawn Conner, "Vancouver comic Ola Dada’s accidental break into the stand-up world". Vancouver Sun, May 24, 2022. most noted as a finalist in the 2019 SiriusXM Top Comic competition.Audrey Carleton, "Adam Christie Wins SiriusXM Top Comic at JFL42". Exclaim!, September 27, 2019.
Born in Nigeria, Dada moved to Canada at the age of 10, and spent his teen years living in Fort McMurray, Alberta.Liam Britten, "With huge stage in sight, Vancouver comedian has come a long way from dissing friends for pizza". CBC News British Columbia, May 9, 2022. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to study accounting, and worked in banks before pursuing stand-up comedy in local Vancouver comedy clubs.
In 2020, he was featured in the CBC Gem stand-up comedy web series The New Wave of Standup.Tom Zillich, "‘That night was so much fun’: Surrey-raised comedian in ‘New Wave of Standup’ series". Surrey Now-Leader, July 8, 2020. In 2022 he was a competitor in the second season of Canada's Got Talent, making the semifinals, and released his debut comedy album Dada Plan.
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