Isbae U is a Nigerian comedian, skit maker and interviewer, host of the YouTube series Curiosity Made Me Ask. His real name is Adebayo Ridwan Abidemi (also written Ridwan Abidemi Adebayo). Online he is also called Bae U and Bae U Barbie. There is no major English Wikipedia page; the public record is Instagram, YouTube and Nigerian entertainment press.
As of 25 September 2026 the live story is scale. His sit-down with former president Olusegun Obasanjo is circulating in the millions of views. In the same week he told interviewers his dream next guest is Donald Trump. That is the jump: campus-comedy cadence to a chair across from heads of state.
Profiles: Instagram @isbae_u (about 2 million followers), YouTube Isbae U.
Who Is Isbae U?
A Lagos-rooted content creator who started in short-form comedy and built a second career by asking famous people simple, slightly rude, very Nigerian questions on camera. The format is not Hard Talk. It is curiosity as a weapon: How much do you have in your account? Do you know this TikTok person? Would you date this actress? Guests laugh, dodge, or walk into a clip that outlives the episode.
The show name is the method. Curiosity Made Me Ask is the product.
Age, Real Name and Background
- Name: Adebayo Ridwan Abidemi
- Stage names: Isbae U, Bae U, Bae U Barbie
- Nationality: Nigerian
- State often listed: Lagos
- Birthday: 5 April (year not officially locked on his main pages)
Lifestyle bios in 2022 put him at 31, which would make him about 35 in 2026. Treat the year of birth as commonly inferred, not a passport scan. He presents as a Yoruba comic with a Lagos street-and-studio mix. Early clips and bios also mention music; comedy and interviews overtook that lane.
Education and family details are thinly documented in reliable outlets. He does not run a formal “official biography” the way a novelist or footballer does. What is public is the work.
Career
Skits first
He broke as a skit maker in the Instagram generation that also produced Taaooma, Broda Shaggi and the rest of the short-video boom. The persona was loud, flirty, quick to the punchline. That archive still sits under the interview brand. Older controversy — including allegations around how some women were cast in skits — is part of the early internet trail and has never been the centre of his 2026 press. It is mentioned here because searchers still find it.
Curiosity Made Me Ask
The interview series is why he is a search term now. Guests have included:
- Former president Olusegun Obasanjo (September 2026) — the clip that pushed him into “biggest Nigerian YouTuber this week” talk; Obasanjo was asked whether he recognised internet celebrities
- Nollywood elders Pete Edochie and Jide Kosoko
- Actress Wumi Toriola
- Footballer Victor Boniface, after on-air friction
- A rotating list of actors, creators and public figures who treat the show as both promotion and risk
The edit is clip-first. A two-minute Instagram cut drives a 40-minute YouTube watch. Management listed on his Instagram points to Yoola.
September 2026
Two facts own the week:
- The Obasanjo episode is the proof-of-power booking.
- On other shows, including a sit-down with Morayo Afolabi-Brown, he said he would love to interview Donald Trump next. That quote is now its own headline. It has not happened. It is an ambition on the record as of 24–25 September 2026.
He also stays in tabloid weather: an August 2026 clip in which he told Banky W he had a crush on Adesua Etomi is the kind of aside his format is built to produce.
Personal Life
Older bios named a partner, Kemz Mama. He does not currently headline a confirmed marriage or a public family operation. Treat relationship status as private unless he posts it.
Instagram bio line: “You Need A Great Sense Of Humor To Be Here.”
Net Worth
2022 listicles guessed $30,000–$150,000. Those numbers are stale. A creator with two million Instagram followers and multi-million-view political interviews is in a different revenue band — YouTube ads, brand deals, live bookings — but there is no audited figure. Do not treat any single naira or dollar headline as fact.
FAQs
What is Isbae U’s real name?
Adebayo Ridwan Abidemi.
What is his show called?
Curiosity Made Me Ask.
Is there a Wikipedia page?
No major English article. Hausa Wikipedia has a stub. Most “Isbae U Wikipedia” results are blogs.
Did he interview Obasanjo?
Yes. The episode dropped around 20 September 2026 and went widely viral.
Is he interviewing Trump?
He said he wants to. There is no confirmed booking.
Is he a comedian or a journalist?
Comedian first. The interviews work because he is not a news anchor.
Conclusion
Isbae U is the Nigerian interviewer who turned skit timing into a chair that presidents will sit in. The name is a joke. The subscriber graph is not. Obasanjo already happened. Trump is the sentence he is selling this week. Between those two names is the whole current biography: a comic who asked one more question than the room expected, then asked it again on YouTube.
