Long before “Last Last” blew up, Ogogo dropped the “breakfast” line in a Yoruba movie. Here’s how one quote became a national heartbreak anthem.
Everybody knows the “breakfast” line by now. You hear it, you laugh, and somehow it still stings a little, because heartbreak really does come for everybody eventually. But before Burna Boy turned it into one of the biggest Afrobeats records of the decade, that line already belonged to someone else: veteran actor Taiwo Hassan, better known as Ogogo.
Yeah, the same Ogogo Nigerians are mourning right now.
In one of his old Yoruba films, Ogogo’s character sat someone down and dropped this gem: “All of us will eat breakfast. It is the time all of us will eat it that differs.” Simple words, but the message hit deep, nobody escapes heartbreak, it’s just a matter of when your turn comes.
That line didn’t stay in the movie. It escaped into everyday conversation. Nigerians started calling heartbreak “breakfast,” and the phrase spread the way good slang always does, through jokes, memes, and people just trying to make sense of getting their hearts broken.
Then in 2022, Burna Boy picked it up and ran with it. “Last Last” opens with “E don cast, last last, na everybody go chop breakfast,” and just like that, an old movie quote became a global anthem. Millions of people who never watched the film were suddenly singing Ogogo’s words without even knowing where they came from.
That’s the wild part about culture, isn’t it? A quiet line from a Nollywood set can travel further than the movie itself ever did.
Now that Ogogo is gone, that connection means a lot more. He died on Sunday, August 23, at 66, after battling stage-four cancer, his family had only recently opened up about his health and asked for support. For over 40 years, the Ilaro-born actor was a fixture of Yoruba cinema, known for that booming voice and screen presence nobody could ignore. The Actors Guild of Nigeria called him a giant of the industry and a mentor to younger actors coming up.
His burial in Ilaro, Ogun State, drew heavyweights like Jide Kosoko, Yinka Quadri, Femi Adebayo, and Mr Latin, proof of just how respected he was.
