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24 October 2016

Living the Meme: What happened to the One Pound Fish man?

Four years after he shot to fame, the singer behind “One Pound Fish” exclusively reveals what happened next.

By Amelia Tait

“We can talk tomorrow,” reads the message. “And it would be exclusive because I am going to share first time something only with you.”

As far as emails go, this is a good one – not simply because of its content but because it was sent by Muhammad Shahid Nazir Ahmad, a man you probably know better as the singer behind “One Pound Fish”. “Come on ladies, come on ladies,” went the song that shot the then-market trader to fame in April 2012, “Have a, have a look, one pound fish. Very, very good, one pound fish.”

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