Popular singer cum actor, Folarin
Falana, popularly known as Falz has stated that even though he knew his ‘This
is Nigeria’ video would generate controversy, he didn’t anticipate the extent
of the current reactions.
We had earlier reported
that MURIC, in a statement signed by its executive director, Ishaq Akintola on
Tuesday, issued Falz a seven-day ultimatum to take down his ‘This is Nigeria’
video.
In an interview with BBC, Falz
opened up on the inspiration behind the viral video, “This is Nigeria’ and how
he feels his critics have missed the point of the video.
The rapper said, ”The video has
been very well received. Even initially when I was releasing it, I didn’t sort
of anticipate the magnitude of reaction… I thought there will be some form of
reaction and conversation but I didn’t know how largely it will be received.
”It was important, first of all,
I was inspired by the original, This is America by Childish Gambino, I thought
it was a very artistic and creative way to tell the American story and I
thought it will be amazing to tell the Nigerian story in a similar fashion.
“It was very important to stir up
a heightened level of political and social consciousness out here.
”Majority of what I have been
facing, in terms of backlash is just a matter of people that are trying to
shoot the messenger so that they miss the message, but at the end of the day,
the message is really clear and everyone knows that the message is the truth.”
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