Falz has been in the news a lot since the release of his ‘This is Nigeria’ video and the rapper admits that he could not have anticipated the reactions that have trailed the viral 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 by shooting the messenger while ignoring the message.
”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 bThe release of the video has been met with mixed reactions, while some Nigerians celebrated his courage and described the visuals as a mirror of happenings in our society, with American rap mogul, Diddy joining in the act, others criticised it for reasons varying from poor execution to tribal stereotyping.
The video was the number one trending video on YouTube the weekend it was released, and currently has over 3.9million views and counting.
ut I didn’t know how largely it will be received”. he says.
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