Nigerian superstar Falz just turned 30 and to celebrate his momentuous birthday in this politically-charged period, the lawyer-turned-rapper is praying for Nigeria.
According to him, he prays for a better tomorrow for the country and also prays that Nigeria can become a place where he can truly call home.
Falz shared a birthday picture and wrote, “Mixed feelings. It has been a week since we lost our brave soldiers at the toll gate. I have also now officially been on this earth for 30 years.
“I pray for a much better tomorrow… For a Nigeria that I can truly be proud to call home 🙏🏽”
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Falz has been an active member of the #EndSARS protests since they started earlier this month. The rapper, who makes socially conscious music, also wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari; requesting a reconstitution of the governing council of the National Human Rights Commission.
In an interview with CNN’s Christina Amanpour a few days ago, Falz revealed that he was not afraid to die because of his activism; because the structures he protests against are a threat to his life either way.
Falz said:
“I’m not afraid for my safety, I’m not afraid for my life because where we are right now, I feel like I could easily die by anything else anyway. We have none existent healthcare for example, we have a seriously high level of poverty, there’s unemployment.”
“We’re in a critical state because of how much corruption and just mismanagement of funds that we continue to see on a daily basis,” Falz continued. “So if I don’t come out to sort of complain about the state of things, I could sit down and you know I could have an accident on my way to work or something. What kind of life am I living any way?”