Sean Diddy Combs has hailed Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana over his new
single, ‘This is Nigeria’, a cover of Childish Gambino’s ‘This is
America’.
Mirroring the concept used by the American musician/filmmaker born
Donald Glover, Falz, who’s also a multi-faceted entertainer, used his
song to address a number of societal issues in Nigeria.
The video which was released late on Friday was received with widespread
acclaim, and criticism from some quarters, largely due to the topical
issues highlighted in it.
Reacting to the video which has since gone viral, Diddy, owner of Revolt
TV and Bad Boy Records, posted a short clip on his Instagram page.
While acknowledging the Nigerian rapper/comic-actor, he wrote: “#Nigeria LETS GO!”
‘This is Nigeria’ was produced by Wande Thomas and the video was directed by Prodigeezy.
On the song, Falz raps about the menace of Fulani herdsmen, codeine
epidemic among Nigerian youth, the much-panned special anti-robbery
squad (SARS), internet fraud also known as ‘yahoo yahoo’, the Chibok and
Dapchi schoolgirls abduction.
Watch full video below: