Popular Nigerian singer, Falz, recently released his
much-anticipated album, ‘Moral Instruction,’ which is a body of work
that sheds light on the social ills in the country. Amongst the guests
present during his album listening party were his parents, Femi and
Funmi Falana.
Saturday Punch reveals that during the event, his mother used the
opportunity to express her concern about the fact that her son hardly
goes to church. While holding the microphone to speak about his new
album, she said, “Folarin, you don’t go to church and I am bothered. I hope you would start going to church this year.”
In a chat with Saturday Beats, the singer said his mother was right
because he hardly went to church; however, he gave his reasons.
“I have nothing against the church or going to church; everyone
has the right to practise the religion they desire but personally, as a
Christian, it has been a while that I have been to church. It does not
make me less of a Christian.
“The most important thing is spirituality and your personal
connection with God. The reason I haven’t attended a church service in a
long while is because I went to a few churches and during sermons, I
was put under undue pressure. There was a time that a pastor called me
to the altar just to acknowledge my presence for being in church.
“In my mind, I felt that the service was not about me. I felt
that everybody was there to worship God, yet they were putting undue
pressure on me. The pastor gave me the microphone to address the
congregation and I was puzzled; what did he expect me to say to the
congregation? These are some of the issues. I just want to go to church
and worship God like a regular member of the congregation. I do not want
that kind of attention. I was hoping that I would go to church on a
Sunday and it would not be like any other day I’m at a public place or
doing a show,” the singer said.
The rap artiste, whose signature was his full beard, shocked his
fans when he shaved it off. Speaking on why he shaved off his trademark,
the rap artiste turned actor said, “I did not shave my beard
because of the album; it was just a coincidence. I was filming a project
in relation to the album and I had to look a lot younger and that is
why I shaved off my beard.
“I have been getting mixed reactions since I shaved my beard;
some people tell me, ‘please, go and find our beard back’. I did not
know that we owned the beard together. Other people told me that they
love the new look and I am still a ‘sweet boy’ with or without the
beard.”
He further commented on his new project, Moral Instruction, while
saying he did not mock the Muslim Rights Concern in his new album.
“I did not mock MURIC in the song – Talk am – I just said that
‘Broda Muri shout finish, we no see am for court’. Whoever the shoe fits
should wear it. What I said was, ‘Broda Muri’, I did not mention
anybody’s name; I could have been talking about anybody.
“It took me a while to make this socially conscious album. I
have been working on this project since 2017. We had the idea to produce
the album, which was to talk about the social vices in the country, but
we were waiting for the right mood and time to release it. This year,
everything just worked perfectly for us and I think it is very necessary
we do this now,” Falz said.
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