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.
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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