ONE ON ONE WITH A COMICAL
MUSICIAN...Falz the Bahd Guy
He’s christened Folarin Falana but popularly known and
called ‘Falz The Bahd Guy’ by friends and fans in the entertainment circle. The
Ekiti indigene trained lawyer was born and bred in Lagos; the centre of
excellence, schooled in Osun State before he travelled out of the shores of Nigeria
to pursue a Law degree in the UK.
The comical artiste speaks exclusively to ACADA on his
style of music, name, choice of lady, sense of homour and his latest single
‘Karashika’ amongst other interesting issues.
As a graduate of Law and a
qualified Barrister, what inspired you to drop law for music?
It’s a matter of passion when you have passion for
something, it’s not that maybe I don’t like legal profession, law is wonderful
prestigious profession, I am also somebody that if I follow that line, I will
still be successful. Why? It’s because there is brain upstairs a lot up there.
But something of passion I love so much to do is that I really enjoy myself
anytime I’m writing or recording music and performing on the stage. You know
something that gives you maximum satisfaction. There is no way you will not
follow your heart and that is why am here today.
Which institutions did you
attend and where?
You see in terms of my educational background generally
speaking people often doubt my qualification but I will have you know that I
have a lot of certificates but the most recent of all is my certificate of 'Call to Bar', I am a
practicing Barrister called to Nigeria Bar after attending Law School in Abuja.
Before which I went to the University of Reading in the UK, secondary school I
went to Olashore International School, Osun State, am a mixed of different
environment generally speaking at least very well traveled.
How and why did you come up
with the name 'Falz The Bahd Guy'?
The name 'Falz The Bahd
Guy' generally speaking is just a title that they give me when you say somebody
is bad guy you know that there is something about him that is so strong;
something about his character that is so strong. That is why they have to call
him the Bad Guy but! My own Bad guy actually have an acronym because I spell it
BAHD "Brilliant and Highly Distinct" So that’s the kind of
Guy that I am exactly.
If you aren’t doing music
or practicing law, what else would you rather find yourself doing?
Well, apart from music and law if there’s something I want
to do professionally... I would like to be a professional Footballer; I so much
like sport and football in particular. I believe so much in my skills as well,
I think I’m capable of playing professionally, the problem is that super eagles
suppose to sign me but they missed their chance, they missed their opportunity
but it’s so unfortunate for them... what can I say? Lol...
You seem to have quite a
large number of viewers on YouTube and other platforms because of your comical
and humorous videos/skits, what inspires the idea and concept behind these
videos?
The skits are just
something of comedy nature, I can not necessarily call myself a comedian but I
like to say I’m comical, comical because all these things I do of is like funny
stuffs but generally speaking initially I didn’t even want to do something like
interaction with my followers with my fans and before I know it, it’s out of
hand. You know everything just go out of hand.
But what really inspire me
are just things that happening in life around me. Generally speaking there are a
lot of local people in my surrounding, so all I do is just tap into the
anointing and then just try to express myself and you know that’s what the end
result is always.
Is Falz in a relationship?
Well in terms of relationship matter, I want to keep that
one aside for now because relationship can be distraction, when somebody loves
a woman so much he abandons his work and those things I don’t want that to be
my story. So matter of relationship is to one side, I am still single and I don’t
have anybody.
So should we #tag you (SSS)
single and seriously searching or (SRM) Single Ready to Mingle?
No it’s not like single and
just ok where it is, I am not necessarily searching and not searching doesn’t
necessarily mean that he’s not ready to mingle. We can still mingle and catch
fun together and who knows somebody may just capture my heart. So I may be over
here saying I’m not searching, I’m not searching and somebody may be out there
just planning for me and by the time they capture me like this I will become
love struck what can I do when it happens?
You did a song with Yemi
Alade "Marry Me" do you have any intension of getting married soon?
Marriage! Marriage is a matter
of serious stuff one cannot just jump into it like that, so when people ask me
about marriage plans and stuffs like that, I just tell them God's time is the
best time. At this moment I don’t want to jump into it and say that maybe
tomorrow no but sometimes in the future, but I believe that whenever God says
it will be it will be.
How do you like your
girls/girls, Tall or Short, Dark or Light skinned, Big or small?
To be completely honest in
terms of stature not necessarily, particular of a stature but somebody who is
very intelligent, somebody with a wonderful sense of humor these are the things
I really look out for in a woman. But in terms of preference generally I think
I like the light skinned girls but this doesn’t necessarily means that there is
no hope for dark skinned girls and it doesn't mean that you should go and
bleach.
Tell us more about your
latest song 'Karishika'.
'Karashika is a name that
we build from old Nollywood movie, if you remember it was such a scary movie
and it really torment me in my childhood back then I was so afraid that anytime
I watched it, I won’t be able to go anywhere alone back then. So I remember it
to be so scary, so we picked it and we made that 'Karashika' to be the
figurative expression for anybody in this life that may have appearance of
witchcraft or anything or just anybody that may be trying to bring you down
that is the meaning of that 'Karashika'.
If you had to date a
Nigerian celebrity, who would it be and why?
Wow! Wow!! Wow! Maybe
Chidinma or Yemi Alade; Please don’t forget these are beautiful ladies and I
will like to date them.
What do you like about
Chidinma?
She's very pretty, she’s petit, there’s cuteness and sweetness
about her and that what's attractive about her, although we have not yet necessarily
flow to that level for me to know what’s inside her am only speaking from the
outside that’s it.
What about Yemi Alade?
Yemi Alade is also
beautiful if you look at her physic, I swear one cannot deny that; in fact that’s
a wonderful lady but you know also it’s not maybe that we know each other to
that extent that I can also say that ok, these are what will make me want to
date her, I’ m only speaking based on the looks.
What’s the weirdest thing
you've ever done?
Well one time I ate antelope
meat, it’s a bit strange to me; it’s not normal but it actually taste very
nice, very nice we mixed it with palm wine and it got down so nicely. If you
are out there and you’ve never tasted antelope meat with palm wine, I think you
should try it today, trust me you will like it.
How many people have you
done music with in the entertainment industry?
I’ve
worked with a lot of people on my first album, a lot of
people might not know that though, but I put out my debut album last year 2014.
On that album, I worked with the likes of Olamide, Zion, Show Dem Camp,
Oyinkansola, Phyno... a whole bunch of guys. So much people on that album and
very recently on my latest 'Karashika' I featured Phyno and Chigal. I have worked
with a lot of other people but unreleased materials I don’t want to announce,
until then. So please wait for other collaborations coming soon.
Describe your style of
music in one word?
My style of music in one
word is distinct; because
everything inside my music, sets me apart from everybody else, now if you listen
to my records you will not understand the angle I am coming from because it’s
something that you will be like who is this guy, what really happened to him
and why is he doing like this? But that is my own style that is the approach. A
lot of my lyrical content is laced with humour; such as funny orikis and stuffs,
but if you listen more deeply listen beyond that humor there’s always a strong
message in every record but some people will not listen beyond the humor why?
All because they are catching
fun, laughing at all the lyrical content and stuffs but if you still listen
beyond that you are always going to pick something and that is what I stand
for. I have my own genre of music too and its call ‘Wotzupmusic’.
What is the most treasured
gift life has given to you?
The opportunity to chase my
dreams; I think there’s nothing that surpasses that for someone to have that
satisfaction of being able to achieve what they’ve always dreamt to be, and that
is the most treasured gift that life has given to me.
Can you list top 5 best
female artistes in Nigeria according to Falz?
On number 1, I have Yemi Alade,
followed by Tiwa Savage, then Seyi Shay, I will pick Chidinma and on number 5
will be Cynthia Morgan.
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