Falz announced the release of the video on his Twitter timeline.
Rapper, Falz has jumped on Donald Glover's 'This is America', and calls his 'This is Nigeria'.
The music video which was released on Friday, May 25, 2018 sees Falz in an underground parking garage rapping about societal ills.
Other similarities to Donald Glover's video include him rapping shirtless and having kids dance behind him with violence in the background. The girls behind him represent the Chibok/Dapchi girls.
🇳🇬 THIS IS NIGERIA. 🇳🇬 Happy Democracy Day in advance! 🇳🇬 Shouts to Childish Gambino for the inspo. :: Director @Prodigeezy— #27 (@falzthebahdguy) May 25, 2018
Producer @Sirwandethomas :: https://t.co/xlGO7BAsql https://t.co/xlGO7BAsql
The song/video comes a few days before Democracy Day on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Throughout his career Falz has been vocal about the problems facing Nigeria.
Falz @falzthebahdguy covers all the issues we face in Nigeria today in #ThisIsNigeria video. I'm not surprised at the tone. #LikeFathetLikeSon— Eyitemi Egbejule (@eeyitemi) May 25, 2018
Electricity issues,
Political hysteria,
Yahoo yahoo,
SARS brutality,
Herds men Killings,
Codine abuse,
Pastors abusing members,
Bombing
Beyond music, he has made statements denouncing the glorification of Internet fraud in Nigerian music.
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His third studio album, titled 27 is filled with conscious and thought provoking lyrics.
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