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Folarin Falana (; born 27 October 1990), better known by his stage name Falz, is a Nigerian rapper, songwriter, and actor. He began his career in secondary school after forming a group called The School Boys with a friend, before launching his professional music career in 2009. Falz gained wider recognition after releasing the song "Marry Me" featuring vocals from Poe and Yemi Alade.
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- Von Menschen und edlen Steinen
- Die Idar-Obersteiner Schmuckstein-Idustrie
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Lagos
- Active from
- 1990
Discography
- Karishika2015
- Stories That Touch2015
- Chemistry2016
- This Is Nigeria2018
- Girls2019
- Moral Instruction2019
- Bop Daddy2020
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Folarin Falana (born October 27, 1990), better known by his stage name Falz, is a Nigerian rapper, songwriter, lawyer and actor who began his career while in secondary school after forming a group called "The School Boys" with his friend before his professional career as a music artist began in 2009. Falz became more well known after his song "Marry Me" featuring vocals from Poe and Yemi Alade. He currently owns an independent record label called Bahd Guys Records. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Falz
- Musical artist.image
- Falz.png
- Musical artist.image_size
- 230px
- Musical artist.alt
- Falz wearing a red hat and a pair of round lens glasses
- Musical artist.caption
- Falz on NdaniTV
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Folarin Falana
- Musical artist.alias
- Falz the Bahd Guy
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Lagos State, Nigeria
- Musical artist.origin
- Lagos
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocals
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2009–present
- Musical artist.label
- Bahd Guys Records
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Lagos
- Father
- Femi Falana
- Mother
- Funmi Falana
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Reading
- Languages spoken
- Yoruba
- Native language
- Yoruba
- Religion
- Christianity
- Academic degree
- Bachelor of Laws
- Field of work
- acting
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- sweetboysassociation.com
- Image
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- date of birth
- 1990-10-27
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- pseudonym
- Falz the bahd guy
- birth name
- Folarin Falana
- name in native language
- Folarin Falana
- academic major
- jurisprudence
- social media followers
- 2919685
- ethnic group
- Yoruba people
- Commons category
- Falz (musician)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- 2009–2013: Beginnings and ''Shakara: The Mixtape''
- 2014–2016: ''Wazzup Guy'', ''Stories That Touch'' and ''Chemistry'' EP
- 2017 – present: ''27'' and acting career
- Artistry
- EndSARS protest
- Activism
- Discography
- Filmography
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Folarin Falana (; born 27 October 1990), better known by his stage name Falz, is a Nigerian rapper, songwriter, and actor. He began his career in secondary school after forming a group called The School Boys with a friend, before launching his professional music career in 2009. Falz gained wider recognition after releasing the song "Marry Me" featuring vocals from Poe and Yemi Alade.
He currently owns an independent record label called Bahd Guys Records. He released his debut album Wazup Guy in 2014. His second album Stories That Touch was released in 2015. He released 27 in 2017, and his fourth studio album Moral Instruction in 2019.
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