Folarin “Falz” Falana, popularly known as Falz the Bahdguy, is a Rap-Artiste, entertainer as well as the C.E.O of B.A.H.D Guys Entertainment Limited. He was born in October 27 1990 in Lagos Nigeria and attended St Leo‟ s Catholic Primary School Ikeja Lagos. He completed his secondary education at Olashore International School Iloko-Ijesa, Osun State after which he attended the University of Reading in the UK where he obtained a Law degree. Falz then returned to finish the Nigerian Law School programme and officially became a qualified Barrister in February 2012.
Taking up music as a hobby in his later secondary school days, Falz discovered his passion for the art and continued to nurture his talent even while he was studying Law at the University. He decided to pursue the art more seriously and in 2009, he strung together his much-acclaimed mix tape “Shakara: The Mixtape” which would prove to be a massive introduction of Falz to the public.
He later released hit songs like “Wazup Guy” (2011), “Cool Parry”(2012), “123”(2012) and subsequently “High Class” (2013),”Currency” (2013), which all led up to his debut album, „Wazup Guy: The Album‟ released in May 2014. The album had hits like “ToyinTomato” and “Marry Me” ft Yemi Alade & Poe. Falz continued to enjoy constant airplay and attracted a much wider audience. He has been recognized and touted as a great talent by various veterans in the musical industry. On the Wazup Guy album, he collaborated with other notable artists like Olamide, Dr Sid, ShowDemCamp etc. Falz‟ trademark rap style has been described as an infusion of witty lines, local dialects and comedic tones, thussetting him in a lane of his own.
Over the last year, Falz has become hugely popular because of his strong presence on major social media platforms especially Instagram and Youtube. His short funny skits which always go viral everytime they drop, feature his alter-ego whom he has named “Broda Taju‟ as well as others.
Falz definitely changed the game with his use of social media as he broke the internet with his #ElloBaeChallenge in February 2015. This definitely served as heavy promotion for his hit single „Ello Bae‟ which came shortly after. It is safe to say Falz is now a strong social media influencer.
Karishika ft. Phyno & Chigul was the 2 nd official single released by Falz in 2015 and quickly became one of the most popular rap songs of the year.
Falz released “Celebrity Girlfriend‟ which featured Mavin Records Artiste Reekado Banks and officially put out his second studio album on November 16, 2015.
He stated that the album is titled “Stories That Touch”. Speaking at a press conference on the theme of the album, Falz highlighted topics like life, relationships and the everyday hustle, further stating that the album contains different stories that he believes everybody who listens would be able to relate to, hence the title ‘Stories That Touch‘. In his words, ‘The project tells stories that I think everyone can visualize. There are songs there for every individual.
He emphasized that he wants to showcase the depth in his music so that people can look beyond ‘Falz the funny guy’. The album had his successful hit singles ‘Karishika’ ft Phyno & Chigul, Celebrity Girlfriend ft Reekado Banks as well as other notable collaborations. “Bahd, Baddo, Baddest” (2016) produced by Sess was one of the top hits that year, it revealed Falz in a different style. In the year 2017 till present day Falz released songs like “Wehdone Sir”, „Baby boy”, “Jeje” and “Something Light” which has thrilled audiences allover the world. He released another album titled “27” on his birthday i:e 27th of October 2017.
In June 2022, Falz released his fifth studio album titled ‘BAHD’ comprising of 12 tracks which include ‘Another Me’, ‘All Night’, ‘Beautiful Sunflower feat Tiwa Savage, ‘Parampe’, ‘Knee down feat Chike, ‘Pull up’, ‘Gentleman’, ‘Woman feat The Cavemen, ‘Tender Love’, ‘Inside feat Boyspyce & Timaya, ‘RogerMilla feat LAX, ‘Icecream feat BNXN.
Falz has won numerous awards with the most notable including the best male actor in a comedy at the AMVCA 2016 awards and also the best new international act at the just concluded BET awards 2016.