YAKUBU: FALZ SAID, "I DON'T FEAR DEATH; I'D RATHER GO DOWN FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE"
Falz stressed that life in Nigeria is meaningless in a recent interview with Arise TV when he said he was not afraid of dying.
The multi-talented entertainer made an appearance on the show "Music as a Socio-political Weapon" shortly after releasing "Yakubu," a song he co-wrote with Vector and named for INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
In the song, the rappers criticized INEC, its chairman, and other political parties for allegedly engaging in electoral fraud during the just ended general elections.
Falz asserts that he would rather die fighting for justice than keep mute and perish as a result of the nation's broken system.
The rapper explained that he was not abroad because he was afraid of conflict with state actors over the contentious song. He joined the program from the United Kingdom via Skype.
He said, "I knew that was going to come up when you announced that I was doing this from London. Like I said earlier on, this is not the first time, this is not the second time, this is not the third time.
"I have released tons of records that are very confrontational. And I was on ground. I'm always on ground when I released these records.
"It is not to say that I'm running anywhere. Absolutely not. Everyone know where to find me. If anyone wants to find me. But I have no reason to fear anything. And I always say this when people ask me 'how do you do these things without any fear of consequences?'
"And this is the same answer that I always give: the kind of life we are living already is one which we are more or less fading away already. It's not a meaningful life what we have in Nigeria as a country.
"It is not to say that I'm running anywhere. Absolutely not. Everyone know where to find me. If anyone wants to find me. But I have no reason to fear anything. And I always say this when people ask me 'how do you do these things without any fear of consequences?'
"What's the worst that could happen? It's death. I don't fear death. I would rather go down fighting for a just cause. I would rather be remembered as someone that lived a life that was meaningful rather than someone that for example was walking down the road and got run over by a danfo [bus] because he was driving recklessly.
"Or, someone that got a heart disease and could not save himself because there are no hospitals capable of saving him in Nigeria," Falz added.
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