Popular Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, professionally known as Falz, has said that he was not pressured to become a lawyer.
Falz stated this in his latest interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo.
He, however, explained that he was inspired by the people his father, Femi Falana, fought for when he was growing up.
Falz said he simply wanted to emulate the good deeds of his father.
He said, “I won’t say it was pressure but when I was super young, I was already getting that reaction everywhere I went if I ever mentioned my name, people would be like, ‘Which Falana? Is it Femi Falana? Oh wow.
“Everyone sort of had a story about how my dad came to their aid at some point in time and how he fought for them and was there for them. So at that point in time, I wasn’t pressured. I aspired to emulate what my father was doing.”
He said his father’s work left a lasting impression on him, and he decided to study law, even though he only went on to practice for a short time.
“I did practice law for a very short period of almost two years. I started going out of practice in 2014 when things started to pick up for me,” he said.