“I wasn’t pressured to become a lawyer” – Falz

• Nigerian rapper Falz has revealed his journey to music, challenging the notion that he was forced to follow his father’s legal career path.

• Falz, in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, shared his upbringing’s inspiration from his father, Femi Falana SAN, who positively impacted people’s lives.

• Falz aspired to follow his father’s law career, but only briefly practiced law at the Ministry of Justice and his father’s firm.

Nigerian rapper Falz has shared insights into his path to becoming a musician, clarifying that he did not feel compelled to follow his father’s career as a lawyer.

In a discussion with Chude Jideonwo on the ‘With Chude’ podcast, Falz expressed that his father’s positive influence, Femi Falana SAN, significantly inspired him during his upbringing.

He noted that while he admired his father’s contributions to society, which led him to study law, his legal career was brief. He worked at the Ministry of Justice during his youth service and subsequently at his father’s law firm.

Ultimately, he decided to leave the legal profession to dedicate himself entirely to music.

He said:

“I won’t say it was pressure but when I was super young, it was like, ‘These people have to be something’ because I was already getting that reaction everywhere I went. And 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. At that time it was me taking everything in, like, ‘this is something’. So at that point in time, I wasn’t pressured; I aspired to emulate what he was doing.

“I did practice law for a short period of time. Very short, almost two years. I worked at the Ministry of Justice during my youth service, which was like 2012 or so, then in 2013 I was at my father’s firm and 2014 was when things started to pick up for me so I started going out of practice”.

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