What is Falz Net Worth in 2023

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What is Falz net worth?
In this article you will find out about Falz biography, career, awards and how he makes his money.

Falz is an award winning Nigerian rapper, songwriter and actor who began his career while he was in secondary school. He formed a group called The School Boys with his friend before his professional career as a music artist began in 2009.

Falz biography

Falz whose real name Folarin Falana was born on the 27th of October, 1990 in the local government area of Mushin, Lagos State, to lawyers and human right activists Funmi and Femi Falana.

Falz completed his basic and secondary school education at St. Leo’s Catholic Primary School, Ikeja and Olashore International School, Osun State respectively. He is an alumnus of the University of Reading England, he graduated with an LLB honors degree in Law. He was called to the Nigerian bar in 2012 after graduating from the Nigeria Law School in Abuja. You can check our articles on the best universities to study law in Nigeria.

Before we go into Falz net worth, let us quickly talk about Falz career.

Falz career and awards

Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz started music as a hobby while he was in secondary school. He formed a music group with a friend called “The School Boys”.

In 2009, Falz released a compilation of some of his recordings as a mixtape titled Shakara: The Mixtape. In 2011, Falz released a single titled “Wahz Up Guy”, then released “High Class” and “Currency”, which gained him grounds in the Nigerian music industry.

Falz describes his style of music as “Wahzup music.” Which is the fusion of comic lyrics with contemporary hip-hop in a faux Yoruba accent.

In 2015, Falz was nominated in the “Best Collaboration of The Year” category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards for his chart-topping single “Marry Me”. It won him a nomination in the “Best Collaboration of The Year” category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. He was also nominated in the “Best Rap Act of The Year” and “Best New Act to Watch” categories.

On the 31st of January, 2015, he released a single titled “Ello Bae”, which made a nominee in the “Best Street Hop Artiste of The Year” category at 2015 The Headies award.

On the 3rd of November, 2015, he announced the release of his second studio album, titled Stories That Touch, which was released on the 17th of November.

In 2016, Falz won “Best Actor in a Comedy Movie/Series” at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for his role as Segun in Funke Akindele’s TV series Jenifa’s Diary.

In June 2016, Falz was voted the winner of the “Viewer’s Choice Best New International Act” category at the 2016 BET Awards. On October 27, 2016, Falz collaborated with Simi to release Chemistry, a seven-track EP solely produced by Sess. Falz had previously worked with Simi on the singles “Jamb Question” and “Soldier.”

In October 2020, Falz called on Runtown and other Nigerian celebrities to join the #EndSARS protests in Lagos, South West Nigeria, calling on the government to end police brutality. The singer is vocal about issues bordering on social justice across the country. Paying tribute to the victims of police brutality, he released a music video for “Johnny”, the first single off his last album, Moral Instruction.

He wrote in a post introducing the song, “We will never forget the heroes that have been unlawfully slain. This is for them. For every single Nigerian life snatched away unlawfully, we must make sure we get justice.” “Almost two years since I released the audio. Even more disturbing to think that as time passed, the message became more relevant.”

In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, in 2020, Falz said President Buhari’s promise to reform the Nigerian police was infuriating and frustrating as he claimed Buhari has been making same promise since 2017.

Now let us go into falz net worth and how he makes his money.