With nearly three million YouTube views in less than a week and an avalanche of reactions on social media, rapper Falz’s This is Nigeria has touched a nerve about the nation’s problems. That version has been viewed more than 220 million times on YouTube in the last month. In Nigeria, it’s rare to see a music video open with anything other than scantily clad women sprawled over a luxury car or free-flowing champagne. “The terrible state of Nigeria has become so normalised.”Falz has won high praise in Nigeria and abroad for the track. In the United States, hip-hop star P. Diddy shared the video on his Instagram account, celebrating “artists changing the game!!

Source: Punch June 01, 2018 14:03 UTC