An uprising Nigerian star, Mr Folarin Falana, popularly
known as Falz, is being celebrated by his former school, Olashore International
School for winning the 2016 Best New International Act at BET Awards under the
Viewers’ Choice category, reports ITRealms.
The award presented at the weekend ahead of the main event
which holds at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, the United States of
America.
ITRealms gathered that Falz was nominated earlier in the
month of June, amongst peers in South-Africa, France, Australia, and United
Kingdom (UK), even as the Nigerian Comic Rapper and fast rising entertainer
slugged it out with other talented up and coming artists around the world to
emerge the best.
Falz was nominated at award shows winning Best Actor in a
Comedy Movie cum Series at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards for his
role as ‘Segun’ in Funke Akindele’s TV series ‘Jenifa’s Diary’. The 2016 BETS
Award was hosted by Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross. The BET Awards
recognizes artists, entertainers, and athletes across 20 categories.
The nominations are selected by BET’s Voting Academy, which
is comprised of fans and an esteemed group of entertainment professionals in
the fields of television, film, music, social media, digital marketing, sports
journalism, public relations, and the creative arts.
ITRealms also gathered that while at Olashore International
School, Falz started out with a music group by friends and released a
compilation mixtape titled ‘Shakara’ in 2009. By 2011, he released another
album titled ‘Waz Up Guy’, ‘High Class’ and ‘Currency’ which gained him grounds
in the Nigerian Music Industry. Later in 2015, Falz released ‘Stories that touch’.
Recently, Falz also won the award of the ‘Most Influential
Personality’ at the Friends of Olashore Event organized by the Alumni of the
school and concerned personalities.
He got this award based on the fact that he had shown
exemplary strides in his profession and in life generality, and has been able
to shape how people act or how things occur in their sphere of influence and
beyond.
Receiving the award on his behalf, recently by his father, a legal luminary and
Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN) spoke, “We are glad our son has carved
a niche for himself on the sands of time through passion. We actually sent him
to school to study Law but he went ahead to marry his passion with his course
having been nurtured to his full potential by the Olashore International School
which he attended then. He chose to go into music and today he is doing well
for himself. I’m proud of him. I also appreciate Friends Of Olashore for giving
him this award.”
Uj. N. Dominic/GEE
Pix: Falz
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