Folarin Falana, aka Falz Tha Bhad Guy both made
their country proud at the just held BET Awards.
While Wizkid went home with the award for the
Best International Act (Africa) at the BET awards,
on Sunday, Falz was named the Viewers’ Choice
Best International Act.
“I feel blessed and I am thankful to God for
making all of this happen,” said Wizkid, who joins
previous winners, Tuface and D’banj, on the league
of champions of the category. Thank God for my
EME fam, it’s a blessing to be part of an amazing
team. Everyone I’ve worked with, everyone who
has supported me in one way or the other, God
bless you,” said Wizkid who was joint winner with
Ghana’s Sarkodie.
Together, they beat fellow Nigerian, Ice Prince;
Camp Mulla (Kenya); Lira (South Africa); and Mokobe
(Mali) to emerge winners
Falz, earlier nominated for the Award, was named
the winner at the awards on Saturday.
The official Twitter account for BET made the
announcement official when it tweeted; “Falz has
continued to stand out in terms of his creativity
and ingenuity, and has carved a niche for himself
in the Nigerian industry. He is known for his
funny skits on social media, breaking out into a
fast rising entertainer in Nigeria and far beyond.”
The artiste began his career while in secondary
school after forming a group called “The School
Boys”. His professional career as a music artiste
kicked off in 2009 but he shot into limelight after
his song titled Marry Me featuring vocals from Poe
and Yemi Alade won him a nomination in the “Best
Collaboration of The Year” category at the 2015
Nigeria Entertainment Awards. He currently owns
an independent record label called Bahd Guys
Records.
Falz beat other talented up-and-coming artists
from around the world including Emtee (South
Africa), MHD (France), Tkay Maidza (Australia),
WSTRN (UK) and Section Boyz (UK) to emerge
winner.
Other winners at the night include Nigerian
American rapper Wale, actor Kevin Hart, and rapper
Nicki Minaj amongst others.
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