Nigerian rapper Falz has broken his silence on the defamation lawsuit he filed against social media personality VeryDarkMan (VDM).
The case arose after VDM alleged that Falz and his father, prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), assisted popular crossdresser Bobrisky in dismissing money laundering charges. Eyes Of Lagos reports,
In a recent episode of the Afrobeats Podcast, Nigerian rapper Falz opened up about his conversation with social media personality Verydarkman (VDM), following the latter’s viral video containing defamatory claims. Falz explained that, despite his attempts to address the issue amicably, VDM was defensive from the start.
“He was instantly defensive. I’m like, ‘Bro, try to listen—what are you fighting about?’ And he responded without hesitation, ‘Shebi you’re a lawyer; go to court,’” Falz recounted.
Falz went on to share that while he had the option to pursue criminal defamation charges, he chose not to escalate the matter to that extent. “I’ll have you know there’s a criminal angle to defamation, and I chose not to go that route. He could have very well been arrested. What you posted is completely false, and I asked him to take it down and apologize within a specific time frame. And what did he do? Nothing.”
The rapper expressed his deep frustration, not only with the false allegations but also with the disrespect aimed at his father, Femi Falana, a respected lawyer and advocate for human rights and justice.
“I no dey find trouble Baba, I dey my dey. You set your ring light and begin dey talk all this nonsense about me, and you expect me to sit down? He trampled on everything my father stood for, sticking out his neck for the oppressed. So this level of disrespect? See our people say that any child who says his mother would not sleep, he himself would not sleep,” Falz said passionately.
“If you say you want to find trouble, trouble is my work. If you say that’s what you’re looking for, let’s go,” he added.
