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Nigerian rapper Tobechukwu Melvin Ejiofor, popularly known as Illbliss, has expressed deep concern over the state of the nation, describing the current period as “a very dangerous part” of Nigeria’s history.
Speaking on a recent episode of the Real Shareholders podcast, the rapper voiced his frustration with rising insecurity, economic challenges, corruption, and the government’s use of propaganda to control public narratives.
Illbliss revealed that his politically conscious track, Country, released in 2020, was pulled from the airwaves due to its criticism of the government.
“I had this record in 2020 called ‘Country.’ It was taken off the radio. Before ‘Country,’ I released other conscious songs like, ‘A Different Kind Of War’ and ‘National Cake.’ But OAPs are always saying that they cannot play such songs because they could get fined,” he said.
The rapper also accused the government of deploying digital tactics to counter dissent online.
“Every now and then, you put out a record and you see like a 100 or more tweets come at you like, ‘Why are you always trying to make a mockery of the country? The country is not as bad as it is.’ And you just know that it is an artificial pushback, perhaps, a digital response to whatever,” he said.
According to him, government propaganda has extended far beyond traditional media.
“Propagandists can have a podcast just to say the government is doing great. And you will see people from our generation sit proudly with their faces showing and say, ‘But this government has created jobs. You can tell.’”
He stressed that Nigeria is in a critical moment where the government now mirrors the energy of its critics.
“That is where we are. We are in a very dangerous part of our history where the government is matching our energy. We thought we had social media but so much happens on the same social media space and you begin to wonder the government had begun to fund theories of distraction or is this government a lot more advanced now? I mean, look around us,” Illbliss added.
Watch him speak below…
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