OMAH LAY

Omah Stanley Didia (born 19 May 1997), Professionally known as Omah Lay, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.[1][2] Omah Lay came into limelight and gained international recognition with his singles "Bad Influence", "Do Not Disturb", "Godly,” Understand," "Attention," and "Soso". He has won numerous awards in cluding Headies in 2020 and 2023. Omah Lay released his debut studio album Boy Alone in 2022, followed by a deluxe in 2023.[3] The album received critical acclaim.[4][5] He is the CEO of his new music company called Boy Alone. It was reviewed by his manager in an interview with Okay Africa. Omah Lay began his career in a rap group where he went by the stage name " Lil Street King." At 16, he moved on to songwriting and producing for several artists. He went solo in 2019 with the release of "Do Not Disturb" and "Hello Brother".[1] The same year, he signed to the record label named KeyQaad[6][9] and began working on Get Layd, his debut EP. In an interview with OkayAfrica, Omah Lay stated, "I started working on it August [of 2019]. At some point I had to go off social media, stay away from a lot of things and keep my head straight to get the project right."[10] In 2020, Omah Lay released the singles "Bad Influence" and "You," two songs from the Get Layd EP.[11] "Bad Influence" became the most streamed Nigerian song on Apple Music at the end of 2020.[12] His Get Layd EP peaked at number one on the Nigerian Apple Music charts.[6] All five songs from the EP reached the top 15 of the Apple Music charts for Nigeria, with "You" peaking at number one.[13] The same year he also appeared on the song "Infinity" on the Olamide's album Carpe Diem, which topped the Apple Music charts in Nigeria.[14] On 3 July 2020, Omah Lay was the first artist highlighted for Apple's Africa Rising Campaign to spotlight African talent.[2][15] On December 2020, he was included in BBC Radio 1Xtra's annual "Hot for 2021" list.[16] He was the first African artist featured on Audiomack's #Up Now program for emerging artists;[17] was included in Montreux Jazz Festival's "20 artists to watch in 2021";[18] and was named BET's Amplified International Artist of the Month for November 2020.[19] He was nominated in four categories at the 2020 Headies Awards, winning the Next Rated award.[20] On 20 November 2020, Omah Lay released his second five-track EP, What Have We Done. All five tracks reached the top 12 of the Apple Music charts for Nigeria, with "Godly" reaching number one.[21] On 14 December 2020, Omah Lay was arrested alongside[22] Tems after they performed in a show in Uganda. The Ugandan Police authority identified violation of COVID-19 lockdown protocols as the reason for their arrests. The artists felt they were set up.[23][24] Two days later, the Ugandan government released the two, apologised for the arrests and cleared them of wrongdoing.[25] On 25 June 2021, Lay was featured alongside fellow Nigerian singer Alpha P on Nigerian producer Masterkraft's official remix of Canadian singer Justin Bieber's single, "Peaches". On 8 July 2021, Lay released a new single, "Understand". CLICK HERE TO STREAM HIS LATEST ALBUM