Omah Lay, is a Nigerian Singer, Songwriter, and record Producer

Omah Lay, is a Nigerian Singer, Songwriter, and record Producer

Stanley Omah Didia well known as Omah Lay, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He gained recognition in early 2020 after his single, "Bad Influence", went viral on social media in Nigeria.

Omah Lay is from Ikwerre in Rivers State. He attended Comprehensive High School in Rivers State before proceeding to the University of Port Harcourt. Omah Lay comes from a musical family and his grandfather played instruments for the singer Celestine Ukwu.

He is also known for being featured alongside Alpha P on the official Masterkraft's remix of Justin Bieber's 2021 single, "Peaches", as well as another collaboration with the latter on "Attention" in 2022. Omah Lay won the Next Rated award at the 2020 Headies Awards.

 

Omah Lay Music Career started out in a rap group under the stage name Lil King. He later moved on to songwriting and music producing he released "Do Not Disturb" and "Hello Brother" was released a month after He signed to a record label named KeyQaad in June 2019, and took a seven month break.

 During the break, he worked on his debut EP, Get Layd. He told OkayAfrica, "I started working on it August. 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, he said in an interview. 

 The first song I'd recorded on Get Layd was 'Bad Influence.' I'd done that way before the songs we had to put on the project." Following the break, he released "Bad Influence," which became the most streamed Nigerian song on Apple Music at the end of 2020.

Omah Lay released "You," his first official single. He then released his five-track debut EP, Get Layd on 22 May 2020. The EP peaked at number one on the Nigerian Apple Music Charts.

 All five songs from the EP reached the top 15 of the Apple Music charts for Nigeria, with "You" peaking at number one, Omah Lay appeared on Olamide's album Carpe Diem, on the track "Infinity", which topped the Apple Music charts for Nigeria.

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.

 Omah Lay as the first artist highlighted for Apple's Africa Rising Campaign to spotlight African talent. In December 2020, he was included in BBC Radio 1Xtra's annual "Hot for 2021" list.

He was also the first African artist featured on Audiomack Up Now program for emerging artists; included in Montreux Jazz Festival's "20 artists to watch in 2021".

 BET's Amplified International Artist of the Month for November 2020. He is currently signed to Dvpper Music Distribution in Nigeria, with Sire Records for international distribution. He was nominated in four categories at the 2020 Headies Awards, winning the Next Rated award.

Lay was featured alongside fellow Nigerian singer Alpha P on Nigerian producer Masterkraft's official remix of Canadian singer Justin Bieber's single, "Peaches".

 Lay released a new single, "Understand". On 3 March 2022, he released a collaboration with Justin Bieber, "Attention", which serves as the second collaboration between the two artists.

Well, Omah Lay was arrested alongside Tems after they performed in a show in Uganda. The Ugandan Police authority identified lockdown protocols as the reason for their arrests. The artists on the other hand felt they were set up. Two days later, the Ugandan government released the two, apologized for the arrests and cleared them of wrongdoing.

Omah Lay has expressed his support for the EndSARS campaign in Nigeria. He told Harper's Bazaar, "People need to know these protests are purely about the people, with no political undertone whatsoever. Police harass, extort us just for being young and trendy, with no consequences. This has gone on long enough, and we are saying enough is enough and demanding government action."