Biography
Nigerian music sensation Stanley Omah Didia, better known by his stage name –Omah Lay is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He gained widespread recognition in early 2020 after his self-produced single, “Bad Influence”, went viral on social media.
Lay 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, beat, and kill 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.”
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.
Early Life
Lay started out in a rap group under the stage name “Lil King.” He later moved on to songwriting and music producing, which went largely uncredited, and as a result of that, he released “Do Not Disturb” in April 2019. “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 [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. 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.
Family
Omah Lay is from Ikwerre Local Government Area in Rivers State.
Omah Lay’s grandfather was a percussionist who played for Celestine Ukwu, an Igbo highlife musician during the 60s. Then, he was best known for his hit songs “Ije Enu,” “Igede,” and “Money Palava”. Omah Lay’s grandfather played percussion for Celestine Ukwu until his death in 1977.
Age
Born 19 May 1997
Education
Omah Lay attended Comprehensive High School in Rivers State before proceeding to the University of Port Harcourt.
Children
Omah Lay doesn’t have children
Girlfriend
In September 2021, Omah Lay broke up with girlfriend Gloria Eberechi hours after unveiling her on Instagram.
She was accused of cheating on Omah Lay with the man sighted in the videos that went viral, a situation that apparently made the singer unfollowed her on Instagram. Since that event, he is yet to unveil any girlfriend.
Source of wealth
Producer
Song writer
Performer
Singer
Net Worth
Omah Lay is also described as one of the richest young musicians in Nigeria, with an estimated net worth of $500,000.
Awards
Lay won the Next Rated award at the 2020 Headies Awards.
Omah Didia currently has a few songs to his name, including;
- Hello Brother – 2019
- Do Not Disturb – 2019
- Bad Influence – Get Layd- 2020
- You – Get Layd- 2020
- Damn – Get Layd- 2020
- Ye ye ye – Get Layd- 2020
- Lo Lo – Get Layd- 2020
- Alternate Cuts – 2020
- Tonight – 2020
Controversy:
In July 2022, following backlash for unsatisfactory performance at the Afronation concert in Portugal, Nigerian artiste, Omah Lay, has offered a disgruntled fan VIP access to his ongoing tour.
A TikTok user, @akuvimusic, who claimed to have attended the concert on Saturday said certain artistes from West Africa, “especially Omah Lay and partly Rema”, were “not singing”
According to her, the audience could not hear Rema and Omah Lay’s voices during their performances.
“Why are you not singing? We came to see you live. You are a vocalist. Your main instrument is your voice,” she said in the video.
She added, “We came to Portugal to hear that voice live because we love what your voice sounds like on recording. Now we want to hear you live.”
Reacting to the video, Omah Lay tendered his apologies to disappointed fans and blamed the hitch on the show’s sound system.
He also offered the attendee VIP access to his ongoing Boy Alone World Tour to make up for the bad performance.
“Apologies to you and all the fans that feel this way. I would’ve loved to give you better but I had to do this entire show without hearing myself cuz I wasn’t provided with sound on my IEM,” he tweeted on Sunday.
“I’ve been on the road almost every other night since March and it’s been fire. But challenges pop up and we choose to either do the best we can or not perform at all.
“Apologies once again. I’m still on tour and if you happen to be in any of the cities I’m coming to, I’d like to make it up to you with VIP access. Hmu! (Hit me up).”
On 14 December 2020, Lay was arrested alongside 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.
Two days later, the Ugandan government released the two, apologized for the arrests and cleared them of wrongdoing.
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