By Habeeb Olokooba
Stanley Omah, popularly known as Omah Lay is one of the biggest superstars of Afro-beats in the present day. The ‘Damn’ crooner has been hailed to entertain his fans with his depressed state.
It’s not wrong to say that Omah had been going through a sad moment for a while now. This is evident through the kind of content he has been dropping lately. Study shows that over 70% of the songs in his “Boy Alone” album have sad genres.
Away from this, another situation that corroborated the fact that the global star is indeed depressed was a situation that happened in 2022. Sometimes in 2022 Omah tweeted, about his sad days and the ordeal he was going through. He however made mention of people forgetting him. He also made mention of “Even the one who I termed my biggest motivation.”
Although whom Omah was referring to in the above phrase remains a mystery till the present day. However rumors have it that the person Omah Lay termed his biggest motivation is Wizkid. But since the rumors were unconfirmed, the person is still unknown.
Truth be told, since the beginning of his sad days, Omah Ley had been entertaining his fans world wide with songs that melts the heart. So touching that users named his sound “Afro Sadness.” To this extent someone tweeted; “Omah e be like say you no go comot for this depression oo, so you can be giving us good music like ‘Soso’ and ‘Reason’,”
And because of how good his sound had become, music lovers are of the opinion that Afro sadness might stand a future in Afro-beats.
But is depression the price Omah had to pay for good music?