Omah Lay hails from Ikwerre in Rivers State. He attended Comprehensive High School in Rivers State before proceeding to the University of Port Harcourt. According to sources, omah lay comes from a musical family and his grandfather played instruments for the legendary highlife singer Celestine Ukwu before he died in 1976. The musician father also played drums.
Omah Lay started out as a rapper under the stage name, ‘Lil King’ as part of a rap group. He later moved on to songwriting and music producing which went largely uncredited. As a result of being uncredited, he released ”Do Not Disturb” in April 2019. He released ‘’Hello Brother’’ a month after and proceeded on a 7-month music break. Following the break, he released ‘’Bad Influence’’ which became the most streamed Nigerian song one Apple Music at the end of 2020. He got signed to a record label named KeyQaad in June 2019.
On February 14, 2020, he released ”You”, his first official single. He then released his 5-tracked debut EP, Get Layd on May 22, 2020. The EP peaked at number one on Nigerian Apple Music Charts
On July 3, 2020, he was the first artist highlighted for Apple’s Africa Rising Campaign to spotlight African talent.
He is currently signed to Dvpper Music record label.
He was nominated in 4 categories at the 2020 Headies Awards.
In December 2020, Omah Lay alongside Tems was arrested after performing in a show in Uganda. The Ugandan Police authority identified violation of COVID-19 lockdown protocols as the reason for their arrests. The artistes on the other hand felt they were set up.
