Olaitan Ibrahim
Afrobeat singer Omah Lay has opened up about a disheartening experience with a fellow musician.
In an interview, Omah Lay revealed that he shared an idea with a popular artist he admires, hoping to collaborate on a project.
However, the artist ended up using Omah Lay’s concept to create an entire album, forcing him to remake his own album.
Omah Lay described the incident as a setback but expressed determination to create something even better.
Although Omah Lay didn’t disclose the name of the artist, he expressed his disappointment and frustration at having his idea stolen.
“Holy Ghost is a new movement, I was going to make the whole album with the new sound, but along the line, I changed my mind, and I decided to. I shared an idea with a certain artist, and the artist went ahead and put up an album with my idea, and I had to go back and record my album.
“I had an idea to do something with sound, and he came to me and asked me and it is an artist that I love. So, I decided to collaborate and show him where I was heading with Afrobeat and five months later, he put up an album with the same sound that I shared with him. So, I had to go back and remake my album, which would be the greatest album of all time probably in history,” he said.