‘Why I fear for Afrobeats,’ Omah Lay speaks on music evolution

Nigerian singer Omah Stanley Didia, popularly known as Omah Lay has expressed his concerns over the growth of afrobeats, claiming that it is tilting towards the wrong direction.

While speaking during an interview, the 28-year-old explained that he feels musicians focus more on commercial success than creativity.

”The thing that I fear for Afrobeats, Nigerian music, is drifting towards a place where n+ggas are not putting in so much effort in the art anymore, and that is also hurting my culture. People are just really playing with music these days and not digging into the sound, trying to improve the craft and the whole creativity around it. It’s just like quick money. Now the audience are used to a level of music, and that is what the new generation is growing into. So they are even doing worse,” he stated.

Omah Lay also acknowledged the global success of Afrobeats, stating that he is grateful for the recognition African music is now getting.

”I also don’t want to pin that on the globalization of Afrobeats. That could be one of the reasons. But in general, it’s a good thing Africa to the world, Afrobeats to the world is happening. People are getting to know us from our music,” he said.