In a recent interview on Billboard, Omah Lay said he is delighted with the “Afro-Depression” tag given to his music by fans.
According to the singer, this shows that listeners understand and connect with his music without him needing to explain it to them.
“I definitely love it. I love that I started a new movement and my music started something new that I didn’t have to come out and tell people that my music is ‘Afro- Depression’. My fans made it up and I didn’t have to explain…It’s great to witness that I can just make music and the world can decide what it’s and it becomes a movement,” Omah Lay says.
In the interview, Omah Lay believes his music has inspired a crop of Afrobeats artists who he claims have all taken from it.
“The artists coming from Afrobeats right now are taking a bit of the stuff that I started and everybody trying to copy something. It’s a new movement,” Omah Lay shared.
You can watch Omah Lay’s full interview with Billboard below.
