Nigerian musician, Stanley Omah Didia who is known as Omah Lay has taken to social media to drop an inspiring message to his fans.
The award-winning musician shared this inspiring message on his verified social media handle on the popular social media platform, Twitter.
In the post, he acknowledged the fact that he came from the slums and became an important person adding that if he has been able to get to where he is irrespective of where he came from, then everyone can do it too.
The post that he made reads;
“Dawg!! I came all the way from the slums and became a millionaire.
you can do it too!!”
Meanwhile, Omah Lay appeared as a guest on popular music journalist, Joey Akan’s Afrobeats Intelligence podcast where he narrated difficulties in growing up due to the early loss of his father, Mr Didia.
According to the ‘Woman’ hit-maker, his father died when he was 12 and he had to support his family by illegally refining crude oil in the creeks. In his worn words; “I’m the first child and my dad died– Boy Alone himself, when I was around 12. So the weight of the family was on me when I was 13/14, I went to Marine Base and did anything I could do to take care of my family. I dey do kpo fire”.
He also detailed how through the hardship, he still had passion form music and had gone from his crude oil business in day time to participating in rap battles at night. Omah Lay also revealed he learned music production via a Dr Roy, Mercy Chinwo producer. Listen to the full podcast HERE.
Source: www.ghgossip.com
