“The best of the last 20 years,” Omah Lay proclaims himself the king of Afrobeats.
To be direct, the Nigerian singer Omah Lay claims to dominate his generation artistically, recognizing only one rival at his level: Burna Boy.
The Afrobeats singer Omah Lay made his mark with a declaration as ambitious as it is blunt. Invited to the Nando Leaks podcast, the performer of ‘Soso’ self-proclaimed the best Nigerian artist of the last two decades, claiming to dominate his generation artistically. According to him, only Burna Boy can measure up in the Afrobeats universe. The artist acknowledges he is not the most comfortable visually or on stage, but claims superiority in the craft of making music.
“I am the best in this field, I don’t want to brag too much, I am the best in the entire Afrobeats category. I’m not the most visually gifted, perhaps because of my personality, I don’t know. But as far as the art of composing music, I am the best of these last 20 years,” he said. Before adding: «The only person I sometimes compare myself to is Burna Boy. Burna is talented. Aside from Burna, there is only me, and even with him, there is only me. It makes me uncomfortable when I’m placed with all these other artists in the same categories. No, stop, I am the best.»
