Nigerian singer Omah Lay has accused a colleague of stealing the idea he had shared for his upcoming album.
He revealed that he had shared the concept with the unnamed artist in hopes of collaborating, only for the artist to release an album with the same idea.
Omah Lay expressed his disappointment during an interview on the Zach Sang Show, explaining that he was forced to re-record his album as a result of the betrayal.
“My song ‘Holy Ghost’ is a new sound. I was going to make the whole album with the new sound but along the line, I changed my mind,” he said.
“I shared an idea with a certain artist and the artist went ahead and put out an album with my idea and I had to re-record my album.
“He came to me and I accepted for us to collaborate. Of course, it’s an artist that I love. And I told him where I’m headed with the sound. Five months later, he put out an album with exactly all the same sound that I shared with him.
“I had to go back and remake my album which is actually going to be the greatest album of all time in Afrobeats history.”
