'I contemplated suicide several times during depression' - Omah Lay discloses

Nigerian singer, Stanley Omah Didia, aka Omah Lay, has stated that he was suicidal during his depression.

He made this known in an interview with H Steph, where he opened up on his battle with depression and how he shared the experience through his music.

According to Omah Lay, he went through depression to be able to help those who are currently depressed.

He stated, “I was at the verge of…I was suicidal, mahn. Trust me, I was really f*cked up.

“But I think I have to be there to actually help the people who are there right now to get out of that place. I mean it will take a real person like me to go there and then make music out of it and talk about it so openly how I’m a mess, how I think and how I’m f*cked up and everything.

“I’m not sure you will find afrobeats artists who do that right now. Everybody is out there saying afrobeats are not so deep, ‘afrobeats are just vibes and sh*t’. Nah. That’s why everybody is just doing hype. The real music is dying.”