His story already carries the kind of weight that can either flatten you or sharpen you. He lost his mum while he was still very young. He left home, then walked an 85 mile journey to reach his grandmother in Abuja. Those early blows shaped the drive you hear in him now, a forward leaning hunger backed by hard work and a refusal to quit. The music feels like the next step for someone who has spent years teaching himself how to keep moving.
“Tell Them” is his first time capturing his sound in a professional studio. Yet it lands with the confidence of an artist who already knows what he wants to say. In 2 minutes and 17 seconds, he compresses belief, ambition, and resilience into a tight burst that stays with you after it ends. It plays like a mission statement, concise, direct, and built for repeat listens.
At its core, the track is about self belief winning out over doubt. Omaye leans on a simple philosophy, do the work, show up with your best, and trust that your moment will meet you. There’s a calm steadiness in the way he delivers that idea. He doesn’t sound frantic for validation. He sounds certain, like someone who understands that timing matters and that progress can be quiet before it becomes obvious.
The production matches that energy. It’s clean and deliberate, rooted in Afrobeats but lifted by gurgling Amapiano synths that ripple underneath. The instrumental feels lively without getting busy, giving the song a gentle bounce while leaving room for its emotional center. Instead of grabbing for spectacle, it keeps its focus and lets the groove do the persuasion.
Over that bed of sound, Omaye’s vocals come through crisp and polished. The confidence reads as earned, not performed. His tone carries youth and wisdom in the same breath, along with ambition tempered by patience. He articulates each line with clarity, and his phrasing has purpose. Nothing feels rushed, and nothing lingers longer than it needs to.
What makes “Tell Them” stick is the honesty underneath the catchiness. It’s undeniably infectious, but the hook isn’t doing the heavy lifting alone. Omaye isn’t pleading for you to believe in him, he’s letting you in on what he already believes about himself. That posture matters. It turns the song into something listeners can borrow, especially anyone who knows the grind of betting on yourself before the world decides you’re worth paying attention to.
In that sense, “Tell Them” feels like a defining early entry in Omaye’s fast growing catalogue. He shows an instinct for storytelling, restraint, and vision, which are hard to fake, especially on a first proper release. By blending Afrobeats, Amapiano, and Hip-Hop influences, he comes across as a cross genre artist with room to leave a real mark on modern African music.
Now streaming on Apple Music, the single lands less as a lucky break and more as a clear signal. Omaye sounds aligned with where he’s headed, and the question shifts from whether he will rise to how soon it happens.
The message is simple. The belief is unshakable. The time is coming.
Omaye is a young, exceptionally gifted Nigerian artist and his name is worth remembering. As he closes out his freshman year in 2025, he’s preparing to push harder with his debut EP, “17EEN,” scheduled for January 10th, 2026, and set for release across all major streaming platforms.
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