Fast-rising Nigerian singer is set for Kenya in early August. The award-winning singer has released a cinematic music video for his new single “Understand” ahead of the visit.

Stylish and vibrant scenes in the music video include a nighttime boat ride and a jet-setting star ready to take flight again.

“I enter rain ‘coz I give you umbrella / I thought we in this together,” he sings in disbelief.

The singer was recently featured on the Masterkraft remix of Justin Bieber’s chart-topping “Peaches,” with Alpha P, a fellow Nigerian upstart. 

In the wake of the recent tragedy, Omah Lay used his platform as an artist to bring awareness to the #EndSARS movement in Nigeria, speaking with Teen Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar about the situation and ways to support the affected communities.

Omah Lay is quickly becoming one of Nigeria’s most talked-about musical innovators.

The 24-year-old singer and producer’s brand of Afro-fusion effortlessly pulls from his deep personal history with West Africa’s percussion-heavy highlife genre, as well as his enthusiasm for the popular sounds of his generation—from classic rap to the Afro-beats empire flourishing in his home base of Lagos.