Afrobeats singer Davido has revealed why he collaborated along with his colleague, Omah Lay, disclosing that he labored with the Soso crooner as a result of he got here public about his doubts about his love for him.
Recall that final 12 months Omah Lay revealed that he had assumed that Davido “hated” him till the DMW boss spinned his songs throughout his well-known livestream with American streamer Kai Cenat in Lagos.
In a trending video broadcast, Davido defined that he reached out to Omah Lay after he noticed his tweet. He added that their interactions led to their collaboration on ‘With You’.
“How Omah Lay and I acquired collectively was, Kai Cenat got here to Nigeria and I used to be driving him to the membership after which Omah Lay’s tune comes up, and he was like, ‘Who is that this?’
“I responded, ‘Oh! That is Omah Lay, he’s sizzling.’ After which the following day, Omah Lay tweeted like, ‘Wow! Davido gave me a shoutout on a livestream, I believed he hated me.’ And I Dmed him, ‘Why would you assume I hate you? We’ve by no means met.’
“We finally, exchanged numbers and we had been going back-and-forth with music. We did about 4 songs and he selected ‘With You’ because the one we might launch,” he defined.
‘With You’ is among the standout tracks of Davido’s fifth album, 5ive.
The tune has been nominated for the Finest African Music Efficiency class on the 2026 Grammy Awards.
