He’s one of Nigeria’s favourite artists who keeps rising.
Lyta is a young promising artist. Although he’s shy and new to the camera, there’s this air of confidence behind all the shyness.
He is as good as what the label boss claims and no doubt he is truly a force to reckon with in the industry going by his countless number of hits.
Lyta Age
Lyta Family
He once revealed to the public in an interview that he is from a poor background and that he got into music to take care of his blind mother and father who isn’t doing much economically.
Lyta Career
He came to the entertainment limelight after featuring Olamide in a song, ‘Time‘ which was another awesome piece of work.
Since he stepped into the music scene he has been dropping hits back to back including Ire cover by Adekunle Gold and the remix of his song Time with Junior boy.
Badoo, who is bent on rising by raising others got him signed into his record label in 2018.
Lyta has also worked with the industry greats like Davido and he dropped his highly anticipated video to hit single Monalisa featuring Davido in 2019.
So how did he get the name Lyta, which is his stage name?
“The name was given to me by Dj Stramborella, he saw me at a show performing and people were clapping and shouting. The day after, he invited me to his house, told me he has a record label in Dublin and asked for my name, I told him my name was Opeyemi and he asked me to change it to Lyta, so that’s how I got the name Lyta.”
His music is inspired by the streets and this is because the things that happen on the streets he can relate to as he’s been through the streets too. Although he has not yet released an album, he’s managed to make a name for himself with the great hits that he keeps giving his fans.
Lyta Songs
– Monalisa (2019)
After exiting YBNL, he signed with Doro Musik Gang and released the Killer Tunes-produced track “Monalisa” on 12 July 2019. The visuals for “Monalisa”, which was directed by Director K, amassed over 500,000 views within a month after its release.
Nominations
At such a young age, although he hasn’t received an award yet, he’s already getting the recognition he deserves. In 2019, at the Heddies Awards Ceremony, he was nominated for Best Street-Hip Hop Artiste.
Lyta Net Controversy
Rapper Olamide issued a statement on why he’s not friends with music artiste Lyta and also allowed him to exit his record label. Olamide said Lyta told him he has someone who wants to sign him and requested he wants to leave and he gave him his blessings. Olamide revealed that even though he knows Lyta was lying, he still wished him well regardless and then Lyta goes about saying different negative things about him.
Olamide even unfollowed Lyta on Instagram he wanted to distance himself from him. However, Lyta later on came out with his story and this is what he had to say.
Lyta Net Worth
His stature has gotten kicked out of clubs before because they would think that he is a kid. But the young man is focused and wants to keep delivering great music
Naira Marley made the announcement on Instagram, He wrote; “Welcome to MarlianMusic @official_lyta”.
The excited singer, Lyta made a statement on Instagram after he got signed to the new record label. “I’m so excited to be joining my new family Marlian music, thank you my President @nairamarley for giving me this amazing opportunity”, He added.
We could recall, Lyta became a father weeks ago after Naira Marley shared the news on social media. He was congratulated by fans on the birth of his baby boy with girlfriend