Before it was remixed into a sweeping global hit, OMI’s “Cheerleader” was something far more quaint. “It wasn’t even supposed to be a song,” the 28-year-old Jamaican vocalist born Omar Samuel Pasley says over the phone from London, where he’s touring radio stations in support of his long-gestating smash. “It was just supposed to be an […]
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SAINT PAUL, Minn., Sept. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Today, WE Day, a series of inspiring stadium-sized life-changing events that take place around the world, brings together world-renowned speakers and performers including Buzz Aldrin, Lilly Singh, OMI, Sabrina Carpenter, Paula Abdul, Olivia Holt, Jordan Smith, Serena Ryder, George Takei, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and more. Alongside international
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JAMAICAN muso Omi says he’s ready for pretty much anything when he headlines Nickelodeon Slimefest in September. The Cheerleader and Hula Hoop singer will return to Australia for the event at Sydney Olympic Park on September 30. Traditionally, presenters and performers are covered in green slime at the event that is to be broadcast on the
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Way back in 2008, this genial Jamaican singer wrote a little ditty called “Cheerleader”; four years later, he recorded it with producers Specialist and Sly Dunbar. The song became a small hit back home, and OMI went on with his career. But in 2014 Ultra Records commissioned German DJ Felix Jaehn to remix the bubbly
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