Having started penning songs at the tender age of 11, Michael Omoh aka Micho Tello is one of the fast rising music stars trying to take the Afrobeats buzz to the next level.
The young singer cum songwriter, who began listening to songs from Hip-hop greats at the age of 8, narrates how Wizkid and Davido influenced his decision to take up music as a career.
“Ever since I was 8 years old I’ve always loved listening to 50 Cent and DMX and then MI came and I fell in love with his flows and his pen-game and rhyme structuring were way different, but to bottle it all up, Wizkid and Davido were my biggest inspirations they made me do music,” he began.
Continuing, he said, “I started songwriting at 11 but was still trying to develop my pen game. Fast forward to 2016, I finally recorded my first trap/rap song titled 7 Years which was inspired by Nasty C, the music came out great and everyone in my hood loved it and boom that was how I found myself doing music. I later met the legend Eedris Abdulkareem who encouraged me to talk more about the country’s hardship at least something more realistic, that prompted me to record my second single which is also my first Afro Hip Hop track titled “E De Pain Me” and I won a competition with that track, got featured on The Big Wave Magazine in Ghana back in 2019/2020.”
Micho Tello, who is a versatile artist, sings, raps and also does poetry describes his type of music as Afro Pop Music and Conscious Hip Hop.
The rising star sheds more light on his forthcoming singles saying, “The first track to be released is ‘Why.’ It’s an Afro Pop sound, no features, just me because I want to show my audience how diverse I can be. I could be water, I could be fire, I sing and rap. The second song is a conscious Hip Hop song titled ‘Acrimony’ which means absolute bitterness, ill-feeling. This particular joint is most special to me because I expressed myself how I wanted, it’s a relatable piece and I can’t wait for my listeners to hear this one.”
