The awards showcase is the brainchild of MegaJamz 98FM presenter Kevin Lewis and is the only awards show in Jamaica which honors the work and contribution of gospel recording artists.The song, produced by designer/ record producer Romeich, is gaining steady rotation on local and regional radio stations while its video has been receiving similar success on various video charts. For Omari, winning the award was overwhelming.
“It's a real honour and pleasure because that song is coming from a real place. One morning I got up, and I felt as if someone wanted to physically harm me and I called my mother and asked her to pray for me,” he said. He states that the following morning, he received a call that fellow gospel artiste Moses had been found dead in a gully and this confirmed his reasons for having that fearful feeling.
His main focus is to promote the album and bring the gospel to the mainstream where it belongs. And with plans of a tour, talks of performing in Africa and armed with an album rich in cross-over hits like Help and Jehovah Guide Me, his efforts should prove successful.
In describing his album, the husband and father of one, states that, like its name, Heal Jamaica, Heal the World, is more of an evangelical album than simply gospel and it is one that everyone can enjoy. “It’s an album that touches on every issue that affects our society and our people. Anyone can listen and appreciate it - from the man on the street to the people in the Church. It's a practical album, very real and very relevant and at the same time its spiritual.”
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