A soul singer who keeps the slow-burning sounds of the '90s alive but updates them with electronic accents and hip-hop rhythms, Omar Wilson released a series of independent recordings in the 2000s and 2010s before issuing "Passion" on BSEG Records in 2017.
Like many professional singers, Wilson fell in love with music as a child, performing at the Calvary Baptist Church in Norwalk, Connecticut when he was still a kid. As he entered adolescence, he started singing with a North Carolina group called Lost Souls, and began threading hip-hop into his classic soul sound. His first ...