In 2022, Oompa performed at
Boston Calling Music Festival, and was one of 12 artists selected to be a part of
Pepsi Music Lab Academy class of 22–23'. In 2023, Oompa performed at the
Boston Celtics half-time performance at
TD Garden, and at
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy's inauguration. In August 2023, Oompa's song, "Outta Patience", was featured in a
Beats commercial starring
Alessia Russo for the
Women's World Cup. Oompa has won four
Boston Music Awards. She has performed with
Jill Scott,
2-Chainz,
Marc Rebillet,
Palehound, and
Brandi Carlile. The album was listed as one of ''Allston Pudding's
favorite albums of the year and DigBoston's'' Top 30 Local Albums of the year in 2016. In 2019, Oompa released the album, "Cleo", named for
Queen Latifah's character in
Set It Off.
WBUR commented, that the songs on "Cleo" "all benefit from Oompa's keen sense of melody, her knack for grabbing the ear with a certain phrase or rhythm and telling it something funny and incisive and memorable".
Telegram called the album captivating and viscerally inspiring.
Allston Pudding attended the album release and called the performance of "Cleo" "powerful from beginning to end". With "Cleo", Oompa landed on
NPR's Slingshot Artist to Watch list. In 2021, Oompa released the album, "Unbothered".
The Harvard Crimson characterized the album as, "personal, unapologetic, inspirational, and incredibly deserving of all the glowing receptions it will receive".
Vanyaland called the album, "a sacred space, the Boston's emcee commitment to herself — and her listeners — to cultivate a life worth living".
Galore Mag hailed Oompa as having "a cadence and energy akin to the legendary
Missy Elliott and the poetic finesse of
Noname".
The Three-Sixty Mag called "Unbothered", "an album brimming with gems".
Okayplayer named the project to their 15 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To list, and called the project, "an album riddled with self-reflective undertones and vibrant lyrics".
Cultural impact Oompa is on the leadership council at The Record Co., a nonprofit that provides affordable rehearsal and recording space for Boston-based music makers. Oompa partnered with the
Somerville Arts Council to create Black, Brown & Queer Fest.
The Gumbo has praised Oompa's music for uplifting women. According to
Boston, in 2022, "she was one of 12 people and organizations awarded $500,000 in workforce development contracts as part of a program established by the city's Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture. She's using the funding to establish Outlaud Entertainment, an artists' collective and incubator that will mentor five emerging artists over the course of fifteen months." == Personal life ==