Rema (musician)
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| Birth name | Divine Ikubor |
| Born | 1 May 2000 Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
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Divine Ikubor (born May 1, 2000), better known as Rema, is a Nigerian singer and rapper.
Early life
[change | change source]Rema was born in Benin City, Nigeria in 2000.[1][2]
Career
[change | change source]He started making music at a young age.[clarification needed] He began releasing music online when he was just 18 years old. His first song, "Iron Man", was released in 2020. Rema got global recognition in 2022 when a remix of his song Calm Down was on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned a billion streams on Spotify.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Tv, Bn (2023-04-26). "Rema Talks About Benin City, Music & How He's Coming to Terms with His New Reality in New Interview with i-D | Watch". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ↑ Adebayo, Segun (2023-01-15). "I feel blessed being the biggest artiste to come out of Benin —Rema". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ↑
- Alake, Motolani (2019-12-30). "Burna Boy's 'Anybody' and Rema 'Iron Man' are two of Barack Obama's 36 favourite songs of 2019". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- Itodo, Sunny Green (2023-05-09). "Rema makes history on US Billboard Hot 100, Canadian Billboard charts". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- Apanpa, Olaniyi (2023-08-29). "Rema's 'Calm Down' becomes first song to chart on US Billboard for one year". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- Marv, Tomide (2023-10-01). "How Rema and Selena Gomez Bagged A Billion Streams". Zikoko!. Retrieved 2023-10-02.