Rema options on Glo-sponsored African Voices Changemakers

Rema, a multi-award profitable Afrobeats singer and composer from Nigeria, stops by CNN Worldwide’s studios this week for African Voices Changemakers, {a magazine} programme sponsored by Globacom.

He found his expertise via performances in church and at his secondary faculty, Ighile Group of Colleges in Edo State. The 24-year-old movie star — actual identify Divine Ikubor—did this by singing and rapping to amuse his associates.

He grew to become well-known after sharing a freestyle to D’Prince’s track “Gucci Gang” on Instagram that went viral. Blown away by his distinctive means, D’Prince took him to Lagos and prolonged a proposal of a report contract with Jonzing World, a division of Mavin Information, owned by music producer and govt, Don Jazzy. His 2019 smash track, “Dumebi” was the contract’s first success.

With the discharge of his observe “Calm Down” in 2022, Rema made waves throughout the globe and sparked a remix together with with American artist, Selena Gomez. For a record-breaking 58 weeks, the track peaked at quantity one on the Billboard Afrobeats Songs chart and quantity three on the Billboard Scorching 100.

Rema has gained quite a few accolades for his musical achievements, together with the Billboard Music Award for Prime Afrobeats Songs and the MTV Video Music Award for Finest Afrobeats Video.

Throughout his London live performance on November 7, 2022, he obtained accolade for reaching one billion streams globally. On October 30, 2023, he carried out on the Ballon d’Or ceremony, which came about on the Theatre du Châtelet in Paris, France.

The present shall be broadcast on Saturday at 8.30 a.m., with repeats at midday the identical day.  Extra repeats come up on Sunday at 4.30 a.m., 7.00 p.m. and on Monday at 4.00 a.m.