Nigerian singer and rapper, Divine Ikubor, better known as Rema, for the first time, has met American pop music icon, Madonna, and she described him as a great performer.
The award-winning singer has been shutting down America with his sold-out concerts.
Rema could not contain his joy as he met with American music icon, Madonna for the first time, in New York.
He went to greet the music icon backstage.
She told the artist that he is a great performer.
In her words, ”I’M SO PROUD OF YOU, YOU’RE A GREAT PERFORMER”.
Recall the internet had gone wild over a video of Selena Gomez kissing Rema.
Rema, who was in Los Angeles for his sold-out concert, could not believe his dreams as the American celebrity showered him with love.
In a video uploaded on his Instagram page, Selena embraced the singer as she kissed him.
The adorable video had caused a stir online as many hailed him.
Rema is a Nigerian musician, singer and rapper. He rose to stardom with the release of the song “Iron Man”.
In 2019, he signed a record deal with Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records.
Divine Ikubor was born into a Christian family in Benin City.[4] He grew up singing and rapping while he was in secondary school. He attended his primary and secondary school education at Ighile Group of Schools, Edo State.
In 2018, Rema, posted a viral freestyle on Instagram to D’Prince’s track “Gucci Gang”.
The post caught the attention of D’Prince who flew him to Lagos to offer a record deal to the young talent.
Rema signed a record deal with D’Prince’s Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records owned by record producer Don Jazzy, in 2019.
He went on to release his self-titled debut EP “Rema” in 2019, which peaked at number 1 on Apple Music Nigeria.
On 21 May 2019, Jonzing World, and Mavin’s released the music video of “Dumebi”, a major breakout song from his self-titled EP, featuring a cameo appearance from Diana Eneje. The video was directed by Ademola Falomo and currently has 56 million views on YouTube.
In May 2021, Rema announced he will be calling his sound “Afrorave”, a subgenre of Afrobeats with influences of Arabian and Indian music which has led to him having one of the strongest fanbase in the country known as Ravers.
In September 2021 Rema was unveiled as a brand ambassador for the popular soft drink Pepsi alongside his label mate Ayra Starr.