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Rema, born Divine Ikubor on May 1, 2000, in Benin City, Nigeria, is a male singer, rapper, and songwriter. He is a citizen of Nigeria and speaks English and Nigerian Pidgin. His musical career began in 2019, and he performs using his voice. He is associated with the record label Mavin Records.
His work spans several genres, including Afrobeat, afrobeats, afrorave, nuno, and trap. He is also tagged with pop and Nigerian styles. Rema is a Christian and has received the Forbes 30 Under 30 award.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Active from
- 2000-05-01
Discography
- Rema2019
- Freestyle EP2019
- Bad Commando2019
- Love in the Morning2019
- Dumebi2020
- Beamer (Bad Boys)2020
- 4am2020
- 4AM2020
- Ginger Me2020
- Woman2020
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 991,073
- Total plays
- 21,170,358
Tags
Rema (birth name Divine Ikubor) is a Nigerian afrobeat and hip-hop artist from Benin City, Edo State. His critically acclaimed EPs have changed the wave of hip-hop/trap in Nigeria, with the songs "Iron Man" and "Spiderman" were featured on Obama's music list in 2019, while "Dumebi" was a global hit. His debut album Rave & Roses was released on March 25, 2022. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rema">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Key facts
- Born
- Divine Joshua Ikubor , ( 2000-05-01 ) 1 May 2000 (age 26) , Benin City , Edo, Nigeria
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter rapper
- Years active
- 2019–present
- Notable work
- Discography
- Awards
- Full list
- Origin
- Lagos , Nigeria
- Genres
- Afrobeats Afrobeat Afro - rave African hip-hop pop rap trap
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards
- Labels
- Jonzing Interscope Mavin
- Website
- heisrema .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Benin City
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Religion
- Christianity
- Award
- Forbes 30 Under 30
- Genre
- Afrobeat
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.heisrema.com
- Image
- Rema at 2019 LFW (cropped).png
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 2000-05-01
- birth name
- Divine Ikubor
- start of work period
- 2019-00-00
- pseudonym
- Rema
- social media followers
- 4830000
- Commons category
- Rema (musician)
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Encyclopedic overview
Divine Joshua Ikubor (born 1 May 2000), known professionally as Rema, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper. He gained recognition with his 2019 song "Dumebi". That same year, he signed with D'Prince's record label, Jonzing World. He achieved international recognition with his 2022 single "Calm Down", which spawned a remix with American singer Selena Gomez that peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also led the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a record-setting 58 weeks.
That same year, Ikubor released his debut studio album, Rave & Roses (2022), which reached number 81 on the Billboard 200. His second album, Heis (2024), was preceded by the single "Benin Boys" with Shallipopi, and earned him his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Global Music Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
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