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Afrobeat Music Star And Multiple Award-Winner, Rema, Features On Glo Sponsored African Voice On CNN Saturday, October 12 @ 8 30 AM

<h4>Afrobeat Music Star<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Nigeria’s Afrobeat music star and multiple award-winner&comma; Rema&comma; will be featured this week on African Voices Changemakers&comma; CNN International&&num;8217&semi;s magazine programme&comma; sponsored by telecommunications company&comma; Globacom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Born Divine Ikubor&comma; the 24-year-old artiste from Edo State discovered his passion for music as a church chorister and a rapper who entertained his peers in his secondary school&comma; Ighile Group of Schools in Edo State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rema came into limelight after posting a viral freestyle on Instagram to D&&num;8217&semi;Prince&&num;8217&semi;s song &&num;8220&semi;Gucci Gang&&num;8221&semi;&period; Wowed by his rare talent&comma; D&&num;8217&semi;Prince flew him to Lagos and offered him a record deal with Jonzing World&comma; a subsidiary of Mavin Records owned by music executive and producer Don Jazzy&period; His 2019 hit &&num;8220&semi;Dumebi&&num;8221&semi; was the first fruit of the contract&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His international breakthrough happened in 2022 with his single &&num;8220&semi;Calm Down&&num;8221&semi;&comma; which led to a remix with American singer Selena Gomez&period; The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and first on Billboard Afrobeats Songs chart for a record-setting 58 weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His talents have earned him several awards including the MTV Video Music Award for Best Afrobeats Video and the Billboard Music Award for Top Afrobeats Songs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was recognised for achieving 1 billion streams worldwide during his London concert on November 7&comma; 2022 and he also performed at the Ballon d&&num;8217&semi;Or ceremony held at the Theatre du Châtelet in Paris&comma; France on October 30&comma; 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The edition will be broadcast on Saturday at 8&period;30 a&period;m&period;&comma; with repeats at noon the same day&period; More repeats come up on Sunday at 4&period;30 a&period;m&period;&comma; 7&period;00 p&period;m&period; and on Monday at 4&period;00 a&period;m&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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