Divine Ikubor was born into a Christian family in Benin City, Nigeria. He grew up singing and rapping while he was in secondary school. He attained his primary and secondary school education in ighile group of school, Edo State.
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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, 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 50 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
Rema is the son of Justice Ikubor. His father, Justice Ikubor was alleged to have been murdered in a hotel room by his political opponents.
May God bless his new age
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