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Davido Celebrates Rema for Being the Only Nigerian in America’s Top 5 Artists List
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Davido Celebrates Rema for Being the Only Nigerian in America’s Top 5 Artists List

by  Chinasa Afigbo 2 min read
  • Nigerian international sensation Davido shared his excitement for the incredible growth of his junior colleague Rema
  • Making an appearance on a popular Radio  programme in the United Arab Emirates, the music executive spoke extensively about Rema's impact on the global Afrobeats movement 
  • OBO, as he is affectionately called, shocked many by revealing that the Mavins hotshot was the only Nigerian in America's top 5 artists

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Nigerian Afrobeat superstar David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, is ecstatic about his younger colleague Rema's tremendous growth in the industry.

In a recent interview on The Kris Fade Show in the United Arab Emirates, the DMW boss discussed Rema's impact on the American music scene.

Nigerian singer Rema driving, Davido in his Maybach
Davido appreciates Rema's international growth Credit: @davido, @heisrema
Source: Instagram

According to him, the Mavins prodigy has one of the top 5 records in America, and he also happens to be the only Nigerian who has remained consistent for months.

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"Years ago, I never thought a Nigerian artist would have a Top 5 record in America. Rema has had Top 5 records in America for the past eight months, non-shaken," he said.

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OBO, as he is fondly called, revealed his pleasure in seeing artists like Rema making waves all over the world and pushing Afrobeats to the forefront.

See his video below:

Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ and the remix featuring Selena Gomez recently achieved a new feat as the first Nigerian song to stay a year on U.S. Billboard.

Davido's revelation about Rema's success sparks reactions

Legit.ng captured the reactions below:

@Cruiselord___:

"Rema is in the Illuminati. Lol."

@RexMalgwi:

"Great song Sha... great guy."

@bemigho66:

"Class recognizes class."

@T3NIIRetweet:

"Africa to the world."

@EziBliss:

"Wonderful song."

@Mista_SmoG:

"O.B.O is goated."

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Davido vows not to refund $94k to ex-NFF president Pinnick

In another report, Davido accused Amaju Pinnick of stealing footballers' money following their online altercation over a $94k debt.

Davido stated he would not remain silent on the topic and that nobody could stop him from playing in Warri.

He also vowed not to return the money Amaju allegedly paid him; instead, he said he would donate it to a football charity.

Source: Legit.ng

Authors:
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Chinasa Afigbo (Editor) Chinasa Afigbo is a pop culture/music journalist and content writer with over four years of experience in other mainstream media organisations, including Vanguard Media and Guardian Life. She holds a degree in Information Management Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). She also moved on to pursue courses in writing & media communications. Chinasa has also been published in other Intl journals, like The African Report. Reach her at: chinasa.afigbo@corp.legit.ng.

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