ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: 'Things Were Tough After My Dad And Brother Died, I Had To Work To Assist My Mom’ – Rema Shares Life Story

Budding teenage singer Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema has revealed his experiences as a child and how he had to step up to responsibilities of a man at a very tender age.

 

In a recent interview with Capital Xtra, the “Dumebi” singer spoke about his family, music, love life and plans for the future,

According to him, he was signed to Mavin 18 months before the signing was announced to the public. At that time, he had just lost his father and brother and was desperate to provide for his mother. 

Further revealing that his mother had to trek a long distance due to her inability to afford public transport, Rema said that the hardship prompted him to odd jobs to make ends meet.

Rema who made all these revelations during an interview with Capital xtra said:

“At some points , things got tough I had to man up. My past life has the same effect on my present being in the music and taking things forward, ” he narrated .

“I had to work hard because I lost my father and my brother and things were left only to me . So, I had to put things in place. I did a lots of job like working at a beach in Ghana .

“Hard work got me my this shape. At first , it was really hard for me, I cried and was really sad . When I got back to Nigeria I had to appreciate my mum for being strong so I had to get her a car.

Rema whom many would agree has the success of his song “Dumebi” to thank for his rise to stardom also explained how he recorded the song that was released in March 2019.

The Headies Next Rated winner revealed that he was recording in August 2018 when he met producer, Ozedikus. The producer was frustrated by how nobody was picking up the beat that eventually became, ‘Dumebi.’

He decided to work with the beat and according to him, he didn’t write but ony ‘vibed’ to the beat via freestyle and during a session. With limited studio time, he wanted to come back to the incoherent parts the next day to put actual words in.

On the song, Rema says:

“In the world, certain things don’t make sense till you make them make sense.”