Rema’s Growth Makes Me Believe In Miracles – Davido

Davido, the superstar Nigerian artist, has stated that he is proud of his junior colleague, Rema.

He claimed that the youngster's musical triumphs inspired him to believe in "miracles."

This was mentioned by Davido in a recent interview with Kiss FM in London, United Kingdom.

While recalling how Rema used to visit to his estate with his record label boss, D'Prince, as a shy and quiet youngster, the Omo Baba Olowo crooner said he was impressed with his progress as a musician.

He said, “I saw Rema in New York two days ago. And I hugged him and I was like ‘I’m so proud of you’. Because I remember like him coming to my house with D’Prince back then. And chilling quiet in my living room. He didn’t say a word, not knowing that he is going to have the highest charting Afrobeats song ever [on Billboard Hot 100] with ‘Calm Down’ with Selena Gomez. That is crazy!”

“You know, he’s just a kid from Benin and then you see that happen, it makes you like believe in miracles,” he added.

Davido described afrobeats as an avenue for a lot of people to escape poverty in Africa.

He slammed the government for not doing enough to tackle poverty.

He, however, expressed joy that Nigeria and the African continent are blessed with entertainment that can be used to alleviate poverty.

Rema was introduced to music fans in 2019 with his eponymous extended play (EP) which housed hits such as Dumebi, Iron Man, Corny and others.

In April 2023, his song ‘Calm Down’ which features American superstar, Selena Gomez peaked at Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the highest-charting Afrobeats song in the history of the chat.