Elijah Adebero
Like Fela who changed from singing highlife to afrobeat, Rema moved from rap to afro.
Still like Fela who made a phenomenal success of the transition, Rema is also doing well and he can’t get tired of telling his story.
He recalls how he started as a rapper.
According to the artiste signed onto Jonzing Records, he was doing his rap when D’Prince discovered him and saw something different.
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The ‘Calm Down’ crooner reveals that the singer and music executive convinced him to switch from rap music to Afrobeat.
According to him, when D’Prince first asked him to adopt Afrobeats genre, he expressed reservations and stated that he is a rapper.
But the record label founder told Rema that he likes his voice and he felt that it would be appealing on Afrobeat.
He urged the Dumebi hitmaker to give it a try and when he did, he realised that D’Prince was right
Rema said:
“D’Prince told me that he likes my voice, and he feels like I’m gonna sound really good on Afrobeats.
I told him I don’t really do Afrobeat, I just rap, so he said ‘Give it a try’.”
