David Adeleke, famously called; Davido gushes over the achievement of his junior colleague in the Nigerian Music industry; Rema, in the United States of America.
During an interview on UAE’s #1 Music Station The Kris Fade Show, O.B.O, as widely called by fans expressed shock at how ‘Calm Down‘ by Rema held it down on U.S. charts.
Davido stated that it beat his imagination that Afrobeat has grown globally and that he’s proud to see a star like Rema killing it across the globe.
In his words he said; “Years ago, I never thought a Nigerian artiste would have a Top 5 record in America. Rema has had Top 5 records in America for the past eight months, non-shaken,”.
It is worth noting that Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ and its remix featuring Selena Gomez recently achieved a new feat as the first Nigerian song to stay a year on U.S. Billboard.