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Nigerian singer and rapper, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, emerged as the winner of the Best Afrobeat award at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Rema won the award for his collaboration with International star Selena Gomez on the record ‘Calm Down’ which has topped the Billboard U.S. Afrobeat Songs chart for 45 weeks running.
“First, I want to give big thanks to God, I want to give big thanks to my fans, I want to give big thanks to my team, big shout to Selena, I want to say I love you from the bottom of my heart.”
“This means so much seeing Afrobeat grow this big and being here on this stage representing Afrobeat, I’m so happy,” Rema said while accepting the trophy.
He gave special thanks to the people who aid in the making of his career and gave shout out to other icons like Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy and others.
Rema’s ‘Calm Down,’ was nominated alongside Burna Boy’s ‘It’s Plenty,’ Davido feat Musa Key’s ‘Unavailable,’ Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush,’ Libianca’s ‘People,’ Wizkid feat Ayrra Starr’s ‘2 Sugar,’ and Fireboy DML’s ‘Bandana.
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Afrobeat is the first category ever created.
The event which took place in New Jersey, United States of America on Tuesday, September 12 had lost of performances from Cardi B and Megan Thee, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Demi Lovato, among others.
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