AFROBEAT artist, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema walked home with an award at the MTV Video Music Awards that took place at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey, USA, on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
Rema’s hit song Calm Down, which features American artist, Selena Gomez, won the maiden Best Afrobeats Song category at the 2023 MTV Video Music Award yesterday.
The 23-year-old was present to receive the award and was accompanied on stage by Selena Gomez.
“I wanna give big thanks to my fans. I wanna give big thanks to my team. Big shoutout to Selena. I wanna say I love you from the bottom of my heart.
“This means so much; seeing afrobeats grow and being on this stage representing afrobeats tonight. I’m so happy. But one thing I will not forget to do this night is to shout out to the people who opened the door for me,” he said after receiving the award.
“Big shoutout to Fela who started afrobeats, 2Baba, Don Jazzy, D’banj, D’Prince, Runtown, Timaya, Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido for opening the door for us new generation of Afrobeats,” Rema added.
Rema won this award in a category that includes Wizkid’s “2 Sugar”, Burna Boy’s “It’s Plenty”, Fireboy and Asake’s “Bandana”, Davido’s “Unavailable”, Ayra Starr’s “Rush”, and Cameroonian singer, Libianca’s “People.”
