Divine Ikubor, a popular Afrobeats artist better known as Rema, expressed his opinion that the Nigerian music industry is primarily controlled by individuals who are not genuine.
During the listening party of his second album, ‘He Is,’ in Lagos on Thursday night, the singer of the hit song ‘Another Banger’ clarified that the insincere aspects of the Nigerian music industry served as inspiration for one of the tracks on the album titled ‘Now I Know.’
He said, “There are a lot of fake people in the [music] industry, the industry is fake. So when people come and say ‘Yo, I love this guy,’ nobody should come at them that they’re chasing clout. No, it’s real.
When somebody comes out it’s because they’ve seen someone that’s real among everybody in the crazy industry mixed with both the fake and the real. And that’s what this song [‘Now I Know] is all about. Now I know who dey for me. All those I loved turned enemies. Now I know who dey for me. All those I trust turned enemies.”
Rema’s second album, consisting of 11 tracks, was released on Thursday under Mavin Records. The album includes collaborations with Shallipopi and Odumodublvck.
