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Divine Ikubor (born 1 May 2000), known  professionally as Rema, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and rapper. He rose to stardom after releasing the song "Dumebi." In 2019, Rema got signed to Jonzing World record owned by D'Prince, who has an affiliation with Mavin Records. He is best known internationally for his 2022 hit single "Calm Down," the remix of which, with Selena Gomez, peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and led the U.S. Afrobeats Songs for a record-setting 41 weeks.

Divine Ikubor was born into a Christian family in Benin City, Edo State. He grew up singing and rapping while he was in secondary school. He attended his primary and secondary school education at Ighile Group of Schools, Edo State. His father and elder brother are deceased, and Rema was left to look after his mother.

He started his music career in churches with Alpha P. In 2018. Rema posted a viral freestyle on Instagram to D'Prince's track, "Gucci Gang." The post caught the attention of D'Prince who flew him to Lagos to offer a record deal to the young talent. Rema signed a record deal with D'Prince's Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records owned by record producer Don Jazzy, in 2019. He went on to release his self-titled debut EP "Rema" in 2019, which peaked at number 1 on Apple Music Nigeria. On 21 May 2019, Jonzing World and Mavins released the music video of "Dumebi," a major breakout song from his self-titled EP, featuring a cameo appearance from Diana Eneje The video was directed by Ademola Falomo and currently has 60 million views on YouTube. Later that summer, In 2019, one of his other most popular songs from the EP gained more popularity when it was placed on former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama's summer playlist.
In September 2020, Rema's songs were included on the FIFA 21 soundtracks.
In May 2021, Rema announced he would be calling his sound "Afrorave", a subgenre of Afrobeats with influences of Arabian and Indian music which has led to him having one of the strongest fanbases in the country known as Ravers.
In September 2021, Rema was unveiled as a brand ambassador for the popular soft drink Pepsi alongside his label mate Ayra Starr.
On 7 November 2022, Rema received an award on stage during his London concert as his songs achieved 1 billion streams worldwide.