Afrobeats sensation, Daniel Ikubor popularly known as Rema, has announced a cancellation of all engagements he had earlier slated for December to focus on his health.
The Calm Down crooner made this known on his Instagram story on Wednesday.
Rema pointed out that during his years of touring, he had ignored his health, adding that it was time to recuperate.
His terse statement read, ‘Breaks my heart to say that I won’t be performing anywhere this December. Been years of touring I’ve ignored my health & I need time to recuperate. 2024 we go again love ❤️.’
This comes shortly after Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki unveiled plans to host the Edo-born musical prodigy, Rema, in a grand Homecoming Music Concert on December 21.
Obaseki expressed his excitement to bring Rema back to his roots while speaking to youths at the Sir Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, Benin City, the state capital on Wednesday, according to a statement by the state government.
The statement quoted Obaseki as saying, ‘By the grace of God, this Christmas, we will bring Rema home. Rema will have a Homecoming Concert.’
Africa Today News, New York had a fortnight ago reported that Nigerian superstar singers, Burna Boy and Rema bagged individual awards at the inaugural Afrobeats categories at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards.
Burna Boy won the Top Afrobeats Artiste, while Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ remix featuring Selena Gomez won the Top Afrobeats Song.
The ‘African Giant’ crooner beat stiff competition from Wizkid, Rema, Tems, and Cameroonian star, Libianca, on his way to making history as the first-ever winner of the newly-created Top Afrobeats Artiste category.
Similarly, Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ remix saw off competition from Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush’, Oxlade’s ‘Ku Lo Sa’, Libianca’s ‘People’, and Victony’s ‘Soweto’ with Rema and Don Toliver, take home the price for the maiden Top Afrobeats Song category.
However, the ‘Calm Down’ remix was lost in the Top Billboard Collaboration, Top Billboard Excl. U.S. Song, Top Billboard Global 200 Song, and Top Radio Song categories.