Divine Nigerian Musical Sensation Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has made history as the first African artist who appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
The prestigious American publication, known for its music coverage, politics and pop culture, announced Rema as the cover star of its April edition, celebrating its role in bringing Afrobeats to the global stage.
Mavin Records, the Rema seal, highlighted the innovative achievement with an Instagram post: “Rave Lordé Rema The Afrobeats Visionary, makes history as the first African cover star of @Rollingstone USA!”
To mark the milestone, the Crooner of Calm delivered an electrifying performance at the Rolling Stone concert, exciting audiences with successful songs such as Dumebi, Woman and Calm Down.
This last recognition consists in the state of Rema as a pioneer in African music. It comes immediately after its recent feature on the cover of Dazed magazine, another important international platform.
Born in 2000 in Benin City, Rema went out to fame in 2019 after signing with Mavin Records. His meteoric ascent has been fundamental to push Afrobeats to the world stage, particularly with calm, a song that broke multiple albums, even becoming the most transmitted Afrobeat song in history. The Remix with Selena Gomez crossed one billion transmissions in Spotify, which makes it the first song led by Africa to achieve such a feat.
The song also became the first African song to head the first regional transmission list in the world and the official list in the Middle East and Africa of the North (Mena), winning a world record of Guinness.
In 2023, he became the first African artist to act in the prestigious Ceremony of Ballon d'Or in Paris.
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