5 Takeaways From Rema's New 'RAVAGE' EP – Okayplayer – OkayAfrica

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Rema has blazed the trail and has invented new forms of successes for the Afrobeats genre in 2023. This year alone, the 23-year-old became the first Nigerian artist to win the inaugural Best Afrobeats Award at the MTV Video Music Awards. “Calm Down,” a single the artist put out last year got a new edition when global star Selena Gomez breathed new air into it. It reached a billion streams on Spotify, becoming the first African artist-led song to do that.

It’s understandable that on his newly released RAVAGE EP, Rema has decided to…