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Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, has gifted a royal plaque to afrobeats megastar, Rema.
The Oba presented the plaque to Rema on Thursday when the singer paid him a visit at his palace ahead of his homecoming concert at the Ogbe Stadium in Benin City.
Earlier, Rema joined the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, for the groundbreaking ceremony of Edo Arena.
The governor announced that the 6,000-capacity arena would be called Rema Dome in honour of the singer.
Rema, born Divine Ikubor, is from Benin City and has been a proud ambassador of Edo State, promoting the state and legacy of the ancient Benin empire in his music and concerts.
His latest hit song, ‘Benin Boys,’ which featured fellow Edo-born star, Shallipopi, is a tribute to the city of Benin.
In the song, Rema mentioned that he deserved a medal from the Oba for promoting the kingdom.
Wizkid, the world-famous afrobeat musician, has paid his disc jockey, DJ Tunez N10 million to play singer Asake’s hit song, Fuji Vibe.
Wizkid made the payment to DJ Tunez, during his sold-out concert in London.
In a now trending video from the concert, DJ Tunez made the announcement which led to an explosion of cheers and applause from the audience.
He said “One of the afrobeat singer Wizkid just paid me N10 million now to play this song.”
DJ Tunez’s performance with ‘Fuji Vibe’ stand out as a major highlight of the night, as the crowd sang along.