Nigerian singer and songwriter Rema brings an ambitious mix of Afrobeats, trap, and pop. The artist (born Divine Ikubor in 2000) got his big break from the 2019 single “Dumebi,” which highlighted his future-facing sound and sticky hooks. His ability to make danceable, singable tracks—not to mention his utterly infectious, boyish charm—has found Rema well-loved by international audiences.

By many estimates, the 20-year-old is already a millionaire—a testament to his skyrocketing popularity. Substantial music sales, streaming numbers, and accompanying endorsement deals have majorly bumped up his net worth. Of course, Rema’s glow-up has extended beyond his own life. He’s also a newly minted millionaire in terms of followers, making it statistically likely that he’s invaded the Explore page of any African music fan under 21.

Just two years elapsed between his 2019 debut and the time of this writing in 2021. But since then, he’s quickly become one of Africa’s most awarded current acts—with substantial props from the Headies and the coveted Soundcity MVP Awards Festival, as well as other academies working to acknowledge the great work coming from this unique talent.

It’s evident that the journey—and the money and the music—adds some fun to the artist’s life. But, the people who often pop up on his social media profiles suggest that Rema is ultimately a family man at heart.

Rema’s Biography

Rema was born Divine Ikubor in 2001 in Benin City, Nigeria. In a family that valued music, he was exposed to multiple genres, including Afrobeats, hip-hop, and R&B. As a teenager, he began to produce music. Skeptism was rampant – the music scene in Nigeria is competitive. Looming successful acts make getting over the hump of fighting through up-and-comings a difficult task.

Rema caught a break through his relationship with fellow Nigerian artist, D’Prince. Known for his work as an artist and producer, D’Prince signed Rema to his label, Jonzing World. From that point on, Rema released music that began to finally get him some traction. Among that music was his debut EP “Rema.” The reception of singles like “Dumebi” was positive. His public dissemination of work dates back to 2015, his official career began in 2019.

Now, here we are in 2021 and Rema is a force majeure. The genre that is Africa has a stronghold in the new era of pop music, like world music. Since contemporary is populist, African music holds a special place as a transformative genre in this turn of the century. It is empowering to envision a future where Black men and women can fully express themselves through sound, taking all that is traditional African and modern. In cases like Rema, the influence of contemporary Afrobeat started heavy and transformed into several genres as he began to grow older. What it really is, is innovative. Travel from your home country up to the United Kingdom and back. How much music do you listen to and what gear turns the right way in you to mix the sounds into your own?

Rema’s Net Worth

As of 2025, according to gospelmusicbase, Rema’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

Here’s the rundown of how Rema grows his income:

Music Sales

Every one of the “Afropop/Afrobeats” singer’s singles has racked up multiple millions of streams on a global streaming platform like Spotify and Apple Music. Cheap calculators might break if you do the quick math to determine how much he probably earns from music streaming platforms alone. This income stream is, peradventure, the largest chunk of the singer’s net worth and influence in music. And, the number of streams keeps going up; he isn’t stopping, nor is he flopping either.

Endorsements

Rema, thanks to his youthfulness and music style, attracts a broad consumer base; so, very many companies want to work with him to advertise, and sell their products fast. He’s been to a “lot of shows” with a major confectionery company and did some brand-publicity work with an Afro-Caribbean beverage company. His Nike Dunk shoes – seen in some of his publicity videos – and Funko bobblehead are well-anticipated merchandise. Furthermore, he sends subliminal music promotion messages to brand product buyers and service subscribers in many of his songs!

Now, Rema’s net worth is higher than it was some years ago; and judging by how much work he puts into his hustle and how poised he is to be one of the future names of Afropop/Afrobeats music, his net worth is sure going to be way higher. He maintains a high profile online, promotes most of his songs on radio and the internet, and is highly talented and rich. The singer is also passionate about his musical career and has a penchant for fast cars and pretty girls.

Rema’s Family Life

“Nigerian singer Rema has often talked about how his family has shaped him as an artist.

He gives a lot of credit to his mother and father, who sculpted the boy who is and will always be part of them. It’s likely that his mother encouraged him to sing and was a big promoter of his vocal skills. And his father probably made him work hard, perhaps not at first in the “right” areas, but certainly to become a very dominant figure within his family. He clearly likes performing and wants to do well. His family may have even encouraged him to meet other children who also showed signs of growing up to become “thinkers.”

The role of his posture and position within the family unit. He is an intelligent and thoughtful man. More than this, he has always been around to sing songs and to inspire his own family. He has become less “bookish” and more “chirpy” due to his personality’s natural propensity to capture a song… to capture a theme within the songs. Moreso in life to promote in his own mind’s eyes and to perform. Outwardly rather than inwardly (as before), his own style of Afrobeat performance art.

If he does marry, he will hopefully marry a pretty Nigerian woman who can look after their home, as most African men would want. His acclimatization towards the healthy values that are instilled in his black Nigerian baby boy culture will reflect in the type of wife he settles down with. He may even have a family soon. Is there a girlfriend that his adoring fans haven’t been told about? The advent of a new baby boy would give him something to sing about; a new child to bring to this world would cheer him up and make him very happy. This alone might inspire some new form of loving music that other recording artists haven’t delivered capsules of before.”

Rema’s Career Achievements

Rema’s one-of-a-kind sound—a poised and cleverly calculated blend of Afrobeats, trap, and pop—is a testament to this truth. Like a virtuosic and modern-day griot, Rema has spun his interpretation of contemporary music into pure gold, and in doing so, has cued us all in on a signature and whimsical resonance of melodies. But in the spirit of having something for everyone, Rema infused in his melodies an undeniably fun beat that has beat-back the ferocious traffic in the prestigious camps of his fandom. The bounces of ‘Dumebi’ and the contrasting long-windiness of ‘Iron Man’ showcased Rema’s musical range early in his career. To extract one component unique to him, his melody, and be able to authentically bop—and croon—along, is a type of community building interaction that has surely helped him create a castle at the ballooned end of multiple fandom ages.

The whole artifice of his throne came calling with that season, and justifiably, he won. But Rema’s win—which does not predate his success, proud entrance, and wins at that, in that realm of big wins that included his triumphant and likely-virgin debut at the Soundcity MVP Awards—for the Next Rated award at the 2020 Headies—and he has in fact packed up so much in his bootstraps that there is not enough room in that universal locker for any more sizes—is as it has been exploited—though after winning the Next Rated award one can be thought of as holding a nominal ‘second-rated’ position—as second-rated-ly emblematic.

His chests emboss seals of curators’ propositions and popular fact. Most importantly though, the winner of a year and a year before coming’s seals lean it back to a deeper place—a yearning bop—that artistically presents where his mind might be considering it to be at the moment in his so intriguing…most intriguing…award-clasping career therefore far.

Nigerian singer Rema’s music has spread around the world—infecting everyone within earshot with the undeniable hit power of a genre-bending blend of Afrobeats, trap, and whatever else finds its way into the mix—from the bustling streets of Benin City.

Anything the wunderkind Renaissance artist has achieved so far can be traced back to the day he first stepped into a booth to record an as-yet-unnamed EP with just a small handful of completed songs. “Dumebi” would leak onto Al Gore’s internet, soundtracking the tomfoolery of youth doing hoodrat stuff in Lagos, Jo-burg, negociants in the markets of Dakar, the unfairly cute hotep babes in Harlem all bussing the same two-step. More hits followed. Awards, too. Any and every list of “ones to watch” would be remiss not to mention the dreaded-up dynamo who has done his part to shift the paradigm of what it means to come from Africa in [current year] with a hit song far from the formulae of yore. There’s a reason for that: He’s remarkably good—already—just a few years in. That’s why we’re excited about much more of the same from Bad Commando in [checks watch] the next few years.

As someone who writes about music, I might look forward to his music to be able to point out where he’s leaning into Indie sounds or possibly trying his hand at some early oughts R&B. Those of us who are fans with nuanced, searching, or casual taste in music will no doubt listen to whatever comes out next from Rema (who may already have an album somewhere on a hard drive in Lagos that’s being held as tightly as frankincense under the king’s sofa). For anyone looking to continue enjoying this world of music far away from the strict confines of American and European constrictions, let’s listen to whatever comes next with eagerness instead of hinting at how Ojuelegba sounds just like “bleep.” Dance to good music instead. And if it doesn’t sound good to you, at least try to understand what it means to the people who are shaking a foot to it before insisting that people are “following Wizkid too much.” Live a little. Okay, bye.