{"id":179452,"date":"2024-07-17T14:57:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=179452"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:57:53","slug":"stop-ditching-afrobeats-for-amapiano-rema-tells-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/07\/17\/stop-ditching-afrobeats-for-amapiano-rema-tells-colleagues\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Stop ditching afrobeats for amapiano&#8221; \u2013 Rema tells colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Rema admitted that amapiano is a great genre but highlighted that Nigerian artists must sustain afrobeats\u2019 influence on the continent.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He spoke on how his recently-released sophomore album, \u2018HeIs,\u2019 was heavily inspired by afrobeats legends like Don Jazzy and the Mo\u2019hits crew, 2Baba, Olamide, P-Square and Timaya.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nigerian singer Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema has highlighted the need for his colleagues to maintain and celebrate the country&#8217;s afrobeats culture.<\/p>\n<p>With the increasing influence of amapiano in the Nigerian music industry, Rema stressed the importance of sustaining afrobeats&#8217; impact on the African music scene.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with Apple Music, Rema acknowledged amapiano as a great genre but emphasized the significance of preserving afrobeats&#8217; unique sound and influence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179455\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Screenshot_20240717-154516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Screenshot_20240717-154516.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/Screenshot_20240717-154516-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rema<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rema stated that he drew inspiration from legendary afrobeats artists like Don Jazzy, Mo&#8217;hits crew, 2Baba, Olamide, P-Square, and Timaya for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/07\/11\/rema-discusses-his-growth-in-music-industry\/\">sophomore album, &#8216;HeIs&#8217;.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He praised the distinctive production style of afrobeats, which he believes has the power to dominate African clubs,\u00a0 encouraging his fellow artists to continue producing high-quality afrobeats music to maintain Nigeria&#8217;s dominance in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>In his words:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI had to go back [while creating my new album]. 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