Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, professionally known as Rema, has revealed that he is inspired by Davido’s record breaking feat on YouTube.
Davido’s hit single “Fall” recently made history as the first Afrobeat music video to hit 200million views on YouTube.
The music video which was directed by DAPS and was released on the video sharing platform in June of 2017, was the first Afrobeats video to cross a 100m, 150m and now 200m views on YouTube. The 28-year-old singer disclosed that he made the hit song as a joke and fortunately, the visuals has achieved a huge milestone.
Reacting to the news, Mavin signee, Rema took to Twitter to laud Davido for the feat.
In his words,
“I celebrate with Obo, this has never been done, a huge milestone, and I’m inspired.”
See his tweet below,
I celebrate with OBO, this has never been done, huge milestone and I’m INSPIRED! ???????? ???? pic.twitter.com/jBulJgKlLA
— REMA (@heisrema) April 8, 2021