Johnny Drille, an esteemed singer, expressed his belief that Rema, his colleague and record label mate, does not receive the recognition he deserves for his remarkable contributions to the Nigerian music industry and beyond.
Drille attributed this lack of appreciation to bias, suggesting that despite Rema’s impressive accomplishments at a young age, he is not fully cherished by Nigerians.
Speaking in a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, Johnny Drille said, “Not to be controversial or anything but if Rema was some other artistes, other big artistes in Nigeria, everyone would be screaming at their lungs like, ‘Hey! This person is breaking grounds..
“And Rema for his age has done some really incredible things that I don’t think we give him enough credit for. I mean, he has literally one of the biggest songs not just in Africa but in the world with ‘Calm Down’ which has been on the Billboard Top 10 for almost a year. That has never been done in the history of African music. And he is having a lot of sold out shows all over the world.
“It just feels to me like he’s just getting started. We need to give the young man more credit.”
