Fast rising Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, on Sunday shared how he made a transition from gospel to secular music.
Rema, who once headed a gospel rap group in church, noted that the switch began when he started going to sing at bars and lounges to make ends meet.
The Mavin Records signee made this known during Rubbin’ Minds show, televised on Channels TV and was monitored by our correspondent.
The Benin-born singer noted that he hadn’t yet relocated to Lagos when he made a switch to secular music.
“I lost my father and brother and I needed to come through for my family. At that point in time, I felt like that’s where I started spacing out; little by little, until I just exiled.”
According to him, the transition was weird for him and his mum but he was unable to convince the latter about his choice.
“It was weird for me and most especially for my mum because she was well known in church. I didn’t do any much explaining. I just told her to trust me,” Rema said.