Nigerian singer, Shallipopi is grateful to his colleague, Rema for inspiring him and other artists from Edo State to believe in their talents.
Before Rema’s success, there was not much hope for singers from Edo State to make it big in the music industry.
However, after the music star signed to a record label and became famous, Shallipopi and the others realized that it was also possible for them to achieve stardom.
In a recent episode of The Zero Conditions podcast, Shallipopi revealed that Rema is the one who gave him hope that he too can make it.
The Benin-born singer said;
“Benin as a place, none of us get hope to blow. We thought musical stardom was only attainable for Lagos and Abuja residents. We didn’t had the hope that we too could achieve spotlight.
It was after Rema came, after D’Prince signed him to Jonzing World, that was when he realised that is also possible for Benin artists to hit stardom. There’s hope. If Rema cross over, we go fit cross over.
“When Rema went to Lagos, we were watching him. We are his day-one fans. He knows. We’ve been following since when he was posting freestyle videos on social to his trap EP to his new height. He was the one who gave us hope that we too can make it.”
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