Nigerian rapper and singer, Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema, has revealed that he has been admitted to further his education at the University of Lagos after pressure from his mum.
According to the popular singer, his mum insisted that he must get his university degree despite making it big in music.
21-year-old Rema rose to prominence with the release of the song “Iron Man”, which appeared on Barack Obama’s 2019 summer playlist. In 2019, he signed a record deal with Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records.
Revealing his admission on Twitter, Rema said: “What if I told y’all I got an admission into Unilag? Lol Mom said I still need to get a degree sigh, oh well see you guys in class!
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“I go try drop the Album before I enter school, make dem no go beat me for Unilag, plus I’m in the Creative Art Department.”
In another tweet, he joked: “Fresher no mean say I no go relate with final year student o, if you don’t gerrit forgeAboutrit”
Reacting to the news, one UNILAG student said: “I’m getting carry over in all my courses so we can be in 200L together”
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