Shortly after the singer announced that he had hit 100 million streams on Audiomack, Rema took to Twitter to begin the rant, which resembles those by fellow musician, Kanye West.
He had a lot of things to get off his chest and had words for a number of people, including those who reportedly hate him for climbing to the top too quickly, a girl who rebuffed his attentions, and an engineer who abandoned him at the start of his career.
He also called for new generation artists to truly band together so that they will not be used for ‘entertainment’.
“N----s don’t wanna see a kid win, they feel I got it too easy. I shower with my sweat, we go off on this side like the days in BENIN it got nun to do with my deal, come and sign these papers without a hustler spirit, you gone lose! Management gone change my password now lol
“I climbed this cliff with bunch of rejected beats. Some n----s hate me because of that.
“When we in the same room together don’t label me proud or rude because I don’t smile, talk or laugh to your jokes.
“I protect my spirit and my flesh, whatever scar I die with my reborn shall possess.
“Thank you OBAMA for seeing what I saw in Ironman, lot of n----s couldn’t. I was 18 when I made that song, the beat got 6 sounds. I’ll give that simple beat to half the game and I won’t get a record as strong as IRONMAN.
“N----s feel I’m disrespectful, they want me to alert them before I drop.
“I done made millions before this fame, let no man feel this money changing me.
“I told D’prince sir I’m making money where I’m at I think I’m good. D’prince said to me stop what you’re doing and come to me boy “you’re the chosen one”, this music sh__ is gonna pay if you trust me!
“I done did Melodies that never existed in this world, go listen to my records. I swear them engineers thought I was crazy when I say turn off the auto tune.
“To the girl who rejected me before this fame, I’m eating the royalties off this pain. (WHY)
“Ozedikus took risks for me, he was under a management with guidelines. He sneaked beats to me so I could record when my first engineer left me because we couldn’t pay him at the time. All the beats Ozedikus sneaked are now HITS.”
He also apologized to someone called Eric for stealing his laptop in 2017. At a point during the rant, he snapped at someone (most likely his management) for trying to change the password to his Twitter account.
He continued:
“Eric, Sorry I stole your Laptop in 2017, I know you were trying to help me. My Mom had a child on the way, I was the only man in my family. They made fun of her because she got pregnant, I wanted to prove them wrong bro, I had to do it.
“When my late brother did house parties y’all came, when he died only 2 friends stood beside his death bed. That’s why I’m not comfortable around people, they love me because I have something to offer, You know yourselves don’t let me catch you!!!
“Dear new generation artists, let’s be friends genuinely, don’t let this people forcefully make us friends just to prove healthy competition and make us enemies for their own entertainment. I swear I love y’all.
“Stop trying to change my password!!!
“I’m not excited to be here, I’m SUPPOSE to be here. The game handpicked me that’s why I said “ANOTHER BAGER”!!! on my first track.
“Mom don’t need my money, she just wanna be happy. She said invest so your children don’t suffer like you did.
“N----s label my music rubbish because I infuse my Edo language. Because I didn’t follow the usual guidelines to music, because I hacked Afrobeats with God given melodies, they called it ‘Indian’ because they DO NOT UNDERSTAND ME. I’m not of this world, know this now!
“My first show was 6 zeros, the second month of my arrival into the game, ask the INDUSTRY. I performed with a mask on, because I came into the game with an unannounced EP like the thief in the NIGHT. Bet some of y’all n----s thought it was for fashion. Pathetic.
“Promoters, I have visions for all y’all shows but sometimes y’all limit me. It’s not really about the cash, You don’t let me bring my vision to life even when I wanna pay for it, talkin bout ‘your stage is not strong’ my generation wanna RAVE!!! start building STRONGER STAGES.
“I bet y’all don’t know that the Nigerian government signed a new Law enabling the police to arrest and search your phones without warrant. THE TWITTER TRENDS ARE NOT ENOUGH, MY GENERATION WAKE UP!!!
“You no fit kill who don die before.
“My teddy bear is my best friend, he doesn’t talk, so he can’t judge me. Humans judge people, I don’t like humans, sometimes.
“Ravers they trying to deactivate my acc. Fight for me while I’m away, love y’all.”
What do you think about this? Some Twitter users have described this as a ploy by his management to rebrand him from a boy into a man while others have expressed concern.
In all this, let’s be sure to consider Rema’s mental health.
— maziibe.eth (@maziibe_) September 28, 2020
Someone needs to seize Rema's phone before he uses his hand to destroy his brand.
— Dr. Chinonso Egemba (@aproko_doctor) September 28, 2020
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Omo. I hope this guy is fine sha. We’re all human though. He definitely needed this.