Rema breaks silence on his rumored $3 million performance fee at Indian wedding

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Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Rema has addressed the swirling rumors astir his reportedly $3 cardinal show interest astatine the lavish wedding of Anant Ambani, the lad of Asia’s richest antheral Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant, the girl of salient pharma tycoons Viren and Shaila Merchant.

Rema’s show astatine the high-profile event, held connected July 12 astatine the Jio World Centre successful Mumbai, captured wide media attention.

According to reports by Hindustan Times, the vocalist was allegedly paid $3 cardinal to execute his planetary deed “Calm Down” astatine the expansive celebration.

Rema.

In a caller interrogation with GRM, Rema was asked to corroborate the figures reported.

“Is it existent you got paid $3million for Ambani’s Wedding successful India?,” the Interviewer asked.

In response, Rema replied:

“Hehehe. That’s what I tin say, to beryllium honest. Money-wise, but overall, it was a large treatment. It was beautiful.”

“I emotion India. India loves me, too. And it’s conscionable beauteous to spot thing that radical trolled maine for, criticised maine for. And now, I’m benefiting from that.

“Imagine if I stopped. Imagine if I really listened to the trolls online and switched up my sound.

“Four years later, it paid and inactive paying and much to come. India is simply a immense territory. I’m really the archetypal afrobeats artiste to circuit India. I’m adjacent astir apt the archetypal African if I’m not wrong, but if I’m mistaking, please, forgive me. But it’s a immense deal.

“It’s not conscionable astir the wedding. It’s astir the reception everyplace I go. I retrieve erstwhile I was touring India, I didn’t adjacent cognize however they knew. When I spell anyplace conscionable to eat, it’s conscionable paparazzi. It’s crazier than the emotion successful Nigeria.”