{"id":5784,"date":"2024-10-06T12:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2024-12-31T19:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T00:18:55","slug":"audio-sessions-rema-discusses-heis-ye-carti-inspiration-drake-collab-leaking-afrobeats-conspiracy-theorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=5784","title":{"rendered":"Audio Sessions: Rema Discusses HEIS, Ye &#038; Carti Inspiration, Drake Collab Leaking, Afrobeats, Conspiracy Theorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In this interview, Arshan sat down for a conversation with global Afrobeats star Rema following the release of his critically acclaimed album \u2018HEIS\u2019 which not only marked a notable shift in his sound and aesthetic but also bridged a new audience toward the genre itself while still paying homage to his native Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Starting his early musical journey as a Gospel rapper, Rema developed his skills and ear for music with early influences rooted in Melodic Trap while listening to Playboi Carti, Juice WRLD, and XXXTENTACION, among many others. Rema\u2019s music initially gained traction following the release of his 2019 single \u201cDumebi\u201d which was the first domino to fall in his long line of world-dominating tracks like \u201cCalm Down (with Selena Gomez)\u201d which propelled him to the global stage and then some.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZiqTn_FJBCk?si=yV0B6qKyjaoHoHue\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In their conversation, Rema discusses his favorite things to do in NY, starting his career as a Gospel rapper, being a fan of LUCKI, Playboi Carti, Ken Carson, Future, &amp; Veeze, having early influence from Playboi Carti, Juice WRLD, and XXXTENTACION, being friends with Travis Scott &amp; showing him around Nigeria, dealing with songs leaking &amp; not crashing out, \u201cMention Me\u201d with Drake leaking, starting from scratch with Drake to make a classic, his album \u2018HEIS\u2019 changing the sound of Afrobeats, Batman: \u201cArkham Knight\u201d influencing his sound, making Afrobeats cinematic and being inspired by Hip-Hop, bringing back \u201cthe old Rema,\u201d NOT worshipping the devil and Benin culture being misunderstood, being best friends with Lancey Foux, working with Young Thug &amp; Akon, Afrobeats being overlooked, Rema\u2019s biggest enemy, Rema\u2019s advice for emerging artists, Overcoming creative burnout, being mentored by Rick Rubin, getting style inspiration from Emo-Rock, and working with Metro Boomin &amp; BNYX going forward!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Host @ktoarshan<br \/>\nProducers @ktoarshan @jack.kissane<br \/>\nFilming @kahhre @wav3_visuals<br \/>\nEditing @Mikkyfilmz @ktoarshan<br \/>\nResearch + special help @jack.kissane @antoniojohri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this interview, Arshan sat down for a conversation with global Afrobeats star Rema following the release of his critically acclaimed album \u2018HEIS\u2019 which not only marked a notable shift in his sound and aesthetic but also bridged a new audience toward the genre itself while still paying homage to his native Benin City, Edo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5786,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions\/5786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}