Reactions have trailed Rema’s decision to walk off the stage at J Cole’s Dreamville Festival 2024 following the technical difficulties the singer experienced on stage.
Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, a Nigerian Afrobeats star, participated in J Cole’s Dreamville Festival in 2024, where he performed alongside other global artists such as SZA, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, and J Cole himself. The annual event took place at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park, North Carolina, on April 6 and 7, 2024, attracting thousands of music lovers from all over the country who came to enjoy various styles of music.
On the second day of the festival, Rema took the stage to perform and started with his hit single ‘Calm Down’ when the sound system began to experience delayed feedback, interrupting his performance.
The singer expressed his displeasure with the sound and technical difficulty he experienced on stage to the fans as he stopped his performance midway to let them know just how he felt. He stated, “There’s too many sound issues and it’s messing up my performance. I’m seriously not feeling this shitt. This is too messed up. I am representing Africa this is too messed up. The sound cannot be perfect for every artist that gets on this stage and Africa is in the house and you’re messing shitt up.”
The singer however continued the performance in his bid to please and entertain the fans who had come to the event to watch him perform. Rema stopped the performance for the second time and did not continue this time around and opted to walk off the stage after letting the fans know his displeasure. He said, “Too many sound issues, my people, I love you all my people.”
