Rema and Blaqbonez were accused of publicity stunt by some netizens, while others opined they may be in love with the female singers or dating them
By Kehinde Okeowo
Two upcoming Nigerian rappers, Divine Ikubor, popularly known by his stage name Rema, and Emeka Akumefule a.k.a Blaqbonez, have sent the internet buzzing after they both changed their profile pictures.
While Rema changed his display picture on Twitter to that of the double BET Awards winner, Tems, Blaqbonez replaced his with the photo of another talented female artiste, Ayra Starr.
Prior to this, Rema had commented on how beautiful Tems is, he tweeted ‘Tems fine ASF’ and ‘I’m dating’ on the microblogging platform, prompting his fans to suspect that his account may have been hacked.
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Again, the 22-year-old Mavin Records signee claimed that he is “a virgin” and dared his fans to challenge the assertion in another post on Twitter.
However, the sudden change of their display pictures to that of their female colleagues has sent tongues wagging on social media as many of their fans have started to ask questions and make suggestions.
The online community came up with various insinuations ranging from calling their act a publicity stunt, to suggesting they might truly be in love with the duo or dating them.
Meanwhile, outside changing their profile photos to that of female singers, Tems and Ayra Starr, the gifted rappers also stated that they will be happy, if ace singer, Wizkid gives them ‘smoke’.
The singers who are close to the ‘Made in Lagos’ crooner made this statement on their tweeted pages.
Rema tweeted: “If Big Wiz pass the blunt, I’ll smoke.”
While Blaqbonez wrote, ” If Big Wiz pass the colorado, I’d smoke.”
