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Rema's 'Calm Down' has been added to Spotify's list of Songs of Summer 2023. Calm Down" is a song by Nigerian singer Rema, from his debut studio album Rave & Roses (2022). It was released on 11 February 2022, through Jonzing World and Mavin as the album's second single. Since its debut in February 2022, 'Calm Down' has achieved huge global popularity, making it Afrobeats' most successful foreign export. Spotify issued their Song of Summer selection for US and global listeners on August 23, 2023, and Rema's…

Senegalese-American singer, Akon has stated that he was happier when he was a poor man than when he became successful noting that life is tougher for the rich than poor. He made this comment while defending a statement he made following actor Michael K. Williams' death in September 2021. He used Williams' death to show that the more one becomes successful the more problems they will have. “Nobody can sit there and tell me, that I didn’t go through poverty. I was the young African kid, barefoot and playing soccer…