Rema Namakula

Rehema Namakula also known as Rema or Rema Namakula, is a Ugandan singer and recording artist. Many of Rema Namakula’s Songs became very popular and trendy on social media in line with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay.

She was born on 24 April 1991 in Lubaga Hospital, Uganda. She attended Kitante Primary School for her elementary school education. She studied at Saint Balikudembe Senior Secondary School for both O-Level and A-Level studies.

Later, she joined Kyambogo University. which she never completed and says she plans to do so in the future.

Career
During her Senior 6 vacation, she began singing karaoke. Later, she became a backup singer to another Ugandan female musician Halima Namakula, who became her mentor. She continued her music career as a backup artist for Ugandan musician Bebe Cool in Gagamel, Bebe Cool's recording group.

In 2013, Bebe Cool was watching television when he saw Rema talking about launching a solo album, which Bebe Cool didn't know about so he fired her, and she went solo. In 2013 she released "Oli Wange" which was written by Nince Henry and made her popular in the music industry of Uganda.

In 2016, Rema was selected to represent Uganda in the fourth season of Coke Studio Africa 2016. Other Ugandan recording artists selected included Lydia Jazmine, Eddy Kenzo, and Radio and Weasel.

Other participants in the invitation-only event included 2Baba (2Face Idibia) from Nigeria and Trey Songz from the United States.

Achievements
Rema has had quite a fruitful journey after she won 4 awards in the 2013 HiPipo Music Awards for Best HiPipo Charts Artist, Best Breakthrough Artist, Best Female Artist, and Best R&B Song, "Oli Wange".

The following year she again bagged 3 awards in the HiPipo Music Awards for Best Female Artist of the Year, Best Female Artist (Dancehall), and Best female RnB song - Kukaliba.

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