Award winning Nigerian artiste, Divine Ibukor, popularly known as Rema was paid $3 million to perform at the wedding of Anant Ambani, son of India’s wealthiest man Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant.
Mr Ambani is an Indian businessman and the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries. With an estimated net worth of $123.3 billion as of July 2024, he is the wealthiest person in India and the 11th most prosperous in the world.
Rema’s performance at the India billionaire wedding where he was reportedly Paid $3m To Perform. Global! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ABQUff4kEN
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Anant Ambani, 29, is marrying his longtime girlfriend, Radhika Merchant, in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year. This grand and significant seven-month event has captured the global community’s attention. The arrangement highlights the billionaire’s staggering wealth and rising clout.
Rema arrived in India on Friday to perform at the star-studded wedding at the Jio World Centre in Bandra Kurla Centre (BKC) in Mumbai. The couple had their roka ceremony (a pre-wedding event that marks the beginning of the marriage process for many Indian weddings) in 2022 and an engagement in 2023.
Apart from Rema, Peutorican star Louis Fonsi of Despacito fame and Justin Beiber, who was reportedly paid $10m, are also expected to attend and perform.
The couple had their roka ceremony in 2022, followed by an engagement in 2023.
This year, they had a pre-wedding ceremony in Jamnagar, which was also attended by Ram Charan and Upasana, apart from celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, and others. Rihanna performed at the festivities.
They had another pre-wedding bash at a luxury cruise, where Katy Perry performed. The wedding ceremony is called the Shubh Vivah. It will be followed by Shubh Aashirwad and Mangal Utsav on July 13 and 14 respectively.
