Songstress Temilade Openiyi, known within the scope of showbiz as Tems has finally received her Grammy award plaque.
Tems’ contribution to Future’s song “Wait For U,” which also features Drake, earned her the Best Melodica Rap Performance Grammy at the 65th Grammy Awards on February 6, 2023.
The plaque arrived on Friday night, according to Muyiwa Awoniyi, the singer’s manager, who posted about it on social media.
On the back of this illustrious feat, the tall singer made history by becoming the first female Nigerian musician to not only win a Grammy but also be nominated for one.
In the Best Global Performance category last year, she was nominated for her collaboration with Wizkid on the blockbuster song “Essence,” but Pakistan’s Arooj Aftab won.
What is Tems nationality?
Tems clarified in an interview recently that she is primarily Nigerian and that she is only a British citizen on paper.
The Grammy award-winning singer (she won the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for her contribution to the hit song Wait for U with Future and Drake at the 65th Grammys) said that she spent most of her childhood in Nigeria and that the music she listened to there served as her influence.
When questioned if her English ancestry has an impact on the type of music she releases, Tems responded in the affirmative during an interview on Jazzys World TV.
“I mostly grew up in Nigeria, so I’m mostly Nigerian. I am only British on paper,” she said.
Tems was born on 11 June 1995, in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian mother and a British-Nigerian father. Shortly after being born, she moved to the United Kingdom from Nigeria but returned to the latter country at the age of 5 following her parents’ divorce.
Tems resided in Ilupeju before moving to Lekki and later Ajah. Tems attended Dowen College for her secondary education and Monash South Africa for her tertiary education.
At school, she was noticed by her music teacher and learned to play the piano. She practised singing with her brother and often used his guitar accompaniment.
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