7th February, 2023
Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems is still basking in the euphoria of winning a Grammy Award.
Tems took to her Instagram page to upload photos where she dressed sexily to please her numerous fans.
At 27, she already boasted of a Grammy which many Nigerian legendary singers had for decades craved for but could not taste.
In such a short period, she won the 2023 ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category.
In celebrating his feat, she bombarded her Instagram page with kinky photos to thrill her audience.
She simply wrote: “Bad gyal inna evening dress!”
Celebrities, such as Jumoke Odetola, Eve Esin, Destiny Etiko, Beauty Tukura, among others have hailed her exploit.
Tems, born 11 June, 1995, rose to prominence after she was featured on Wizkid’s 2020 single “Essence,” which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 after the release of a remixed version with an additional feature from Justin Bieber, and earned her a Grammy Award nomination.
That same year, she was featured on Drake’s song, “Fountains.”
On 25 September, 2020, she released her debut extended play, For Broken Ears. Tems released her second extended play, If Orange Was a Place (2021), after being signed to RCA Records.
In 2022, Tems’ vocals from her song “Higher” were sampled by Future on his single, “Wait for U”, which led to her being credited as a featured artist alongside Drake on the song.
It debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first African artist to debut at number one and the second Nigerian artist to top the chart. The song earned her the Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance.
Tems covered Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, released in July 2022 and in the same month, her song “Free Mind” from her debut EP debuted on the Hot 100.
Throughout her career, Tems has received many accolades, including a Grammy Award, two NAACP Image Awards, two BET Awards and two Soul Train Music Awards. She also co-wrote the song “Lift Me Up” by Rihanna, which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.