Tems’ manager makes shocking revelation about Tems

Muyiwa Awoniyi, the manager of the Grammy Award singer Temilade Openiyi, also known as Tems, has opened up about the singer’s condition before fame.

Muyiwa in an interview on Friday with Afrobeats Intelligence stated that Tems had just N200 in her account when they met.

“Back then when I was doing my podcast, she would just be sitting down while me and my cousin were talking. Obviously, she wasn’t financially buoyant in any capacity. When I met Tems, she only had about 200 Naira in her account,” Muyiwa shared.

Muyiwa also stated that that despite her financial situation, Tems was always very eager to help and offer assistance.

“If I had money, I would buy food. But another thing that shocked me was that even though she didn’t have money, she would order food for us. She didn’t even have a way of earning. So, I just realised that she is different from everyone I have seen in Nigeria,” he said.

Muyiwa also explained how his professional relationship with with Tems came to be.

“When she asked me to be her manager, I agreed and said I would send her a contract to sign. We had already verbally agreed on everything. You know, when you present paperwork for artists to sign, it’s always tricky. But she was chasing me to sign my own part. And I have never experienced that before. I was like, ‘You don’t mind signing paperwork? Hold on, let’s not do this. You’re someone I can rock with for life. Let’s start a company,” Muyiwa added.