Temilade Openiyi, better known by her stage name Tems, a Nigerian singer, has reacted to her win at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
Tems, clearly overjoyed, expressed her delight at the accomplishment, stating that she believes it is only the beginning.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that the singer won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category on Sunday night for her role in ‘Wait for U,’ Future’s 2022 hit song featuring Drake.
Tems recalled in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine how she would always listen to several prominent artists with whom she now collaborates.
Speaking specifically about her Grammy win, the singer said;
It is incredible, I get to work with people that five years ago were on my playlist. I was jamming to them and now I am working with them, it is such a pleasure and I feel like this is just the beginning.
The song, with U was taken from my record, Higher, they reached out to me and they told me they would use it as a sample and I felt it was amazing. I thought the song was interesting and amazing the way it got together.