TOP Nigerian songstress, Temilade Openiyi, aka Tems, has narrated how top international singers, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Drake reached out to her within three days.
The 29-year-old artist in an interview with BigBoy TV talked about her journey to stardom, noting how Beyoncé’s team first reached out, followed by direct messages from Drake and Rihanna.
“I never imagine becoming this big. We did ‘Essence’ and I started getting messages. In 2020 Beyoncé team reached out and I was like God, what’s going on?
“And I got DMs from people that I looked up to like Rihanna and Drake. These are people that influenced culture very much for the past 10 years or more. They are very respected in the industry. In fact, I got their messages within 3 days of each other.
“It felt like it wasn’t real and I felt like I was dreaming or being pranked,” she said.
Tems rose to prominence after being featured on Wizkid's 2020 single "Essence", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, following the release of the remix version with Justin Bieber. The song also earned her a Grammy Award nomination.
