Nigerian globally recognised music star Temilade Openiyi a.k.a Tems said she could not believe her luck when three musical heavyweights Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Drake reached out to her within a span of three days.
Tems who was speaking about her journey into stardom on BigBoy TV said it was something she never imagined would happen to her in her young career.
“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 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 disclosed that her work as a furniture saleswoman prepared her for music journey.
“I was a digital marketer at a furniture company…and the job was terrible, I was producing music after work
“One day, i realized if i wanted to be an artist it was at that time, so I took the big risk,”
