Tems Wins First Grammy Award

Nigerian Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has won her first-ever Grammy award.

The 27-year-old Afrobeats singer, on Sunday, won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category for her vocal and writing contribution to the smashing hit ‘Wait For U’ by Future featuring Drake and herself, making it her first Grammy award win after four nominations.

Meanwhile, Burna Boy lost his categories: the ‘Best Global Music Album’ and the ‘Best Global Music Performance’ categories.

Others nominated for the category won by Tems included DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA (Beautiful); Jack Harlow (First Class); Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer (Die Hard) and Latto – Big Energy (Live).

Meanwhile, congratulatory messages poured for Tems on social media after the announcement.

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