Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, known globally as Tems, has told fans she might have built a career in accounting or mathematics teaching had music not worked out. She made the comment during an interactive session on X, where a fan asked what path she would have pursued outside entertainment.
Tems, now a multiple Grammy winner, previously disclosed that she resigned from her job as a digital marketer in early 2018 to devote herself fully to music. Her debut single, ‘Mr Rebel’, released later that year, gained modest attention.
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Her breakthrough came in 2020 after featuring on Wizkid’s hit track ‘Essence’, which climbed to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 following its remix with Justin Bieber, cementing her status as an international star.
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