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Tems Set to Make History with Possible Double Grammy Win
Nigerian singer-songwriter Temilade Openiyi, known professionally as Tems, is on the cusp of making history at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, scheduled for February 2, 2025, at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. With three nominations, she stands to become the first African artist to win multiple Grammys in a single night.
Tems’ nominations include Best African Music Performance for “Love Me, Jeje,” Best Global Music Album for her debut studio album “Born in the Wild,” and Best R&B Song for “Burning.” “Love Me Jeje” is a contemporary rendition of Seyi Sodimu’s 1997 classic, showcasing Tems’ ability to blend traditional African sounds with modern R&B.
Billboard predicts that Tems will secure victories in both the Best African Music Performance and Best Global Music Album categories. In the former, she faces competition from fellow Nigerian artists Yemi Alade (“Tomorrow”), Asake & Wizkid (“MMS”), Chris Brown featuring Davido & Lojay (“Sensational”), and Burna Boy (“Higher”).
Notably, “Sensational” by Chris Brown, featuring Davido and Lojay, has been highlighted as a “Look Out For” track by Billboard, while Burna Boy’s “Higher” is also considered a strong contender.
In the Best Global Music Album category, Tems’ “Born in the Wild” is up against “Alkebulan II” by Matt B featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, “Paisajes” by Ciro Hurtado, “Heis” by Rema, and “Historias De Un Flamenco” by Antonio Rey.
It’s noteworthy that Tems is the only previous Grammy winner among this year’s nominees in this category, having previously won for her collaboration on “Wait for U” with Future and Drake.
Nollywood actor Kunle Remi expresses his frustration over the current state of the economy and the fuel increase.
He first states how Nigeria is now inconsistent with power supply and on top of this sudden fuel increase occurs.
“I live on the island, we’ve been running generators back to back. Petrol is ₦1,300 now. My staff are smiling but letting me know it’s hard to even come to work.”
“All the things I’m working for… for what? It’s messing with my brain and my spirit is very angry,” he added.
He calls for the government to make a change and provide a solution to this.
Nigerian comedian I Go Save takes to social media as he laments about data in Nigeria. He expresses his frustration with how data finishes fast these days.
He proceeded to share his experience stating that one month data finished in few hours.
“They just talk say I have subscribed for one month, e no even reach how many hours, they thing don finish. I download house? Nobody is even saying anything. Internet providers are defr@uding Nigerians badly.”
Nigerian rapper Ruggedman steps out to criticize the term Afrobeats and states how many artists hide under that category.
In a recent interview, he shares his thoughts stating that people who are even with no talent hide under the name Afrobeats and it gets accepted because of that.
“I don’t like Afrobeats as an umbrella genre from every music coming out of Africa. That was a mistake. I didn’t liked it from the beginning but when I complained people accused me of being jealous or trying to gatekeep,” he said.
“It is the people in the UK who started this thing of tagging every African music Afrobeats. Nigerians love classicism. They just wanted to give it a name,” he said.
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