"Tems, Accept this token of beauty as a Thank You for being the best part of our Grammy award winning song. This is just the beginning."
It would be recalled that the remarkable Afrobeats singer won a Grammy alongside Drake and Future in their music ‘Wait for U’.
Following their Grammy win, Future, who has in the past expressed admiration for the Nigerian singer, extended a sweet gesture as a way of showing his appreciation for her part in their win.He sent her bouquet of flowers with a note voicing his gratitude. It read;
“Tems,
Accept this token of beauty as a thank you for being the best part of our Grammy Award Winning Song. This is just the beginning.
Future. “
The 65th grammy award, held on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, saw the flock of most of the greatest artistes in the world in attendance.
Tems’ is also the first non-mixed Nigerian female musician to win the prestigious award.
Sade Adu, who won the Grammy for ‘Best new artist in 1986, and Cynthia Erivo, who bagged ‘Best theatre Album’ in 2017, were British Nigerians
The Afrobeats singer has added this to her list of accomplishments following her Africa Future awards win and her Oscar nomination.
On how she feels taking the award home, the songstress, in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, said that working with people whose songs she used to listen to only five years ago is an incredible feeling.
“It’s incredible. I got to work with people that five years ago, were on my playlist. You know, I was jamming with them, and now I’m working with them. It’s such a pleasure, and I feel like this is just the beginning,” she said.
The Grammy-winning song, ‘Wait For U’ is a remake of Tems’ song, ‘Higher’. The 27-year-old said that she was notified before it was sampled.
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