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Grammy-winning singer, Tems, has said she was advised to go into Afrobeats music because her kind of music \u2018doesn\u2019t fit in Nigeria.\u2019<\/p>\n
The music star, however, stated that she was \u2018prepared to die\u2019 for R&B because it was the only way she felt her message could be let out.<\/p>\n
Tems said this in an interview with superstar rapper, Kendrick Lamar on Interview Magazine<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\u201cI was prepared to die. I believed in myself so much that I didn\u2019t really care if I never became anything or anyone. I just wanted to get a message out. I wanted to get my frequency out. And I was like, \u2018Even if ten people hear this, it\u2019s fine.\u2019 But also along the way, I used to listen to a lot of Nigerian music and I wasn\u2019t getting a lot of spiritual\u2014I love Celine Dion, so, I love that intense feeling of, I\u2019m about to jump off a cliff.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how I want my music to feel all the time, and Afrobeats wasn\u2019t necessarily giving me that type of stimulation. Everyone I asked for advice was like, \u2018The only way you can do this is Afrobeats. It\u2019s not that your music is bad; it\u2019s just that it doesn\u2019t fit in Nigeria. Nigerians don\u2019t like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s not a lie, and it\u2019s not a bad thing. But I felt in my heart that that\u2019s okay. I\u2019m okay with no one liking it; I just want to make this music. I want to make music that makes me pull my heart out, and if I can\u2019t do that, I don\u2019t want anything. I would rather do that and be broke than compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tems also stated that she cared less about money and was more particular about chasing a frequency.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t really care about the money. It\u2019s not that money is bad. Money is very good. But for me, even right now, I\u2019m chasing a frequency. There are artists I\u2019ve loved all my life, that when they reach a certain stage, the music loses that frequency, it loses that touch they had. And I always wondered why. Why do I have to lose that touch? I don\u2019t actually care where I end up. If I\u2019m under a bridge and I have a way to make music, I\u2019m going to be good.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what led me to meet the people that connected to that music. There was no indication that I would\u2019ve ended up here. Nobody could have told me I would be sitting here in London speaking to you, Kendrick Lamar,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n
Tems has enjoyed a winning streak ever since her collaboration with Wizkid, \u2018Essence\u2019 became an international hit in 2021.<\/p>\n
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