{"id":140410,"date":"2024-01-18T07:53:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T07:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/18\/i-was-bullied-to-point-of-tears-was-target-of-ridicule-because-of-my-voice\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T07:53:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T07:53:36","slug":"i-was-bullied-to-point-of-tears-was-target-of-ridicule-because-of-my-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/18\/i-was-bullied-to-point-of-tears-was-target-of-ridicule-because-of-my-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Was Bullied To Point Of Tears, Was Target Of Ridicule Because Of My Voice\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Tems has disclosed that the tone of her voice caused her to be dragged.<\/p>\n<p>Tems stated in an interview with The Cut that she didn\u2019t start talking until the age of three.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-907028 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2322.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"747\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Since her voice didn\u2019t sound like other girls\u2019, she said that she experienced self-consciousness as a child.<\/p>\n<p>In her words,<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI was bullied to the point of tears and was a target of ridicule. This led to the belief that I sounded like a boy, or a frog, with the impression that my voice was ugly.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: \u201cGo And Work, Stop Being Entitled\u201d \u2013 Actress Chinenye Nnebe Advises Ladies<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI was always in my little world. When I did make friends, I would try to make them sing my songs, and other girls had these sweet, high voices and my voice had a bass.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1448691304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Tems has disclosed that the tone of her voice caused her to be dragged. Tems stated in an interview with The Cut that she didn\u2019t start talking until the age of three. Since her voice didn\u2019t sound like other girls\u2019, she said that she experienced self-consciousness as a child. 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