R&B sensation Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has opened up about the challenges she faced early in her career, revealing that she was once booed off stage during a school performance.
In an interview with Big Boy TV, the Crazy Tings singer recounted that, in addition to being booed, audience members even hurled plastic bottles at her during the performance.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
She admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
