If anyone is expecting star girl Tems to convert to the afrobeats faith, the person may have to wait till eternity.
Despite the fact that the genre is reigning globally, it does not shirk her.
In a chat with American top musician, Kendrick Lamar, Tems says afrobeats does not give her the right feeling.
She says: “People advised me to do Afrobeats if I ever wanted to make it big in Nigeria, but I refused to do it because it wasn’t giving me with the kind of artistic stimulation I wanted. I would rather pursue R&B and be financially struggling than compromise by doing Afrobeats just to gain acceptance from Nigerians.
“Everyone I asked for advice was like, “The only way you can do this is Afrobeats. It’s not that your music is bad, it’s just that it doesn’t fit in Nigeria. Nigerians don’t like this.” But I felt in my heart that that’s okay. I’m 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’t do that, I don’t want anything. I would rather do that and be broke than compromise.”
