Nigerian Afrobeat sensation, Temilade Openiyi popularly known as “Tems”, has bagged her first Grammy award in the 2023 ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category. Tems won the award for her vocal and writing contribution to the smashing hit ‘Wait For U’ by Future featuring Drake and herself, making it her first Grammy award win after four nominations. Tems becomes the first female Nigerian artiste to win a Grammy award by bringing home this Laurel. Others nominated for the category won by Tems included DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA (Beautiful); Jack Harlow (First Class); Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer (Die Hard) and Latto – Big Energy (Live). Meanwhile, “Last-Last” Crooner Burna Boy lost in both the Global music and Global Performance categories for “Love, DAmini” and “Last,Last” respectively.