Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has opened up about her life struggles before she hit stardom.
She recounted how living was so hard for her that she had steal food to survive at some point.
Tems revealed this during an interview with British fashion and lifestyle magazine, while speaking about her success in her career.
“There were times when I was not just broke – I was broke and hopeless. I used to steal food. I used to go to my aunty’s house just so she could give me food to take home,” she said.
The singer also revealed that the biggest decision she made in her life was to quit her job to face music.
She noted that it was not a great decision at the time but had to keep on pushing to live her dream.
In her words:
“The decision I made was to not wallow in sadness and chose to stop seeing myself as “this person that can never be anything”.
“I didn’t have any self-esteem. I didn’t think I was pretty. I didn’t even think of my voice as anything. I just thought, There are so many people that can sing, I’m not a model, I don’t dance, but whatever chance I have, I’ll take it. Even if I end up singing under a bridge somewhere, I’ll be the best under-the-bridge singer ever.”
