Nigerian superstar Tems shared the experience working with Beyoncé .

In an interview with New York Times, Tems shared her experience of working with global icon Beyoncé on her 2022 album ‘Renaissance’.

In the interview, Tems revealed she was sent an NDA by her team which she signed after she was invited to Los Angeles to work with Beyoncé.

“My team just messaged me like, ‘Yo, first of all, I have to send you something to sign. I was losing my mind. Like, What?!” she told New York Times’ Culture Reporter Reggie Ugwu.

The result of Tems’ studio time with Beyoncé is the single ‘Move’ which is one of the tracks on Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated album ‘Renaissance’.

Aside from Beyoncé, Tems has worked with other global superstars including Drake, Rihanna, and Future who featured her and Drake on his Grammy-winning ‘Wait For U’.

In the interview, Tems talked about her upcoming debut LP ‘Born In The Wild’ which is expected to be released in June 2024. According to Tems, the album’s recently released lead single ‘Love Me Jeje’ started as a freestyle session with her friends.

“It was just a state of bliss. Those are the moments that I love,” she told the New York Times about making music with her friends.

Tems recently performed a medley of the single with the eponymously titled album opener on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Tems, the Nigerian singer, has revealed how a “serious illness” forced her to delay the release of her debut album.

The singer released her self-produced debut single ‘Mr Rebel’ in 2018 and then followed it with ‘Try Me’, her 2019 hit song.

Tems, born Temilade Openiyi, started to gain popularity in 2020, courtesy of her collaboration with Wizkid on the song ‘Essence’.

In the same year, she released her debut extended play (EP) ‘For Broken Ears’.

In an interview with the New York Times, the ‘You and Me’ hitmaker said her debut album was originally scheduled for release in 2021 — at about the same time she put out her second EP ‘If Orange Was a Place’.

Though she did not specify what type of illness she battled, Tems said she had to undergo surgery and a six-month recovery phase.

“Being a warrior is about not giving up. Even if they cut your leg, you walk on your knees, you fight on your knees using what you have and that’s good enough,” she said.

The child custody hearing between BBNaija star Queen Mercy, and skit maker Lord Lamba for their daughter Kielah has been postponed due to Lord Lamba’s failure to appear in court.

On May 23, 2024, a magistrate court in Lagos adjourned the child custody proceedings between Queen Mercy and Lord Lamba to July 18, 2024, for hearing.

According to reports, neither Lord Lamba nor his lawyers showed up at the hearing. A representative for Lord Lamba who was present told the court she was unsure why the skit maker did not show up.

“Today was the court hearing and Queen was there but her baby daddy didn’t show up. His lawyer didn’t come. Instead, he sent his assistant to represent him. Because he didn’t appear in court, his lawyer requested a new date, so it was adjourned to 18th of July for hearing,” said a source to Instablog.

Recall, in December 2022, Queen took to Instagram to announce her pregnancy but did not reveal the identity of the father. Following her announcement, reports claimed that Lord Lamba is the father, but neither she nor Lamba confirmed this at the time.

On February 29, 2024, the same day that Queen Mercy announced her engagement to David Oyekanmi, Lord Lamba confirmed that he was Keilah’s father by posting pictures of him and the baby girl. He also posted a page of Keilah’s international passport, showing her last name was the same as his.

At the beginning of March, a petition dated February 16, 2024, circulated online. The petition was addressed to the Family Court of Lagos State in Ikeja, and in it, Lord Lamba requested custody of their daughter on claims that he was denied access to Keilah despite consistently paying child support.