Former Yahoo Boy No Laptop (YBNL) signee, Temmie Ovwasa, has taken to the social media platform, X, to brag about some of her achievements.
In a thread on the microblogging site, Temmie Ovwasa, who was previously signed to Olamide’s record label, explained that she has been able to make something out of herself despite waging war against societal norms and practices. She stated that despite being gay and an independent artist, she has influenced women across the globe.
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Further, the Nigerian recording artiste stated that she has acquired properties for members of her family, such as her mother and one of her sisters.
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Her tweet reads, “She also studied medical anatomy,
She’s a singer, a visual artist, and she owns a farm in Nigeria.”
The musician continued, “She’s currently 28 and has built a house for herself, one for her sister, and one for her mother,
She recently rounded up her artist residency in the Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien Department of Anthropology and African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany, where she interacted with an African musical archive that very few Nigerians get to see.”
Ovwasa went further to write, “A couple of people have written their master’s and phd thesis on her work as queer artist, because in academic spaces where intellectuals occupy and people are dedicated to critical thought, she’s well regarded,
She has 6 albums, a published book, and is preparing to publish another one.”
“She speaks 4 languages, plays 5 instruments, writes, sings, sculpts, paints, and is an all-around creative.
What you described is typical “gifted” Kid, lmao, we usually grow up to question,” she added.
She went further to say, “We question the system,
We question society, we rebel, we find some answers, wrong or right, but we are not dishonest.
“I was never going to end up like any of you normies, and this desire to make my story sound like some tragedy is very telling of your own level of awareness.
“Turned out like this”, like what?
Private, tattooed, gay, wealthy, VISIBLY UNINTERESTED IN CONFORMING TO SOCIETAL STANDARDS!?
Famz me with your chest, please. This is not Nollywood.”
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Equally, Temmie Ovwasa, known as YBNL Princess, is a Nigerian alternative R&B singer. They signed a record deal with YBNL Nation in August 2015 but left the label in 2020 after a disagreement with the label owner, Olamide. Ovwasa is openly lesbian and is non-binary. In 2020, they released the first openly gay album in Nigeria
