Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has disclosed that as a young girl, she was pretending to be American rapper Lil Wayne.

In a recent interview, the singer disclosed that she used to mimic the to be Lil Wayne because the rapper was her role model when she was younger.

She said, “Hip-hop is my thing. I used to pretend to be a rapper. I love Lil Wayne as well. I used to pretend to be Lil Wayne when I was younger.

“I’ve not met Wayne. I want to meet him so bad. Very soon I know I’m going to meet him.”