Temmie Ovwasa

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{{short description|Nigerian singer}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Temmie Ovwasa

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| alias = YBNL Princess

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|11|29}}

| birth_place = Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Singer
• songwriter

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| years_active = 2016–present

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| genre = {{flatlist|

• Alternative R&B

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Temmie Ovwasa (born 29 November 1996), known as YBNL Princess,{{Cite web|date=7 December 2020|title=YBNL Princess Accuses Olamide Of Limiting Her Growth In The Music Industry|url=https://guardian.ng/life/ybnl-princess-accuses-olamide-of-limiting-her-growth-in-the-music-industry/|access-date=28 June 2021|website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News|language=en-US}} is a Nigerian alternative R&B singer. They signed a record deal with YBNL Nation in August 2015{{Cite web|date=7 December 2020|title=How Olamide destroyed my career for 5 years – Temmie Ovwasa|url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/12/07/how-olamide-destroyed-my-career-for-5-years-temmie-ovwasa/|access-date=28 June 2021|website=P.M. News|language=en-US}} but left the label in 2020 after a disagreement with the label owner, Olamide.{{Cite web|last=Oladimeji|date=4 December 2020|title=YBNL Princess Reveals Why She Refused To Change Name Despite Leaving Olamide's Label {{!}} 36NG|url=https://www.36ng.ng/2020/12/04/ybnl-princess-reveals-why-she-refused-to-change-name-despite-leaving-olamides-label/|access-date=28 June 2021|language=en-US}} Ovwasa is openly lesbian{{Cite web|title=I Found Out That I'm A Lesbian At 5 –Temmie Onwasa - New National Star|date=11 February 2021 |url=https://newnationalstar.com/i-found-out-that-im-a-lesbian-at-5-temmie-onwasa/|access-date=28 June 2021|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Olowolagba|first=Fikayo|date=13 March 2021|title=I'm disgusted by heterosexuality - Temmie Ovwasa|url=https://dailypost.ng/2021/03/13/im-disgusted-by-heterosexuality-temmie-ovwasa/|access-date=28 June 2021|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}} and identifies as non-binary.{{Cite tweet |number=1343496718910803971 |user=THETemmieOvwasa |title=Me referring to myself as "She" because I don't have the energy to remind anyone that I'm actually Nonbinary and my pronouns are "They/Them". |author=Miss Andry. |date=28 December 2020 |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406213332/https://twitter.com/thetemmieovwasa/status/1343496718910803971 |archive-date=6 April 2022 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite tweet |number=1414889558894948353 |user=THETemmieOvwasa |title=I'm not a Man or Woman, I identify as Chaos personified, the storm and the calm in the storm, Queer, Loud, Heavy, Basically, I'm Non-Binary and Extra af😅 #NonBinaryAwarenessWeek |author=Miss Andry. |date=13 July 2021 |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406212746/https://twitter.com/thetemmieovwasa/status/1414889558894948353 |archive-date=6 April 2022 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite tweet |number=1490080775819206664 |user=THETemmieOvwasa |title=Me: Explains how I'm non-binary because identifying as a lesbian my whole life in a country where I'm practically invisible gives me severe gender dysphoria & how being a lesbian places you outside the binary most of the time. Cishet Feminist: HoW ah u LezBian if yUa not WomEn?! |author=Miss Andry. |date=5 February 2022 |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406213434/https://twitter.com/thetemmieovwasa/status/1490080775819206664 |archive-date=6 April 2022 |url-status=dead}} In 2020, they released the first openly gay album in Nigeria.{{Cite web|date=28 December 2020|title=Temmie Ovwasa dropped Nigeria's first-ever openly gay album, and it is amazing!|url=https://therustintimes.com/2020/12/28/temmie-ovwasa-dropped-nigerias-first-ever-openly-gay-album-and-it-is-amazing/|access-date=7 June 2021|website=The Rustin Times|language=en-US}}