VIDEO: “He asked for permission” – DJ Khaled’s appeal to Tems before hugging her following Grammy win stirs reactions

Superstar Nigerian songstress, Temilade Openiyi, better known as Tems made Africa super proud on Sunday, 5th February 2023 as she became the first Nigerian female artiste to win a Grammy award.

Tems bagged the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ courtesy of the American rapper, Future’s song ‘Wait For U’ which he featured her and Drake in at the 65th Grammy Awards.

Be it as it may, congratulations began pouring in from the event as several international music stars hailed her for the win.

A video however captures the moment DJ Khaled and his wife both congratulated Tems for the rare and prestigious win.

The music boss however got tongues wagging over his appeal to Tems before giving her a hug.

Before sharing a hug with Tems, DJ Khaled said: “Can I hug you?”.

Watch the video below:

“I’m your biggest fan,” DJ Khaled to Tems#Grammys pic.twitter.com/W8lsGNPzeS

— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) February 6, 2023

The humble appeal however sparked reactions from netizens as they were wowed by the fact that he had to ask for permission.

One joafides wrote: See the way DJ Khalid asked, can I hug you? Or am I the only one the heard/saw that?.

jed_billz wrote: “Say…see the way he asked for permission to hug her, unlike our Nigerian Wizzy that carried her on stage some time back”.

dreyddj wrote: “Just that can I Hug U n Congratulations.. Made me watch it like 10x … NAIJA-AFROBEATS TI THE WORLD 🙌🏾”.

la______rry wrote: “Khaled hustling for that feature 😂”.

hazemann9999 wrote: “I so much love KHALED , a gentleman ❤️”.

olamideogunade wrote: “Can I hug you”? ❤️❤️❤️❤️”