When you’re a college student interested in music, you hear all these rappers talking about dropping out. For me, when I heard someone like J. Cole rapping about school and staying in school, it inspired me to keep going.
SAWEETIEI had to work a lot. I was doing YouTube videos, but I wasn’t getting a lot of love. How do I make a living off rapping when no one knows me? I got kind of discouraged. But hard work shuts people up.
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I feel like an EP is for practice and an album is the game.
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I want to encourage the artists that haven’t made it that social media is the truth. I made it from Instagram to having a most-added song to radio.
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Everything expensive, everything exclusive.
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You have to be unapologetically yourself. Once I was able to be proud of myself, it came across in my music really clearly.
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I’ve been wanting to do music since I was 14, but like I’ve really always enjoyed giving speeches and I enjoy talking to people, so I was like, maybe I can be a newscaster.
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After I graduated, I didn’t have the resources to go to the studio, which is why I then went to social media.
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How we grind make the weather change for us.
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I know where I wanna end up. I’m ready to go, and I’m ready to learn. I’m ready to build, and I’m ready to establish my longevity.
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I like my visuals to feel like movies.
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I finally decided to give music my all. If it didn’t work out and I had to move home, fine. I had to give it 100% first.
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Although I had the label of being the ‘pretty girl rapper with a lot of followers,’ I just broke the rules.
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What I love about my audience is it’s extremely diverse as far as the ethnicities and the ages that show up.
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I don’t jump to conclusions I gracefully fall to them.
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I just love seeing my audience live, and I also love to see my peers perform because it inspires me to be a better performer as well.
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In the beginning, I took on every opportunity because I was so determined to get my name and music out there. You can get your sleep, but honestly, your brain needs a break, too, and so many people forget that.
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