I grew up all around the Bay, but I spent most of my time in Hayward and I loved it. It was a really big apartment community, there was a whole bunch of kids.
SAWEETIEIf the public doesn’t receive what you say, people can start to build your brand for you.
More Saweetie Quotes
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Motivate myself I’m a real life mood !
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If I want to listen to myself as much as I want to listen to Drake or Beyonce, I feel like that’s a good sign.
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I don’t want to be super serious but I want to have fun with my platform. I want to touch people, I want to be relatable and let girls know that you can go to college and still pursue what you want after that.
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I grew up dying my hair with Kool-Aid. I used to switch my hair up every day just to make myself look and feel good.
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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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I make music for people to relate to and to connect with me. I want to tap into different emotions.
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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.
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I 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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Around the time that I was in high school, a lot of rappers were coming out with mixtapes of them rapping over other people’s instrumentals, specifically Young Money.
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I would describe my music as very honest. I just rap about myself, and not in a narcissistic way. I feel like I have a story to tell.
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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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I grew up listening to a lot of 2Pac and a lot of East Coast, West Coast rap; Bad Boy, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Biggie, 2Pac. Super hip-hop, super listening to that raw era of music.
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With social media, the gatekeepers are our followers. It has opened so many doors for me not only musically, but fashion-wise as well.
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I performed in high school for Black History Month at a talent show, but besides that, I didn’t have the resources to perform so I spent my time as a teenager writing music.
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High maintenance means a lot of care. My relationships are high maintenance, my body is high maintenance, and my soul is high maintenance.
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