People had boxed me in as a ‘pretty girl with followers that’s.
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It’s crazy because ‘Icy Girl’ came when I was in a dark place, but I made it to motivate myself. It was kind of like my anthem for lifting up my spirits.
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I welcome criticism. I come from a – I wouldn’t say mean, but you’ve got to have tough skin to be in my family.
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I’m normally getting glammed for my events and when I can give my skin a break, I do.
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I was already writing poetry, so I transitioned from writing poetry a cappella to writing over beats, and I.
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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.
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I get extensions, but when they start to get spotty, I go buy wispy lashes and cut them up. I put them where the gaps are when I don’t have time to get a fill.
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Everything expensive, everything exclusive.
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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 want to encourage the artists that haven’t made it that social media is the truth.
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It’s cool to go into the simplicity of fashion, but I’m a very colorful person.
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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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I like it to look natural, to be smooth, dewy glowy. I like my eyebrows to look nice and I love lip gloss. That’s essential to the Saweetie look.
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Don’t miss no meals & mind the business that pays you!
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I feel like your partner should be supportive. The relationship should be healthy; it should be fun. For all my girls looking for their type, make sure it’s healthy and make sure that whoever it is, is making you a better you.
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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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I’d be a billionaire if I sold my sex tape.
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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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They hate me every season.
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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 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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Self made so I do what I want.
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I don’t jump to conclusions I gracefully fall to them.
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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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It’s important for women to have each other’s backs. I’d like my label to give women the resources they need to flourish.
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I feel like an EP is for practice and an album is the game.
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My grandma told me that to be wealthy you need at least seven streams of income, so that’s my goal. I have a big family. I want to take care of everybody.
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