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.
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 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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The experiences I go through, everything you hear in my lyrics is real. Good or bad, I take it all in and put it all on the mic.
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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 was already writing poetry, so I transitioned from writing poetry a cappella to writing over beats, and I.
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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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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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Don’t miss no meals & mind the business that pays you!
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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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If the public doesn’t receive what you say, people can start to build your brand for you.
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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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Growing up with a house full of women and seeing them look good no matter what they put on every morning just inspired me to look good myself.
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In order to be an icon, you need to be bold. How do I define boldness? Stepping outside of your comfort zone.
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I enjoy the life I have now, but I also enjoy doing regular stuff. I can’t pull up to the club and stay outside no more. I can’t be at anybody’s table. A picture or video can go viral, and it can be misinterpreted.
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I think because I went to school and because I’m a student, I’m so open and I’m a sponge, and I just wanna learn everything to make sure everything is perfect.
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I like my visuals to feel like movies.
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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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People had boxed me in as a ‘pretty girl with followers that’s.
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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 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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I’d be a billionaire if I sold my sex tape.
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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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Self made so I do what I want.
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I feel like an EP is for practice and an album is the game.
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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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