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Icy Girl-Saweetie

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Nicky Jam

Saweetie, also known as Diamonté Harper is an American rapper and songwriter, from California.

- Shelby Barbour X Vaughn Lowery

Icy Girl-Saweetie

The Bay Area native came into fame with her 2017 single “Icy Girl.” After the USC grad released her single, she was signed to Warner Bros Records in 2018.

She originally started posting her music and videos on Instagram, says she loved expressing herself through poetry and that’s truly how she got started in music.

“I used to write a lot of poetry to express myself, and I loved writing so I decided to write over beats,” Saweetie said.

Saweetie explained how she got her start in music, but she goes further into explaining when she began writing at 14 years old. “Growing up and watching dope females like Lil Kim and Aaliyah, I would always write little songs in the back of my head pretending to be them lol,” She said.

Along with her start in music, Saweetie also discusses her upbringing and how she grew up more of a tomboy. “My family is predominately men, so I grew up a tomboy playing sports like soccer, football, and music” Saweetie explains.

In addition to being a poppin’ artist, she is also a college graduate. Like I stated earlier, she graduated from USC. Although it can be challenging balancing school, work, and music, Saweetie persevered. Music was her outlet, but she knew she really wanted to graduate and be proud of the grades she worked for.

“It was more of a matter of me juggling college and jobs. I work

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