Saweetie

I welcome criticism. I come from a - I wouldn't say mean, but you've got to have tough skin to be in…

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I always wanted to bring something new to the table, and make clothes for women where they feel beautiful.

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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…

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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,…

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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 just love seeing my audience live, and I also love to see my peers perform because it inspires me to be…

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I was working three jobs and going to school full time. I was really unhappy and I told myself, You are not…

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Y'all should be happy for me. It's funny, compared to my peers, my catalog isn't even that big, but I'm still getting…

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Content is what's super important and people want to see you performing your records. That has a stronger impact.

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That's what's most annoying - when people in this industry act like they don't know me. And they say it in a…

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And I get so nervous now when it's not my show, like I'm not the headliner, because I know that those fans…

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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…

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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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With social media, the gatekeepers are our followers. It has opened so many doors for me not only musically, but fashion-wise as…

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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 feel like your partner should be supportive. The relationship should be healthy; it should be fun. For all my girls looking…

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Being a woman in a male-dominated industry is difficult at times. I've had people offer to help me, but it's hard to…

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I'm the type of person where I'll take on anything because I like to work so much.

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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 know a beat is good for me when I can just start rapping. It's usually hard for me to do that.

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If you're really listening there are alot of hidden messages in my songs.

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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…

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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…

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My dream school was USC. So I was like, alright, I'm going to apply to USC, and If I don't get in…

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I feel like an EP is for practice and an album is the game.

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