Saweetie
Saweetie is a Bay Area rapper whose car freestyles led to “ICY GRL,” “My Type” and “Best Friend,” with a sound rooted in West Coast rap and hyphy.
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Overview
- From
- California’s Bay Area
- Occupation
- Rapper and songwriter
- Education
- USC graduate, communications
- Breakout
- “ICY GRL” (2017)
Mini bio
How it started.
Saweetie grew up hearing hip-hop at home and began with poetry before writing raps. In her TIDAL interview, she credits encouragement from friends with helping her keep going. She studied communications at USC, balanced jobs with school and later made car freestyles while pursuing music.
The breakout.
Her 2017 “ICY GRL” video turned an online following into a recording career. Built over Khia’s “My Neck, My Back” instrumental, the song helped her land a Warner Bros. Records deal. Her first EP, High Maintenance, followed in March 2018.
The songs fans know.
“My Type,” “Tap In” and the Doja Cat collaboration “Best Friend” became signature records. “Tap In” draws on Too Short’s “Blow the Whistle,” connecting her music to her Bay Area roots. In 2025, she released the five-track HELLA PRESSURE EP, including a collaboration with TWICE.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025HELLA PRESSURELead artist; EP
- 2025LocosCo-artist with Santa Fe Klan
- 2025That GirlFeatured artist on Paul Russell’s single
- 2021Best Friend (feat. Doja Cat)Lead artist and co-writer
- 2020Tap InLead artist
- 2019My TypeLead artist
- 2018High MaintenanceLead artist; debut EP
Awards
Quotes
I’ve been wanting to do music since I was 14Saweetie, Interview magazine
In her March 2018 interview, she discussed finishing college and deciding to pursue music.
Trivia
- Her stage name began as her grandmother’s nickname for her; she changed the spelling for MySpace.
- A nameplate chain from her stepmother helped the name stick in high school.
- Before committing to music, she considered becoming a newscaster.
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