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E S I a S w S e A e t C i saweetie e Y — B t N h O e I H 2 S 6 A - F y planet e a D r - L o l O d LIVE P m WE U ON u E s L i c S p I h e N n N o E m D b Y e B h S i n H d P A A v R p i G r r i a l O T 2 l m 0 O H NOW 2 e 1 P g a C h o R i I s t m s E o “ M p I c o A l y i K t G a r n A l , Y ” I 8 1 “ T W a A p R I n Y , B ” S a D n R d O “ W B e s t ? F g r n i i e m n d o c ” — r e i s h r e u e l s i n n g e t v h e e t m ’ n a d i l l d . C y e a h n t y e o v u e i l b e It’s hard to believe that anyone ever under- estimated Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper. That they told her there was no way she was smart enough to get good grades in school. That she was too vintage gold Chanel belt, black mini- pretty to be taken seriously. That she’d skirt. A large diamond-studded pen- never be a successful rapper. dant, shaped like a dripping cross, “I wish me, or someone, would have gleams at her collarbone. Her lip gloss thought, You know what? That’s not is popping. Even under harsh over- Kelsey Randall dress. Randall Kelsey right,” she says now. Instead, as head lights, even through the unnatu- she puts it, she spent years dimming ral veil of a laptop camera, even when her light. she says, “I’m sorry, girl. I keep burp- from the University of Southern Saweetie legit brought a full-length Not today though. Today, Saweetie, ing”—yeah, Saweetie is shining bright. California—with a 3.6 GPA, it should mirror to a gas station for selfie-while- world-famous rapper, looks like some- As she should be, because, well, let’s be noted—and who considers herself a followers across Instagram, TikTok, pumping purposes remains unsolved, For those keeping track, this all one you would always bet on. She’s pause for a career recap, very much multi-hyphenate entrepreneur. “I and YouTube. And you’re probably but the legend lives on), and hilari- *officially* began in the summer of perched in the kitchen of the luxe Los abridged: Her songs have hundreds screamed,” she says about when she addicted to her feeds because in a year ously personifies each of her four (!) 2017, with what was then becoming Angeles rental she’s called home for of millions of streams on Spotify. found out she’d made the list. “It just when other celebrities are cringe-ily Birkin bags (a collection gifted, at least the standard entry point for aspiring the past year, casually eating a late She earned a 2020 People’s Choice let me know that I’m on my way to doing the most or revealingly doing in part, in case you were wondering, unsigned music artists: a video posted lunch of steamed mussels and nigiri Awards nomination for Favorite New where I wanted to be.” the least, Saweetie’s posts are an irre- by her boyfriend, the rapper Quavo). on Instagram with the hopes that it’d sushi. To borrow a phrase from her Artist; she’s had a guest spot on the All that and she’s also The Content sistible bright spot of actual, authentic It’s like if your group chat were a go viral. And it went very, very viral. 2020 hit single “Tap In,” she’s “drip- Freeform show Grown-ish. And then Queen. (Self-proclaimed but still.) fun. She trades bars with her family YouTube channel—real, silly, fun, In the clip, Saweetie goes off over the pin’ in Chanay-nay”: a vintage cream- there’s her proudest moment, making You already know this because (PSA: don’t try her auntie in a game of unself-conscious—if, that is, anyone familiar beat of Khia’s “My Neck, My color Chanel blazer over a black bra, the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. It was a you’re probably one of her 17+ million In the Classroom), flips a full-length in your group chat owned a Bentley. Back,” giving the raunchy anthem a huge deal for Saweetie, who earned mirror into a must-have travel acces- fresh spin with a now-iconic opening a business communications degree sory (the mystery of whether or not 82 Cosmopolitan April 2021 April 2021 Cosmopolitan 83 “I like being Female Athlete of the Year. I like getting 4.0s for a straight year. I like knowing that I write my own songs. I like knowing that I create my own treatments. I like knowing that I donated $150,000 t o B l a c k Live s M a t t e r.” Harlow, a month later. October brought the Timbaland-produced she points out. “I was literally thrown “Back to the Streets” with Jhené Aiko, into it.” She didn’t yet know how to and then there was “Best Friend” with rip a stage. Doja Cat just this January. Each single Saweetie doesn’t make excuses has been more compelling than the though. Instead, she works through last, showcasing a different side of things. Literally and hard. “I’m really Saweetie’s personality—her style grateful for my start,” Saweetie says. swings from bossy to playful, the “Because the mistakes, the struggle, sounds have range (a hyphy sample the grind—it allows me to appreciate here, an 808s banger there), and the the rewards that come now because I lyrics are stacked with witticisms that know what it feels like to sleep in double as affirmations. Drop one in motels, to drive and do promo, to be that group text: “Bitch, you look goodt Hair: Adrienne Knight. stressed out.” I point out that, no with a ‘t’ at the end.” Hype yourself shade, she is an infinitely better rap- up in the mirror: “I’m a 5-star bitch per and performer today than she was with a price tag / Gotta find me when she emerged and that she seems somebody that could match that.” to have expended as much energy into Flex on Instagram: “Icy from my lips her songwriting as she has anywhere to my toenails.” The overall mood, else. Saweetie agrees, and she wishes though, is consistent—think of it as more people could see that. That she “No Scrubs” for the TikTok genera- perfected her stage presence by learn- tion. It’s no wonder she’s topped ing about things like breath control Billboard charts and cracked the and movement and how to pull off Top 20 on the Hot 100. complex choreo and rap without Honestly, knowing what went into missing a beat. That she’s taken vocal all this is exactly why it’s so easy to lessons and hunkered down in the root for Saweetie, who’s somewhere studio, carefully constructing the between warmly relatable and wildly LaQuan Smith jumpsuit. Mounser earrings. Harwell Godfrey rings. Godfrey Harwell earrings. Mounser jumpsuit. Smith LaQuan Makeup:Productions. Deanna Co & Crawford Production: Agency. ADB for Sturgeon Paley. Michael Manicure: Temeka Jackson. Fashion assistant:songs Wilford Lenov. Props: we can’t get enough of. “Some aspirational. The idea that we don’t of us have it naturally. And some of us arrive fully formed, that part of the video, filmed when she was just a year interview.