Saweetie

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Saweetie (2018)

Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993 in Santa Clara ), known under the name Saweetie , is an American singer, rapper and songwriter.

Childhood and entry into music

Saweetie was born Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper on July 2, 1993 to a Filipino mother and an African-American father. She grew up mostly in Hayward , California, and spent much of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area . However, she attended Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove near Sacramento. She started writing music when she was 14. After high school, she began studying at San Diego State University before moving to the University of Southern California to study communications and economics. After graduating, she began to focus on her rap career.

Career

Saweetie started posting short pieces of rap on her Instagram account in 2016 . In a video she rapped on the beat of Khias My Neck, My Back (Lick It) , from which the song Icy Grl would later develop. The song was published on their SoundCloud page in the summer of 2017 and made Max Gousse, a well-known producer and manager, aware of them. He became her manager. The related video became an internet phenomenon and had 79 million views on YouTube as of August 2019.

Saweetie then released a freestyle rap called High Maintenance that same month , accompanied by a short clip of himself. The song was also posted on Instagram and Twitter . In October 2017, she released a video for her song Focus , which samples DRAM's song Gilligan .

In January 2018 she was named Artist of the Week on the streaming site Tidal , and the blog Pigeons & Planes named her one of the Best New Artists of the Month . During Super Bowl LII in February 2018, she appeared in an advertisement for Rihanna's cosmetic brand Fenty Beauty . In the same month she signed the contract with Warner Bros. Records in association with Artistry Worldwide and her own label Icy Records.

Saweetie released her major label debut High Maintenance on March 16, 2018. It consists of nine tracks and was produced by CashMoneyAP, Nyrell and Saweetie's cousin Zaytoven. The single Icy Girl went platinum in September 2019 .

On March 29, 2019, Saweetie released her second major label EP Icy. The EP's first single ( My Type , written by Saweetie and produced by London On Da Track) debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 . My Type sampled the song Freek-a-Leek by Petey Pablo and later reached number 21 and became Saweetie's first Top 40 hit. In September 2019, My Type reached number 1 on the rhythm radio charts and was awarded platinum.

Saweetie partnered with fashion chain PrettyLittleThing to launch the 59-piece PrettyLittleThing x Saweetie collection in September 2019 . It was presented during New York Fashion Week .

Discography

Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
Icy
  US 85 07/27/2019 (13 weeks)
Singles
My Type
  US 21st 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
07/13/2019 (20 weeks)
Tap in
  UK 61 07/31/2020 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2020 where.)
  US 31 07/25/2020 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2020 where.)

EPs

  • 2018: High Maintenance
  • 2019: Icy

Singles

  • 2017: Icy Grl (US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2018: Pissed
  • 2019: My Type
  • 2020: Sway with Me (with Galxara)
  • 2020: Tap In

Guest Posts

  • 2017: Expensive (with Zaytoven)
  • 2018: Up Now (with London on da Track, G-Eazy & Rich the Kid )
  • 2018: I'm That Bitch (with David Guetta )
  • 2018: Give It to Em (with Quavo )
  • 2018: Stupid Things (with Four of Diamonds)
  • 2018: Patience (with Riri)
  • 2018: You Come First (with Zak Abel)
  • 2018: Body (with Glowie)
  • 2018: Yuso (with Kid Ink & Lil Wayne )
  • 2019: Addiction (with Big KRIT & Lil Wayne)
  • 2019: Can't Do It (with Loren Gray )
  • 2019: I Can't Stop Me (with Sabrina Carpenter )
  • 2019: Too Much Shaft (with Quavo)
  • 2019: No L's (with Hit-Boy )
  • 2019: Come On (with City Girls & DJ Durel)
  • 2019: Baila Conmigo (with Yellow Claw , Inna & Jenn Morel)

Private

Saweetie has been dating the rapper Quavo since mid-2018. She is the cousin of actress Gabrielle Union . Her grandfather, Willie Harper, played football for the San Francisco 49ers .

Web links

Commons : Saweetie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diamant Quieavalenti Harper, Born 07/02/1993 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved August 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ @saweetie on Instagram: “DIAMONTÉ QUIAVA VALENTIN HARPER. & don't forget the accent heaux! " Retrieved on August 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ @saweetie • Instagram photos and videos. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ SAWEETIE - ICY GRL (Official Music Video). Accessed December 23, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ , Interview with Max Gousse, Senior Vice President of A&R at Island Def Jam Records . In: Songwriter Universe | Songwriting News, Articles & Song Contest . December 4, 2013 ( songwriteruniverse.com [accessed December 23, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Saweetie - "High Maintenance" (Official Audio Video). Accessed December 23, 2019 (German).
  7. ^ Pigeons & Planes: The Next Steps To Our Music Platform. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  8. ^ High maintenance. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  9. ↑ PrettyLittleThing X Saweetie | PrettyLittleThing. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  10. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US singles US albums
  11. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME Saweetie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harper, Diamonté (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, rapper and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd July 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Clara , California , United States