Saweetie Biography: Best Friend, Songs, Age, Net Worth, Child, Instagram, Boyfriend, Mother, Height

Biography

Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie, is a talented American rapper and songwriter. She is signed to Warner Records and Warner Music Group’s Atlantic Records. Her debut EP, High Maintenance, was released on March 16, 2018.

Saweetie was born in Santa Clara, California, and is of African-American, Creole, and Filipino descent. She began rapping at the age of 14. She attended San Francisco State University, where she studied communications and business.

Saweetie‘s music is often characterized as “ratchet rap” or “hyphy hip-hop.” She has been compared to other female rappers like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion.

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Wiki Facts & About Data
Full Name:	Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper
Stage Name:	Saweetie
Born:	2 July 1993 (age 30 years old)
Place of Birth:	Santa Clara, California, United States
Nationality:	American
Height:	1.7 m
Parents:	Johnny Harper, Trinidad Valentin
Siblings:	N/A
Husband • Spouse:	Not Married
Boyfriend • Partner:	Roddy Ricch (2021), Quavo (2018-2021), Michael B. Jordan (2017-2018), Justin Combs (2016-2017), Keith Powers (2011-2016), Jackboy (2021)
Children:	N/A
Occupation:	Rapper • TV Personality
Net Worth:	$6 million

Early Life & Education

Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper, popular as Saweetie, was born on July 2, 1993, in Santa Clara, California, United States. She was born to Trinidad Valentin, who is of Filipina and Chinese heritage, and Johnny Harper, who is African-American.

Saweetie grew up in Sacramento, California, where she attended Merrill F. West High School in Tracy. She later graduated from Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove. At the age of 13, she started writing her music.

After her high school education, Saweetie furthered her studies by enrolling at San Diego State University, where she studied communications and business before transferring to the University of Southern California, where she completed her degree and received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in communications.

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After she graduated from the university, Saweetie shifted her focus full-time to her musical career.

Personal Life

Saweetie started courting rapper Quavo of the defunct Migos band in mid-September 2018. They were first spotted together at the New York Fashion Week. Later, in March 2021, Saweetie tweeted via her social media handle that she was no longer in a relationship with Quavo.

She also mentioned on social media that Quavo had been unfaithful, writing, “Presents don’t band-aid scars and the love isn’t real when the intimacy is given to other women.” In late March 2021, video footage surfaced showing the pair in a physical altercation that allegedly happened in 2020.

Rapper Saweetie has dated Roddy Ricch (2021), Quavo (2018-2021), Michael B. Jordan (2017-2018), Justin Combs (2016-2017) and Keith Powers (2011-2016).

She was rumored to have dated Jackboy (2021). Saweetie is not married and has no child.

Career

In 2012, Saweetie began publishing short raps on her Instagram account. In one video, she rapped over the beat of American rapper Khia‘s My Neck, My Back (Lick It), which eventually evolved into Icy Grl.

The song was uploaded to her SoundCloud in the summer of 2017 and attracted the attention of Max Gousse, a renowned producer and A&R executive who later became her manager. The film went viral online, amassing 100 million views by June 2020 on YouTube.

In the same month, Saweetie uploaded a freestyle rap titled High Maintenance alongside a video of herself rhyming a verse to the song while relaxing in her kitchen. Likewise, it became popular on Instagram and Twitter. In October 2017, she released a music video for Focus, which sampled Gilligan by DRAM.

Saweetie was named Artist of the Week on Tidal and one of Pigeons & Planes’ Best New Artists of the Month in January 2018. During Super Bowl LII in February 2018, she was featured in an advertisement for Rihanna‘s Fenty Beauty cosmetics line.

Saweetie founded her record label, Icy Records, in February 2018. High Maintenance, her debut EP on a big label, was released on March 16, 2018. It consisted of nine songs produced by CashMoneyAP, Nyrell, and Saweetie‘s cousin, Zaytoven.

In June 2018, the single Icy Grl was certified Gold for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States. The record was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA and topped Billboard’s rhythmic songs radio list in September 2019.

Saweetie‘s second major label EP, Icy, was released on March 29, 2019. Its debut track, My Type, written by her and produced by London on da Track, samples Petey Pablo‘s Freek-a-Leek. It was her first single to hit the Hot 100, debuting at number 81 on the Billboard chart.

My Type peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Saweetie‘s first top-40 success. On August 23, 2019, a remix of the song starring Jhené Aiko and City Girls was released. In September 2019, My Type topped the Rhythmic Radio charts and was later certified double platinum in the United States.

In September 2019, PrettyLittleThing and Saweetie released a 59-piece clothing collection titled PrettyLittleThing x Saweetie. She stated that the capsule’s concept was “A spoiled affluent girl who enjoys life’s better things. I want to demonstrate to the young men and women that hard effort pays off.”

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During New York Fashion Week, it debuted. Saweetie sang My Type on Nick Cannon Presents Wild ‘N Out on VH1 on January 28, 2020, as a guest performer.

Net Worth

Saweetie‘s net worth is estimated to be $6 million. She has earned her wealth through her successful music career, as well as through various endorsement deals.