USaweetie ungumculi nomrepha waseMelika owaduma ngo-2017 ngengoma ethi ICY GRL. Manje le ntombazane isebenzisana nelebuli yokuqopha i-Warner Bros. Amarekhodi ngokubambisana ne-Artistry Worldwide. Umdwebi unezithameli zezigidi zabalandeli ku-Instagram. Ingoma yakhe ngayinye ezinsizeni zokusakaza iqoqa okungenani imidlalo eyizigidi ezi-5.
Impilo yakuqala njengeciko
USaweetie igama elingelona iqiniso lomculi we-rap, igama lakhe nguDiamonte Kiava Valentine Harper. Wazalwa ngoJulayi 2, 1993 eSanta Clara, eCalifornia. Umndeni wentombazane ungowamazwe ngamazwe. Umama wakhe ungowokudabuka ePhilippines naseShayina, kanti ubaba wakhe ungum-Afrika waseMelika. Umculi uphinde abe nodadewabo abangamawele - uMilan noMaya.
“Muva nje ngifake izithombe zikamama wami kanti abantu bebengazi ukuthi ngingumFilipina kanye nomShayina. Ababhalisile bami bashaqekile kakhulu ngalokhu, ”kusho lo mculi engxoxweni abe nayo ne-XXL.
Umzala womculi ngu-Zaytoven. Le nsizwa ingumdidiyeli wokushaya odumile eNingizimu Melika. Usize umculi ukukhiqiza amathrekhi amaningana avela ku-EP yakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uSaweetie unomzala osaziwayo, uGabrielle Union, owake waba ngumlingisi nomodeli.
Umdwebi uchithe ingxenye enkulu yempilo yakhe eSan Francisco. Ufunde eMonterey Trail High School lapho. Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, uDiamonte wangena eSan Diego State University eneziqu zeBusiness and Communications. Intombazane yafunda unyaka futhi yanquma ukushintsha inyuvesi.
USaweetie akazange azibekele umgomo wokuphothula ekolishi ngeziqu. Nokho, wazithembisa ukuthi uzokwenza uma engadlulisela esikoleni samaphupho akhe - eNyuvesi yaseSouthern California. Ngokolunye lwezinhlelo, ukwazile ukungena eSikoleni Sokuxhumana sase-Annenberg. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi kwakudingeka ahlanganise izifundo zakhe nemisebenzi emine kanye nomsebenzi womculo, umculi waphothula ekolishi ngesilinganiso samaphuzu angu-3,6.
Ngaphambi kokuba usaziwayo we-inthanethi, u-Saweetie ubesebenza njengoweta ebha yezemidlalo kaMarshall. Lo mrepha owayesafuna ukucula wazama nokuthuthukisa eyakhe i-brand, iMoney Makin' Mamis. Wayedayisa amahembe nezigqoko.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaSaweetie
Manje u-Diamonte ujola nomrepha odumile u-Quavo waseqenjini le-hip-hop iMigos. Amahlebezi ngobudlelwano babo avele ngesikhathi edlala kuvidiyo yengoma ethi Workin Me. Ngemuva kokuvela kaningi esidlangalaleni, lo mbhangqwana ukuqinisekisile ukuthi bebendawonye kusukela maphakathi no-2018. Kunamahemuhemu mayelana nokuzibandakanya kwabaculi, kodwa awanikezi isiqinisekiso esisemthethweni.
Ngaphambi kwalokhu, uSaweetie wayethandana nendodana yomrepha waseMelika uP Diddy, uJustin Combs. Baqala ukuthandana ehlobo lika-2016, lapho intombazane isafunda eCalifornia. Ngokusho kwamahemuhemu, isizathu sokuhlukana kwaba ukukhaphela kukaJustin nentombi yakhe u-Aaliyah Petty.
Kusukela eneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengama-22, lo mlingisi wathandana nomlingisi waseMelika kanye nemodeli uKeith Powers. Le nsizwa yaziwa ngezindima zayo njengoRonnie Deveaux (Uhlelo Olusha) noTyree (Straight Outta Compton).
Indlela Yokudala kaSaweetie
U-Diamonte waqala ukubhala umculo eneminyaka engu-14. Eseyingane wayezithanda izinkondlo. Ngakho-ke, ngezikhathi ezithile wayedlala kusihlwa nge-open-mic. Le ntombazane yayithanda imisebenzi yasesiteji, futhi ngokushesha yaqala ukubhala izingoma zayo. Esikoleni esiphakathi USaweetie udlale nabangani bakhe emibukisweni yamathalente. Nakuba ayethukile kakhulu, wayekuthanda ukucula.
Izikhombisi-ndlela zomculo eziyintandokazi zomculi zihlukile, i-rock, i-hip-hop ne-R&B. Uyavuma ukuthi wathonywa kakhulu uLil' Kim, Foxy Brown, Nicki Minaj kanye noTrina. Ngemva kokuphothula enyuvesi, u-Diamonte wanquma ukuzinikela emculweni we-rap futhi akazange enze iphutha.
U-Nicki Minaj ube nethonya elibalulekile kumculi osafufusa. Mayelana noSaweetie wakhe usho lokhu okulandelayo: “Lapho u-Nicky evela esiteji esikhulu, wayenezinkulumo ezinhle nezosha eziphathelene nezinto eziningi ezihlukahlukene. Wangikhumbuza yena."
Umculi namuhla
Umculi waqala ukwabelana ngomsebenzi wakhe ku-Instagram emuva ngo-2016. Kodwa-ke, uthole ukuthandwa okukhulu ngenxa yethrekhi ICY GRL (2017). Ehlobo, wayithumela endaweni yesikhulumi se-SoundCloud. Ekwindla, umculi wakhipha ividiyo yayo. Isiqeshana sevidiyo ngokushesha sazuza ukubukwa okuyizigidi ezi-3 emasontweni amathathu okuqala.
Ngesikhathi ebhala iculo, u-Diamonte akazange asisebenzise isigqi sakhe. Uyithathe engomeni ethi Intamo Yami, Ingemuva Lami (Lick It), ayikhiphe ngo-2002. Ekuqaleni, u-Saweetie usanda kwabelana ngevidiyo emfushane ku-Instagram ecula nge-freestyle yakhe phezu kwesigqi somculi waseMelika u-Khia. Ababhalisile bakuthande ngempela ukusebenza, futhi bacela ukuqopha umsebenzi ogcwele.
Ngemuva kwalokho, lo mculi wakhipha ingoma ethi High Maintenance, eyaduma ngokushesha ku-Twitter naku-Instagram. Ngemuva kokusayina noWarner Bros, uSaweetie ukhiphe i-EP High Maintenance yakhe yokuqala eyi-9-track. Kuhlanganisa nengoma ethi ICY GRL. I-albhamu encane yakhiqizwa umzala wakhe u-Zaytoven.
NgoMashi 2019, u-Diamonte wakhipha i-EP yakhe yesibili, i-Icy, eyayihlanganisa neculo elithi My Type. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, yafinyelela kunombolo-81 ku-Billboard Hot 10, yaba ingoma yokuqala kaSaweetie ukuba phezulu eshadini. Kamuva, i-My Type yathatha indawo yesi-21, yaba iculo lokuqala lomculi kwabangu-40 abahamba phambili ku-Billboard Hot 100.
Wenzani uSaweetie ngaphandle komculo?
U-Saweetie uvele esikhangisweni sezimonyo zika-Rihanna ze-Fenty Beauty ngoFebhuwari 2018. Kuvidiyo, lo mrepha wenza izimonyo zakhe ngezimonyo zikaFenty Beauty namabhulashi kuyilapho umngane wakhe ekhuluma ku-Face Time. Ukuthengisa kwakhonjiswa ngaphambi kombukiso, eSuper Bowl (Isizini 10).
Ngo-2020, uSaweetie wanquma ukwethula ulayini wakhe wezimonyo. Ngakho-ke, waqala ukubambisana nenkampani ethandwayo yaseMelika iMorphe. Entwasahlobo, umdwebi waqala ukuthuthukisa ama-eyeshadow palettes kanye nochungechunge lwezindebe ezicwebezelayo. Egqugquzelwe imikhosi yomculo, u-Diamonte unqume ukudala iqoqo elinamathunzi akhanyayo futhi ahlukile.
