Saweetie explains why Women are running rap music right now.
Saweetie made her return to the music scene last week with a brand new EP “The Single Life“, and now she made a visit to The Bootleg Kev Podcast as part of the promo run. Among other topics in the interview, the Santa Clara native speaks on the current state of hip-hop and declared that Women are running the rap game.
“I mean, L.A. and other cities, it just goes to show that this is the reason why women is running rap and Hip Hop,” she said. “Because there’s just so much violence and disrespect in the male music. You gotta think, like, remember, what was it, like ’16/’17, remember when like YG, Tyga, Chris [Brown], Big Sean, TeeFlii was out? It was fun, party music.”
She continued, “It wasn’t like, ‘I’ma do this to you, and this, and this,’ you know? I feel like we gotta raise the vibration with the music and get back to having a good time.”
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Saweetie openly mentioned the female rappers that influenced her in a 2021 interview with Issa Rae for Apple Music. “My mom listened to a lot of Lil’ Kim and Foxy [Brown],” she said. “I’ve always liked their demeanor. I know that when they step into the room, you can just feel that boss-ness. They just always felt so powerful to me. Fast forward, I love me some Missy [Elliott]. I always tell people, if I’m gon’ get nasty, I’m gon’ get nasty like Missy ’cause she’s always creative and she’ll make you think.
Saweetie just released her six-track Single Life EP, which includes feminist themes like “Bo$$ Chick” and “P.U.*.*.Y. (Powerful, Utopia, Supreme, Sacred, Yummy).”
Check out the interview below.
