00:00So Witty makes music for girls who want to boss up and get they cost up.
00:04Because, honey, when you an icy girl, you out there hustling.
00:06And if you out there hustling, you making money.
00:08I wanted to rap because growing up, I would get very, you know, discouraged in class
00:14because we would have, like, career days and, like, nothing ever took my interest.
00:18But then I started writing poetry, but then you don't really see poets making a career for themselves.
00:23So I'm like, what can I do?
00:25And around that time, a lot of artists were, you know, rapping over hot instrumentals.
00:31Like, mixtapes were such a big thing.
00:33I was like, okay, maybe that's something I could do.
00:35And then once I started, you know, writing over beats, it was a little hard for me at first,
00:39but this is what I want to do.
00:41And, like, ever since I was, like, 14, that's the only thing I could picture myself doing.
00:46Anything else, I feel like I would have been settling for.
00:49My freestyles came first and then my following.
00:51I started freestyling on Instagram because I didn't have the money to get a studio.
00:56Like, back in the day, I feel like there was gatekeepers,
00:59and so they would keep a lot of dope female creatives and artists out.
01:02But we have social media now, so we're able to create our own fan bases
01:06and create a name for ourselves.
01:08And I feel like that's what a lot of us are doing.
01:11I might not be able to afford a studio and put together, you know, like a demo or an EP,
01:16but I could put my video up there and somebody's going to recognize me or, like, you know, discover me.
01:21And that's exactly what happened.
01:22Started Icy Girl, you know, I wasn't this icy, but that's okay because icy is more so a mentality.
01:29The more I listen to it, the more it just feels like girl talk.
01:32I wanted to have fun, and I wanted to just have songs that I really enjoyed performing on stage.
01:38It's very unbothered, it's unapologetic, and it's a good time.
01:43And I feel like I spoke my career into existence with Icy.
01:47Once Icy was finished, although I was happy, I'm the type of person where I'm never satisfied.
01:54With hip-hop, especially with being a female, I do have that urge to want to prove people wrong.
02:00But once I kind of got that out of my head, making music became fun again.
02:04The more I record, the more I learn that, you know, I'm able to perfect my craft in the studio.
02:09And I feel like that's really important with today's day and age because, you know, people are constantly putting stuff
02:13out.
02:14But I feel like with a year gap between high maintenance and Icy, I feel like there is going to
02:21be, you know, the growth is going to be obvious.
02:24Honestly, when I was in college, I didn't want to finish it.
02:28And the only reason why I did is because I wanted to challenge myself, because I like to challenge myself,
02:35and kind of, like, set a goal for myself.
02:37And my goal was to complete my Bachelor in Communication at USC, which is what I did.
02:42Saweetie is a boss because, you know, I got my education.
02:46I know my business.
02:48Saweetie is obviously Icy.
02:50But like I said, it ain't about the ice.
02:52It's about, you know, what's up here.
02:55And Saweetie likes to have a good time.
02:57You know, I work so much that when I'm able to finally relax, I like to have a good time
03:02with my friends and family.
