Saweetie on Hair, Discrimination, Feminism and her Meteoric Rise to Fame

GLAMOUR’s second ever Hair Issue is here – and with a love for everything from braids, blonde buzz cuts and her bucket full of wigs, our Best Friend and Grammy-nominated rapper, Saweetie speaks to Olive Pometsey. Cascading down the 28-year-old rapper’s back in streaks of yellow, pink and everything in between, not a hair is out of place as she sits down in front of the camera to be interviewed. It’s an appropriately show-stopping look for the cover star of GLAMOUR’s second annual Hair Issue. “Hair is important to me because it’s a form of expression,” she says, matter-of-factly. Amen. You’d expect nothing less from the woman whose debut platinum-certified 2018 single Icy Grl introduced her to the world as an unapologetically ambitious, fabulously put-together force to be reckoned with. And with a real name like Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper, sparkling is practically Saweetie’s birthright. But still, watching the iced-out star in action is something to behold.