Saweetie went deep on one of her biggest passions — her rainbow-colored hairstyles — in her cover interview for Glamour UK's second Hair issue on Thursday.The 28-year-old rapper has become known for her striking locks and outrageous wigs, but she admitted during that chat that she 'hated' her natural hair when she was younger.The hitmaker — whose father is Black and mother is Filipina and Chinese — didn't have any interest in caring for her 'kinky' hair when she was in school, even though she now thinks her natural locks are 'beautiful.' Self love: Saweetie, 28, revealed how she came to love her natural 'kinky' hair after feeling discriminated against for it while gracing the cover of Glamour UK's Hair issue on Thursday'I hated my hair,' she said of her early days. 'It’s naturally really kinky and curly.
It’s beautiful, but I was a tomboy and was like, 'I don’t got no time for this."'She recounted her hair icons being her mother and Cher, both of whom sported long, straight locks.
Although Saweetie (bornDiamonté Harper) would fulfill her dream of meeting share when she starred in a MAC add with the veteran singer and actress, her mother rebuffed her hopes of styling her hair straight when she was in school.'I loved me a long, straight, silky West Coast press.
That was my favorite,' she said, though her mother would rarely loan out her straightener.Although she didn't realize it at the time, the wordsmith later realized she picked up her desire for straight hair after being discriminated against and dismissed by her peers for her natural hair.
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