Saweetie Shares Her Five Minute Rule For Surviving Trolls

Angie Martinez IRL

iHeartPodcasts and The Volume

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Music

5 • 939 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Rapper Saweetie joins Angie Martinez on the show to discuss her latest EP, ‘Hella Pressure.’ This opens up a conversation about the pressure Saweetie feels as a Grammy-nominated artist in the public light and the pressures she felt growing up. Saweetie also talks about how being “delusional” brought her to success. Finally, she shares with Angie Martinez her five minute rule for surviving online trolls, her relationship with her family, and Angie asks some In Real Life questions.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.2	I'm just proud to be me, and I think that's what I want girls to take away.
0:08.9	Like, just be proud of, be proud of, be you.
0:11.2	I think that's the most important.
0:12.9	And I think through the experiences of my early stages in life, I think that's what just made me comfortable in my own skin.
0:22.0	It's just like, you don't like me, but I like me.
0:24.9	And that's what matters.
0:29.7	This episode is brought to you by Boost Mobile.
0:36.2	Today on IRL, we have rapper, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, Bay Area original behind hits like icy girl, my type, best friend. She turned her vision into ventures and hustle into reinvention, moving from viral freestyles to platinum records, sold out stages, Billboard Runs.
0:55.4	She's headline brand collaborations across beauty and fashion and philanthropic initiatives supporting education and community.
1:02.3	A two-time Grammy nominee, sweetie is here today.
1:06.6	Thank you.
1:10.3	Thank you. I was like, oh, I did that. I did that. You did that. And that? Okay, I know that's like, girl. You got to go ahead and do that. I love that. I love that for you. What are you most proud of of everything you've done so far? What am I the most proud of? I would say my recent project, Hella Pressure.
1:28.4	I know it sounds very marketing.
1:30.1	No, but I think that it's the first time where there's two songs on it that I really love,
1:36.2	where I really found songs that weren't a sample that I felt like it was me.
1:40.8	Only because I felt like my niche has become sampling.
1:45.9	However, I do want to get to a point where it's an original beat and it's like, oh, this sounds like a sweetie record.
1:50.7	You don't want to be just stuck in one thing. No, absolutely not. Because I think that as artists,
1:55.7	you either grow or you don't. And I think that through my evolution, I realize that I can't always just do sample songs if I'm being real. You know, I love to do them. Yeah. It provides. It's done well for you. Thank you. And I'm not going to stop. Yeah. But I wanted to really challenge myself and do something different. Yes. I love that for you. Mm-hmm. And the project is hella pressure. I know that's the title, but what is the, what season of your life are you in?
2:20.7	And what do we see on this album?
2:22.0	Through this journey in my career, I've overcome hurdles and challenges and always roast the occasion.
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