Saweetie And Gen.

TwitchBeat - June 10, 2021
Saweetie And Gen.

Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper known professionally as Saweetie has teamed up with the Gen.G in order to promote the non-profit charity Icy Baby Foundation as well as launching her own official twitch account. Saweetie is a popular American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She is the daughter of a Filipino-Chinese mother and African-American father who has always stayed true to her roots.

Now, Saweetie will employ her grandmother and ever-growing social media platform to create the Ice Baby Foundation. This is a nonprofit organization that will work with low-income households, single mothers, disabled children, and more to increase education. She also wants to use the foundation to connect with Asian-Americans in the wake of recent hate crimes towards the community. And in order to promote the cause, Rap queen Saweetie has partnered up with esports org Gen.G to help inspire underprivileged youth everywhere and additionally, the event will see the launch of her dedicated Twitch channel.

Saweetie stated; “Now is the time to come together and support each other as we fight to end Asian Hate.” She further added that she’s “excited to partner with Gen.G to connect with our fans in new and inventive ways to have real conversations about making positive changes in our community.” Here is the statement of the VP of Brand at Gen.G, Gina Chung Lee; “So many Asian Americans are in the forefront of gaming, music and fashion, but rarely get the spotlight that they deserve; it’s great to partner with an advocate and entrepreneur like Saweetie. As an AAPI woman, growing up there wasn’t always mainstream representation and celebration. It’s very meaningful to be able to shape and empower the next generation of leaders across all digital platforms and create cool content while doing so.”