Saweetie is determined to use her platform to "make a change". The 27-year-old rap star has shot to fame over recent years, and she's eager to use her profile to help her community. Saweetie - whose mother is Filipina-Chinese and her father is African American - shared: "The more we stand together and the more we continue to just educate those who may not know what we go through, we will continue to make a change. "And I was actually inspired during quarantine to found my own non-profit organisation called the Ice Baby Foundation. And my grandmother is actually the president.