In February 2018, Saweetie launched her own record label, Icy Records.
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In October 2017, she released a video for her song "Focus", which samples DRAM's "Gilligan". It too went viral, on Instagram and Twitter. That same month, Saweetie released a freestyle rap, "High Maintenance", accompanied by a short clip of herself rapping a verse to the song, all while chilling in her kitchen. The video went viral online, accruing 100 million views on YouTube as of June 2020. The song was released on her SoundCloud in the summer of 2017 and brought her to the attention of Max Gousse, a well-known producer and A&R executive, who became her manager. One video featured her rapping over the beat from American rapper Khia's " My Neck, My Back (Lick It)", which eventually became "Icy Grl". Saweetie began posting short raps on her Instagram account in 2012. After graduating, she began to focus on her rap career.
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After high school, she attended San Diego State University, where she studied communications and business before transferring to the University of Southern California, where she completed her degree and received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in communications. West High School in Tracy and graduating from Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove. She grew up in Sacramento, California, attending Merrill F. Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper was born on July 2, 1993, in Santa Clara, California, to Trinidad Valentin, who is of Filipina and Chinese heritage, and Johnny Harper, who is African-American.