Saweetie walks down memory lane during homecoming at her alma mater

Before she rose to fame, Saweetie was like every other student, combining classes with extracurricular activities. While attending San Diego State University (SDSU), the rapper was a proud member of the university’s majorette dance team, the Diamonds, which she reunited with during this 12 months’s homecoming.

During the homecoming game, the star proved that he still has it in him by performing a dance routine with the dance team to his 2019 song “My Type.” In the shared video on InstagramSaweetie dances in sync with her former dance team while wearing matching, sparkly, all-black outfits.

“SDSU coming home with my diamond sisters,” she captioned the post.

Throughout her profession, Saweetie has been very open about her academic profession, which began at SDSU and ended at the University of Southern California (USC).

“I went to two really prestigious universities, San Diego State, then I transferred to USC, and at many of those universities I was sometimes the only woman of color,” she told The Times.Zach Sang show.“Not only did I am going to those schools, but I’m first-generation. I had nobody to mentor me. I had no clues.

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Before returning home, the “Best Friend” rapper shared some information memories from when she was a student on Instagram. Similarly, in 2020, the star recalled her dancing days, sharing an old video of her dance with the caption: “I miss it 😭 how a lot of you knew I danced? lol, possibly I’ll do it again…

Although the star misses her college days, she admits being a component of it 3.5% black students at SDSU and 6% at USC it wasn’t easy.

“I feel like college took away my authenticity because when you go to a predominantly white school, sometimes you feel like you have to perform,” she told the show’s hosts “Breakfast Club” in 2021. “I don’t speak for everyone, but at least in my experience… being in a world that isn’t your world is uncomfortable, you have to adjust, and I felt like I had to adjust a lot.”

While she says her experience in predominantly white institutions “took away” her “authenticity,” Saweetie recognizes that navigating these spaces taught her “invaluable skills” that also helped her navigate the entertainment industry.

“It made me a robust woman. This made me put negative chatter in my head

aside and really just existing in these rooms without putting my very own glass ceiling there,” Sang said, explaining how she sometimes assumed people robotically judged her based on her appearance. “Sometimes I might create these false narratives in my very own head, and I noticed that after I began participating more in events – after I began showing who I used to be, every thing was fantastic. It just taught me how one can be a really direct woman. I’m very vocal…I express my opinion.