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Saweetie Used To Work At Strip Club: “I Got A Couple Of Tricks”
College girl-turned-rapper Saweetie is often praised for graduating from the University of Southern California where she studied communications and business, but not many know the odd jobs the Bay Area artist had before hitting it big. Saweetie recently caught up with The Shade Room where the host mentioned that the rapper is applauded for not having a stripper past, but Saweetie admitted that she did work at a strip club back in the day.
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“I think people have a misconception of strippers, and the reason why I say that is ’cause I used to work at the strip club myself,” said Saweetie. She was asked if she used to “dip it low,” and Saweetie answered, “You know I got a couple of tricks.” The host wanted to know if the rapper could show off a few of her exotic dancer skills, but Saweetie was clear that “you gotta pay me for that.”
All jokes aside, Saweetie wants to shed the stigma surrounding people who work for gentlemen’s clubs. “All I’m saying is, I’ve seen that conversation and I don’t like when people uplift me by putting down another woman because while I was a server at the strip club, I realized that strippers are regular people,” Saweetie stated. “They’re college girls. They’re mothers. They’re real girls who just come into work, and for me, strippers are like acrobats. That’s a talent. They’re acrobats or they’re psychologists. They’re therapists.”
She added that she learned that “time is money” by working at the strip club. “If you’re talking to me but you’re not paying for nothing and you’re wasting my time. I could be getting that money somewhere else. That’s why I want women to really value thereselves ’cause you learn a lot working in those type of environments.”
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Kyle Ashen’s sun-drenched recollection with new release “That Local Girl”
Kyle Ashen’s latest release, “That Local Girl,” is a gorgeous trip down memory lane, a country single that explores that golden glow of memory, like flipping through old photographs touched by salt air and summer sunlight. It’s warm, cinematic, and deeply relatable, a song about the kind of love story that never quite goes away, even as time moves on.
“That Local Girl” is filled with imagery that quickly takes the listener into a world they can walk right into. You got a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl on a boardwalk street by the ocean, a souped-up truck driving through town, neon lights reflecting off the ocean breeze, and the electric innocence of young love burning in the background.
But under all that cutesy trapping is something more than that, longing. Some people, some places that leave permanent marks on Kyle Ashen and us know that. What’s so brilliant about this song is that it marries those two ideas, making love and hometown memory feel beautifully inseparable. Sometimes you miss a person. And with that person, you miss an entire version of life. “That Local Girl” is more than a country love song from Kyle Ashen. He is a living postcard from the past, sun-faded, bittersweet, and glowing with feeling. A reminder that summers pass by, but some memories stay with us forever.
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ECHOFLIP inspires faith and fire with triumphant anthem on “Kingdom Rise”
ECHOFLIP marches forward with commanding purpose on “Kingdom Rise,” a single that not only demands attention but also commands it. Driven by pounding drums, soaring melodic textures, and full-conviction lyricism, the song arrives like a battle cry with the heart of worship. Bold and energized and spiritually charged from beginning to end.
“Kingdom Rise” is street realism meets kingdom vision at its heart. It’s got grit in its pulse but grace in its message as well. Each bar rings with resilience with ECHOFLIP, a record that embodies struggle, perseverance, and steadfast faith in the face of adversity. The result is music that is rooted in reality while reaching for something much larger.
What makes the single particularly compelling is how seamlessly it combines high-energy Christian trap with uplifting spiritual themes. The hard-hitting production has edge and urgency, and its faith-centered focus gives it soul. It’s motivational without being pushy. Worshipful without momentum loss, without losing authenticity. Ideal for trap gospel, inspirational rap, and urban playlists that aim to uplift as much as energize, “Kingdom Rise” delivers on all fronts. It moves the body, it sharpens the mind, it stirs the soul.
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