Saweetie reveals she had “PTSD” after radio host called her freestyle skills “basic”

Blair CaldwellIn early 2018, after a radio host called Saweetie‘s freestyle skills “basic,” the Bay Area rapper says the comment led to self-doubt that in turn caused her PTSD, despite having a hot single at the time with “Icy Girl.”

“It was a really dark point in my life,” says Saweetie as Cosmopolitan’s April cover star. “I went from being so loved so quickly because of ‘Icy Girl’ to, on my first promo run, well, you saw the interview. The script flipped really quick, like night and day. I had PTSD from that.”

She admits she was “literally thrown into” the spotlight due to the song’s growing