Swae Lee

Swae Lee was born as Khalif Malikibnsham Brown on June 7, 1993 in Inglewood, California. While he was young, his family moved to Tupelo, Mississippi, where he and his brother Slim Jxmmi aka Aaquil Ibinshaman were raised in one of the worst and crime-ridden areas of the town. Soon Lee’s parents split up and this worsened their condition. The brothers then started searching for a shelter in abandoned homes. Although Lee and Jxmmi have faced several hardships in their lives, their passion for music never dropped. Due to their hard work and dedication, they soon found recognition and joined the ranks of the most popular rappers in the contemporary American music industry.

Swae Lee once made the headlines for driving without licence.

Prior to joining the rap industry, Swae Lee, along with his brother Jxmmi, used to perform at parties and shows in their town. The pair collaborated with a friend and created the group ‘Dem Outta State Boyz’. This group began uploading its songs and videos to YouTube with the aim of getting recognition. After performing in the group, Lee and Jxmmi moved to Atlanta after being advised to do so by P-Nasty. There, the duo joined hands with record producer Mike WiLL Made-It and signed to his label EarDrummers Entertainment as Rae Sremmurd (spelled backwards as Ear Drummers) and produced two songs ‘We’ and ‘I Dip’. Unfortunately these tracks failed to get much attention from the public.

Lee and his brother didn’t lose hope and released their single titled ‘No Flex Zone’ in 2014. Soon after the release of this track, the duo shot to stardom! This track was ranked #35 on US Billboard Hot 100 and even spawned numerous remixes. After this, Lee and Jxmmi released the single ‘No Type’ which rose to #16 on the same chart. The brothers have since released two studio albums under the label EarDrummers, namely ‘SremmLife’ and ‘SremmLife 2’. Well, in 2016, Swae Lee announced that he will release his debut solo album ‘Swaecation’ soon.