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Rising rapper Saweetie is one to watch this year

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Diamonte Harper was feeling low when she wrote a song that would change her life.

In between odd jobs and constantly moving around the city, the USC grad had reached a breaking point.

"I had $40 to my name," she said, wincing at the memory over dinner in a dimly lighted West Hollywood eatery. "I was disgusted with myself. I went from being a hustler, working different jobs to renting rooms off Craigslist, and I just wasn't happy."

Sitting in a bedroom that had nothing but a mattress on the floor, the Bay Area native penned a freestyle over the beat of Khia's ribald classic, "My

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