Saweetie didn’t realize her food “concoctions” weren’t “normal” until she started posting them online.
The “Icy Grl” rapper, 30, is known for creative food pairings — like spaghetti on ranch and oysters in honey BBQ sauce — that always seem to send social media into a frenzy. He credits “young parents” for his unconventional palate.
“Honestly, I get a lot of mixes from my dad because he used to make my spreads as a young dad,” Saweetie tells PEOPLE. “He would make me these cool ‘Scooby-Doo’ sandwiches with a bunch of chips, fries, whatever he wanted to make.”
“But I’ve always loved mixes and tasting new foods,” she adds. “I’m a really big gourmand.”
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Saweetie for The Hot Mess x The Boiling Crab x Postmates Partnership.
Courtesy of the postman
Her passion project is now a professional one – Saweetie has teamed up with The Boiling Crab and Postmates to bring a new “dining experience” to homes across America just in time for summer.
According to a press release, Hot Mess, described as a seafood feast “unlike any other,” invites customers to try new meal options inspired by Saweetie’s “hot mess” taste buds — at a discounted price.
The Hot Mess ($50), The Bigger Hot Mess ($80) and The Biggest Hot Mess ($120) each include a combination of snow crab, shrimp, corn, andouille sausage and fries (plus fried shrimp, boiled rice and clams in two different portion versions for more expensive options). They are available exclusively for delivery by postal clerks from eight locations in Los Angeles and others nationwide through July 7.
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Saweetie tells PEOPLE that her new partnership was largely inspired by The Boiling Crab being among her “most frequent” orders on Postmates.
“I just love seafood,” she says. “My earliest memory of seafood is going to the seafood market with my mother’s mum or my mum – they’re Asian, so you know Asians love their supermarkets.”
“We would bring home a live crab, put it in boiling water, cook it and eat it with some rice,” the Bay Area native continues. “So the little girl in me is so excited and so happy to be working with a company that I really love.”
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Saweetie for The Hot Mess x The Boiling Crab x Postmates Partnership.
Courtesy of the postman
Saweetie, who is coming off the release of her summer single “Nani,” says that “at this point in my career, I’m not doing things for financial gain. I do things out of passion. It’s always a special moment when you can do business with people who share a common interest [with]; in this case it’s seafood.”
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It’s also great timing. “The fact that it falls on a day in Cancer season and I’m a Cancer (my sign is Cancer), it just feels so aligned and so in sync with everything that’s going on with me right now,” the “Richtivities” rapper adds, “especially if it’s just new music .”
“With good music, good food, I felt so special and happy now.”
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