My Take
Swae Lee is one of those artists who sounds like nobody else — that airy, auto-tune-kissed falsetto sitting somewhere between R&B and trap is genuinely his own invention. As one half of Rae Sremmurd alongside his brother Slim Jxmmi, he helped put Mississippi on the hip-hop map and gave us "Black Beatles," a song so inescapable in 2016 that it broke the internet via the Mannequin Challenge. But honestly, his solo collab work is where I think he really shines — "Sunflower" with Post Malone for the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack is a near-perfect pop song, effortlessly catchy without feeling calculated. He grew up in Inglewood and Tupelo and that range — California cool meets Southern grit — bleeds into his sound in ways most people don't even clock consciously.
Overview
Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown (born June 7, 1993), known professionally as Swae Lee, is an American rapper and singer from Inglewood, California. Known for his wide-ranged, reverb-heavy vocals and genre-blending, Lee is one half of the Mississippi-based hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, which he formed in 2010 with his older brother Slim Jxmmi.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Swae Lee
- Name (Japanese)
- スワエ・リー
- Reading
- すわえ・りー
- Born
- June 7, 1993 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Inglewood, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / singer-songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.