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Saweetie Pays Homage to Grace Jones, ‘The Inspiration Behind the NANi Cover’
Saweetie honored Grace Jones for inspiring the "NANi" artwork on the icon's 76th birthday. See what she said.
Saweetie saluted Grace Jones on the icon’s 76th birthday Sunday (May 19), and thanked her for inspiring the cover art of the rapper’s newest single “NANi.” The pose Saweetie is striking on the “NANi” single artwork is directly inspired by the artwork for Jones’ 1985 greatest hits album Island Life, which features the almost-nude singer stretching her right arm forward, with a microphone in hand, and stretching her left arm backward, touching her right foot that’s extended upward while her left leg stands strong. Earlier this month at the 2024 Gold Gala — where Saweetie received the first-ever Billboard Gold Music Honor during the event dedicated to recognizing the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific changemakers in culture and society over the past year — she told Billboard on the red carpet, “‘NANi’ is that girl.
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