American rapper and singer/songwriter Swae Lee first found success as part of the Southern sibling hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd. At the height of the pair's mainstream success -- 2016's chart-topper "Black Beatles" -- he branched out as a solo artist, maintaining a strong chart presence with a series of deft collaborations with French Montana ("Unforgettable"), Travis Scott ("Sicko Mode"), and Post Malone ("Sunflower").
He was born Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown in Whittier, California, but his family relocated to Tupelo, Mississippi when he and his brother Slim Jxmmi (born Aaquil...