Swae Lee

{ 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. Rae Sremmurd signed with Mike Will Made It's EarDrummer Records, an imprint of Interscope Records in 2013. The duo's first three studio albums — SremmLife (2015), SremmLife 2 (2016) and SR3MM (2018) — debuted within the top ten of the Billboard 200, and spawned hit songs including "No Flex Zone," "No Type," and "Black Beatles" (featuring Gucci Mane)—the latter of which topped the Billboard Hot 100. As a solo act, he guest appeared on French Montana's 2017 single "Unforgettable," which peaked within the latter chart's top ten—becoming his first song to do so as a solo artist—and received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Later that year, he received a Grammy Award nomination for co-writing Beyoncé's single "Formation." In 2018, Lee released his debut solo studio album, Swaecation, as part of Rae Sremmurd's third album, SR3MM (2018)—a triple album. That same year, his single "Sunflower" (with Post Malone) was released for the accompanying soundtrack to the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). The song peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100, received two Grammy Award nominations, and became the highest-certified song in RIAA history; the first to receive double diamond (20× platinum) certification. Also in 2018, he released the single "Close to Me" (with Ellie Goulding and Diplo)—a top 40 US hit with double platinum certification—and made an uncredited guest appearance on Travis Scott's single "Sicko Mode", which became his second song to top the Billboard Hot 100 and likewise earned two Grammy nominations. His 2020 single, "Be Like That" (with Kane Brown and Khalid) reached the top 20 of the chart and received quadruple platinum certification by the RIAA. Lee released his second solo album Same Difference on April 4, 2026. {