From landing the Summers hottest single on Billboard to having her own signature meal at McDonalds’ (Saweetie Meal), International Superstar Saweetie has done it all! But, hold up! The name of the game is to educate and elevate, and Saweetie has just in fact done that. In an initiative to educate the youth, Saweetie is launching a financial literacy program for kids between the ages of 7-17 through her Icy Baby Foundation.

Saweetie’s mission is to help kids understand money and educate them on the importance of planning their futures at a young age. Through empowering the youth, it’s hoped that kids will avoid many of the financial pitfalls that we make as adults. The Grammy Nominated songstress is more than an M.C.; Saweetie is considered a role model and stample for so many young people across the world and her reach and influence will make a difference.

With the racial wealth gap widening, Saweetie, along with her grandmother, Roxanne Glass see the course as an opportunity to empower children, especially black and brown communities who often suffer from a lack of financial knowledge. Economists project the gap is 3 to 1 with $100 dollars of White wealth for only $32 dollars for people of color. The disparity is staggering, equaling the largest benchmarks of inequality in the country. While science, math, history and English are taught in schools, the subject of financial literacy is never spoken of or shadowed from existence.

In the households of black and people of color, often financial literacy presents itself in the mirror of parents or guardians. That’s not enough! Through programs like Saweetie’s financial literacy course, kids will grow up learning and educating themselves on the important subject of finances.

The course will include educational resources on budgeting, saving and financial planning. The participants will receive a funded debit card where they will learn how to use and apply knowledge to creating channels of wealth through not only savings, but knowing how to put money to work.