Big Grrl Sweet

Keeya Tshireletso (born March 4, 1978), better known by her stage name Big Grrl Sweet, is a South African-American rapper. An adopted native of, she gained fame on the Midwest hip-hop scene before she signed to in 2002 and released her debut album Sweetie Pie Babez the same year. She currently owns her own record label, Sweet Soundz Records.

Early life
Keeya Tshireletso was born on March 4, 1978 in in, a  (also known as "Homeland"; an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity) that was declared (nominally) independent by the apartheid regime of  in 1977. Keeya's parents were disillusioned with the Bantustan concept and were against apartheid, so they emigrated to the in 1983, settling in, a known "refugee-friendly city".