Rashad Jamiyl Spain, aka Saucy Santana, opened up about his parents and upbringing in Florida while describing his rap career as an openly homosexual man in a recent podcast episode of Grindr.
Saucy Santana was born to his parents, Teresa Harris and unnamed father, on October 8, 1993.
Saucy Santana with The Clipse and his stepdad who was a bodyguard pic.twitter.com/xag9Olq9nO
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That said, the 30-year-old singer often talks about his stepfather, who used to be a celebrity bodyguard, on various talk shows.
Also, in 2022, a Twitter post with a photo of young Saucy Santana and his bodyguard stepfather with the legendary rap group, ‘The Clipse,’ went viral.
Key Takeaways
- Saucy Santana was born on October 8, 1993, to his mother, Teresa Harris, in Connecticut.
- Just like her son, Teresa Harris is also a musician and director of a choir in the local church.
- Although no information about his biological father is available, his stepfather used to be a celebrity bodyguard.
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Saucy Santana belongs to a family full of artistic parents & family!
Born and raised in Tallahassee, Saucy Santana only had his mother, Teresa Harris, until she remarried a celebrity bodyguard stepfather. He is an American of Afro-Dominican descent through his grandmother.
Although he was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he moved to Florida with his mother when he was 10.
For Interview magazine, Saucy Santana says, “I moved to Florida when I was ten. Originally I’m from Bridgeport, Connecticut, so it was a culture shock. North and south, we just do things differently.”
“We have different slang, there’s southern hospitality. That’s when I learned about down-south music when I started getting into Uncle Luke,” he adds.
The hip-hop artist, Saucy Santana, recalls he was raised with a silver-spoon upbringing as his parents were a celebrity bodyguard father and a general manager mom.
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In an interview with YouTube Artist Voices series, Saucy Santana says, “My mother wasn’t a pastor when I was growing up, but we always went to church, and she always made sure that I had a relationship with God. Now she’s a pastor but she’s still my mom. I can talk to her about everything.”
Just like Saucy Santana, who later became a fan-favorite rapper, his mother is now a choir director at the church.
FAQs
Teresa Harris is the mother of Saucy Santana, who now works as a choir director at the local church. Meanwhile, there is no public information about who his biological father was.
Saucy Santana became famous after his singles, Material Girl, Here We Go and Walk, went viral on TikTok with several TikTok challenges.
Saucy Santana recently joined the cast of MTV’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta show. Besides that, he is actively advocating and spreading awareness about homophobia in hip-hop.
