in which she was quoted as saying: “People think I’m mean. I’m very loving and I’m a good person.”
Born Tamia Monique Carter in Mobile, Alabama, Milli grew up in a part of town that she describes as a little rough — “nothing but fights, robberies, all type of stuff like that” — before her mom eventually moved them to a nicer neighborhood. Her parents played “pretty much everything” in the house, and Milli remembers spending many evenings watching BET’s, learning from acts like OMG Girlz and Mindless Behavior.
“I heard of [TikTok] but I wasn't really familiar with the app,” Milli remembers of that time. “Once my song started blowing up, people was like,Yeah she's going crazy on TikTok.’ And I'm like, ‘What is that?’ I then ended up getting on, and I love the app now.”