I feel like I have a lot of rhythm because I'm from the DMV. Because you got so many different types of music: Baltimore Club music, Go-Go, then you got the DMV rap music scene, then you got the DMV R&B music scene. It's a lot of music and it's a lot of taste that caters to most.
I plan to break the barriers that people try to trap female rappers in. This isn't about 'Oh she sounds good for a female rapper,' it's about 'Yo, she sounds really good on this and can really rap!'
It's a lot of women that was before me, it's a lot of women that's gonna come after me!
I thought I'd be famous for being cute.
The name Rico Nasty came from Instagram.
I want to bring more structure into my shows sometimes but honestly, people have told me they like the randomness and how crazy it gets.
I'm a little bit scared of everything. It's kind of funny. Whenever people ask me how I'm feeling, I'm like, 'I don't know. I'm scared. I'm nervous.'
When I first knew that I wanted to rap I was seven years old and I lost the talent show. It was like spoken word or something. My mom made me do it. It was a Langston Hughes poem. The girl that came on after me, she wound up winning. She was a singer.
The first time my dad ever heard my mixtape it was 'Summer's Eve,' and he was fresh out of jail. And he'd be in jail for like damn near two years.
Yachty is very wise.
Growing up, my mom always knew that I was more on the Black side than the Spanish side, just because I didn't speak Spanish.
When I started making music, I figured the name Rico Nasty would give a background of who I am.
The scene in the DMV now is very united. I don't know if it's for everybody but everybody is showing love, everybody is showing support. Everybody is just trying to make a name for themselves and they are willing to help other people. Everybody is willing to network and do things with people outside of who they know.
I'm actually a true lyricist.
I went with Atlantic because I got a lawyer to look at my contract and my contract was fire.
I stopped making music for other people.
It's very important when you in the studio to be with a confident creative.
I feel like what motivates me is what would motivate the regular average person.
I feel like being a 2019 XXL Freshman is just, it's important for me because not too many women can say they've... gotten anything like this, not too many people from where I come from can say that they've gotten anything like this.
I got expelled from high school my freshman year.
