I feel like what I'm bringing to the table that's different is like not just consistency in the music but consistency in the creativity, consistency in the visuals, in the fashion, participation with the fans and things that I give them and merch and stuff like that. And I'm very active with them.
— Rico Nasty
It's very important when you in the studio to be with a confident creative.
I went with Atlantic because I got a lawyer to look at my contract and my contract was fire.
I grew up listening to Bob Marley, Jill Scott, Floetry, Nas, Jay-Z, Beyonce.
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.
When I started making music, I figured the name Rico Nasty would give a background of who I am.
Earl Sweatshirt is very wise.
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.
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.'
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 used to play Joan Jett all the time. Then, the movie 'The Runaways' came out. It was a wrap from there.
I don't look at anything for who I should be.
Everything's a battle.
I've never been the type of person to put myself in a box.
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!'
Tales of Tacobella' showed that I can rap.
Whenever I'm around Spanish people, I'm kind of like a fly on the wall.
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.
Yachty is very wise.
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.
You gotta be very positive. It helps. It really does.
I met Yachty through Twitter early 2015.
I don't want to be that stereotypical black girl that's mad all the time.
At the end of the day, you have a side of the story that needs to be heard, too.
I feel like what motivates me is what would motivate the regular average person.
I stopped making music for other people.
I'm actually a true lyricist.
I describe my sound as sugar trap, that's not really a description that's really who I am, that's my swag, that's how I talk and walk.
I feel like I get a variety of people in my crowd. Because of that, there's a nice amount of Hispanic people and Latinos that come to my shows. There's also a really big amount of Black and White people.
Tierra Whack is very wise.
I love when people are just naturally happy people.
The name Rico Nasty came from Instagram.
It's just amazing being a parent, being a little nervous at first, but then everything falls into place naturally.
Why still be pretty and all that when there's so many girly female rappers already? You can be a rock star instead.
Once I found art, it was a wrap.
