Some women can probably be Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, but some of us can't.
Rico Nasty
Whenever I'm around Spanish people, I'm kind of like a fly on the wall.
It is kind of easy for me to speak out. Just because I am very vocal in my music about a lot of different emotions, like anger, and normally stuff that people would hide, I'm okay with as a woman.
I don't wanna be bare minimum. I wanna be successful.
I was like, weird on purpose. I wanted to be an outcast.
Taurus and Sagittarius do not get along.
Once I found art, it was a wrap.
I've never been the type of person to put myself in a box.
At the end of the day, you have a side of the story that needs to be heard, too.
I'm like pixie grunge. The perfect blend of sugar and spice.
I don't want to be that stereotypical black girl that's mad all the time.
I feel like I'm really loud and brash.
Everything's a battle.
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.
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 used to play Joan Jett all the time. Then, the movie 'The Runaways' came out. It was a wrap from there.
I love when people are just naturally happy people.
A lot of people tend to get intimidated by looking at a place where they're from as empty. I look at it like a clean slate.
I didn't want to do music. I was very doubtful. I was like, 'Oh my God. No one wants to hear a teen mom rapper.'
Tales of Tacobella' showed that I can rap.
I love Beyonce. I feel like Beyonce is the final form of a person. Like, you gotta get to your Beyonce stage in life. That's your final form as a human.
I'm actually a true lyricist.
Whenever comparisons get too crazy I just think about my goals, and what I want from myself. I don't look at any references.
When I wanted to become an artist I wanted to be versatile but at the same time, fans never know what to expect.
When I started rapping, I was like, I'ma change my name before I become famous. And that didn't happen. I didn't have time.
A lot of times I play my music at shows based on the views and the streams.
I went with Atlantic because I got a lawyer to look at my contract and my contract was fire.
I feel very open to trying new things.
They're never gonna not put you in a box. It's something that they have to do, because nine times out of 10 people don't understand creativity.
I think my sound is very loud. I want other people to describe it as a form of therapy - therapeutic music, a form of release to them.
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've been imagining spikes in my head since I was 13 years old.
It's hard to be dainty and la la la when you're also supposed to be strong.
I've been Rico since 10th grade.
It's just amazing being a parent, being a little nervous at first, but then everything falls into place naturally.
Lil Yachty is opening up that lane of being a black weirdo.
You gotta be very positive. It helps. It really does.
I met Yachty through Twitter early 2015.
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.
That aggression came over time from dealing with stuff - 'Anger Management' really is what it's called. That project came out and I felt a weight lifted off my chest. I learned something about myself.
I don't know, whenever someone was like, 'Yeah, I'm going to the studio,' I just went with them. And I started recording.
I don't look at anything for who I should be.
Earl Sweatshirt is very wise.
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.
When I made 'Tales of Tacobella,' and I made 'Sugar Trap,' it was like people literally trying to say that like, either that they made it, or that they helped make it, and then they continued to try to steal the flow, try to steal the aesthetic of everything I tried to build.
Why still be pretty and all that when there's so many girly female rappers already? You can be a rock star instead.
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!'
Tierra Whack is very wise.
I wanna be be able to take care of my mom.
It's a lot of women that was before me, it's a lot of women that's gonna come after me!
