Quotes from Rico Nasty

I've never been the type of person to put myself in a box.

People keep trying to say I'm one type of artist and I'm just not.

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.

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.

I feel like what made 'Nasty' so fire was it was finally something that they couldn't take from me.

The name Rico Nasty came from Instagram.

I love when people are just naturally happy people.

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 feel very open to trying new things.

I don't want to be that stereotypical black girl that's mad all the time.

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 shot 'Poppin' in L.A. because I love L.A. Because when I came out here, I fell in love with it.

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.

When I wanted to become an artist I wanted to be versatile but at the same time, fans never know what to expect.

A lot of times I play my music at shows based on the views and the streams.

I'm actually a true lyricist.