Rico Nasty

“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.”

“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've always wanted to dress like this, and I've always wanted my music to have the edge, the twist to it.”

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

“I went with Atlantic because I got a lawyer to look at my contract and my contract was fire.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Why still be pretty and all that when there's so many girly female rappers already? You can be a rock star instead.”

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

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

“I feel like what motivates me is what would motivate the regular average person.”

“Taurus and Sagittarius do not get along.”

“I feel very open to trying new things.”

“I wanted a future outside my hometown.”

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

“Some women can probably be Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, but some of us can't.”

“You gotta be very positive. It helps. It really does.”

“It's a lot of women that was before me, it's a lot of women that's gonna come after me!”

“When I started making music, I figured the name Rico Nasty would give a background of who I am.”