Since her early days as a Maryland teenager uploading aggressive, trap-influenced music on Soundcloud, rapper Rico Nasty has carved out her own unique place as a colorful rager. Yet, when she spoke to Rolling Stone this past February to announce her third studio album, Lethal, the 27-year-old phenom revealed that …
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Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Quavo communes with his late Migos partner Takeoff, Eric Church reanimates a hero from country music’s past, and Rico Nasty comes through with a banger from her forthcoming …
Read More »Rico Nasty Gets Flirty With 'On the Low,' Her Latest 'Lethal' Single
Rico Nasty dropped “On The Low,” the latest single from PG County, Maryland artist’s Lethal album. Riding along a buoyant synth riff, Rico croons about a sneaky link, singing, “You already know, I won’t kiss and tell if I get you alone” on the chorus. “I wrote ‘ON THE LOW’ …
Read More »Selena Gomez, Rico Nasty, Tate McRae, and All the Songs You Need to Know
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, a post-breakup bop from Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, and Gracie Abrams, a sleek, moody highlight from Tate McRae‘s new album, and a scorched-earth rager from Rico …
Read More »Rico Nasty Spent Years 'Locked Away in the Studio.' Her New Album, 'Lethal,' Set Her Free
Rico Nasty is used to the post-tour comedown. She spends weeks, if not months, at a time on the road performing for audiences who restlessly await the days until they can unleash their pent-up rage in one of her mosh pits. And when it’s over, she readjusts to solitude. “When …
Read More »Rico Nasty Plays a Maid From Hell in New 'Turn It Up' Video
Rico Nasty tidies up a house (kinda) while its owners sit tied up in the basement in the new video for her 100 Gecs-produced single, “Turn It Up.” The new track boasts a pretty minimalist beat, built around the relentless tick of a hi-hat that explodes with speaker-rattling kick drums …
Read More »Rico Nasty and Bktherula Are Ready and Raring for a Fight on 'Vaderz'
Rico Nasty has teamed up with buzzworthy Atlanta rapper Bktherula for “Vaderz,” the first single from the Maryland native’s upcoming mixtape, scheduled for release later this summer. (Rico previously teased a mixtape titled Rxon social media last year that has yet to surface.) Unabashedly aggressive and threatening, the Ben10k, Danes …
Read More »Rico Nasty Is a 'Glamorous Bitch' in Duke Deuce's 'Falling Off' Video
Duke Deuce and Rico Nasty link up in the video for new song “Falling Off.” In the clip, Rico performs alongside Duke Deuce, the woozy closeup shots and flashing strobe lights conveying urgency as they rock out on stage and in other locations. “All this damn money, got my Levi …
Read More »Hear Rico Nasty's Fast-Talking New Single 'Buss'
Rico Nasty has released a new song, “Buss,” after previewing the track during her set at Lollapalooza last weekend. “Buss,” produced by Menoh Beats, is a hard-hitting number with Rico Nasty exuding confidence her delivery and in the lyrics. “This Sugar Trap shit, I invented it,” she boasts. “You lil’ …
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