33 Facts About Rico Nasty

Rico Nasty began self-releasing content in 2014, while in high school, and had released five solo mixtapes by late 2017.

Rico Nasty gained a local, underground following with SoundCloud singles such as "iCarly" and "Hey Arnold".

Rico Nasty was raised in various locations including Prince George's County, Maryland, New York, Virginia, and Washington, DC When she was 11, her mother moved to Palmer Park, Maryland where she was enrolled in a Baltimore boarding school for the sixth grade.

Rico Nasty was expelled for smoking marijuana at 14 and transferred to Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Prince George's County where her music career began.

Rico Nasty started rapping in high school and released her first mixtape, Summer's Eve, when she was in tenth grade at Charles Herbert Flowers High School.

Rico Nasty gained some prominence with her 2016 single "iCarly" which amassed over 500,000 views on YouTube within months.

Rico Nasty released the single "Hey Arnold", which was later remixed featuring Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty.

In May 2017, Rico Nasty released her fourth mixtape, Tales of Tacobella, which is her earliest commercially available release as of September 2020.

In June 2017, Rico Nasty released her single "Poppin" which quickly garnered over five million views on YouTube.

Rico Nasty embarked on her "Sugar Trap Tour" in late 2017.

Rico Nasty appeared in the music video for the remix of "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.

Rico Nasty released the non-album singles accompanied by music videos "Guap " in December 2019 and "Roof" in January 2019.

Rico Nasty made the cover of The Fader for their Summer 2018 issue, and was the subject of a documentary produced by the publication titled Countin' Up.

In June 2019, XXL announced that Rico Nasty was part of their XXL Freshman Class of 2019.

Rico Nasty performed at New York Fashion Week in September 2019 and subsequently released the single "Fashion Week".

Rico Nasty performed as a headlining act at Rolling Loud in New York in October 2019.

In June 2020, Rico Nasty released the single "Dirty" as part of the original soundtrack for the HBO television series Insecure.

Rico Nasty made the front cover of British music magazine NME in September 2020.

Rico Nasty released the song "Don't Like Me" featuring rappers Don Toliver and Gucci Mane as the third single off of Nightmare Vacation.

Rico Nasty released a visual trailer for the album in November 2020.

On June 17,2021, Rico Nasty joined Little Bacon Bear for a casual, interview-style conversation presented by Grammy U Rico disclosed more details about the anticipated mixtape, including that it spans seven tracks, employs Dylan Brady of 100 gecs as a co-producer, and features Flo Milli and G Herbo.

In late 2021, Rico Nasty was the opening act for Playboi Carti's King Vamp Tour.

In numerous cities on the tour, Rico Nasty was booed or had items thrown at her while she was on stage.

On March 29,2024, Rico Nasty released a collaborative EP with Boys Noize titled Hardc0re Dr3amz.

On February 20,2025, Rico Nasty announced a rap rock album, titled Lethal, to release on May 16,2025 through Fueled by Ramen, alongside its lead single, "Teethsucker ".

Rico Nasty is known for performing hip hop music and trap music, particularly styles such as punk rap, trap metal, nu metal, pop-trap, SoundCloud rap, and rap rock.

Rico Nasty is known for her "aggressive, cutthroat flow" as well as her "spiky style and raspy delivery".

Rico Nasty coined the term "sugar trap" early in her career and has used it as the title of her independent record label as well as two of her mixtapes.

Musically, Rico Nasty has cited Joan Jett, Avril Lavigne and Rihanna as her biggest influences.

Rico Nasty has been named as an influence on Flo Milli and ppcocaine.

Rico Nasty told NME that her other personas are inspired by David Bowie, Tyler, the Creator, and Nicki Minaj.

Rico Nasty is known for her unique style in punk fashion.

At age 18, Rico Nasty gave birth to a son, Cameron, while in her senior year of high school.