Rico Nasty

I think that it is important to mingle with your peers and get to know the people that you coming up with because everything that we're doing is history.

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.

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

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!'

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

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.

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

I don't want people to expect the hard tracks to continue my whole career. When I started making music, I wasn't making music like that.

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 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.

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.

Try performing with your period. Like really, and then call me back. I know Beyonce has. I know Nicki has. I know all of the legendary women have had to do that. A man can't do that.