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

Rico Nasty

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I'm like pixie grunge. The perfect blend of sugar and spice.

spice like sugar perfect

I love when people are just naturally happy people.

just happy love people

I was like, weird on purpose. I wanted to be an outcast.

weird like outcast purpose

I don't wanna be bare minimum. I wanna be successful.

bare wanna minimum successful

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

nicki-minaj us some women

Once I found art, it was a wrap.

wrap once found art

I don't look at anything for who I should be.

anything who look should

At the end of the day, you have a side of the story that needs to be heard, too.

end-of-the-day end day you

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

box person never myself

It's very important when you in the studio to be with a confident creative.

confident you important creative

I like music where someone is trying to get their power back.

someone back music power

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.

think music sound people

Shoutouts to Cardi B. She's going to be a great mom.

going she great mom

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

mad black girl time

I used to play Joan Jett all the time. Then, the movie 'The Runaways' came out. It was a wrap from there.

out used play time

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

rock pretty you rock-star

I met Yachty through Twitter early 2015.

twitter met through early

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.

me crazy sometimes people

It's just amazing being a parent, being a little nervous at first, but then everything falls into place naturally.

amazing everything place parent

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

gotta really you positive