Rico Nasty

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Rico Nasty is a genre-defying force in contemporary hip-hop, known for her raw, unapologetic style and fearless experimentation. Rico started releasing mixtapes while still in high school in Maryland, with early tracks like “iCarly” and “Hey Arnold” catching fire online.

After dropping five mixtapes independently, she signed with Atlantic Records in 2018 and introduced the world to her signature “sugar trap” sound—a blend of aggressive nu-metal energy and trap production—on breakout tracks like "Smack a Bitch" and "Rage."

Today, Leah Rose sits down with Rico as she prepares to release her fourth studio album, Lethal. They dive into everything from the beautiful chaos of female-heavy mosh pits at her shows, what it was like to suddenly come into lots of money as a teenager early, to how she landed her first acting role in the upcoming A24/Apple TV series Margo’s Got Money Troubles.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Rico Nasty songs HERE.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:10.8	Rico Nasty is a genre-defying force and contemporary hip-hop, known for her raw, unapologetic style,
0:17.0	and fearless experimentation. Rico started releasing mixtapes while still in high school in
0:21.6	Maryland, with early tracks like I Carly and Hey Arnold catching fire online. After dropping five
0:27.4	mixtapes independently, she signed with Atlantic Records in 2018 and introduced the world to her
0:32.0	signature sugar trap sound, a blend of aggressive new metal energy and trap production on breakout tracks like smack a
0:39.5	bitch and rage. Today, Leah Rose sits down with Rico as she prepares to release her fourth studio
0:44.9	album, Lethal. They dive into everything from the beautiful chaos of female heavy mosh pits at
0:49.5	her shows, what it was like to suddenly come into lots of money as a teenager, to how she landed her first acting role
0:55.7	in the upcoming A24 Apple TV series, Margot Scott Troubles.
1:00.1	To see the full video version of this interview,
1:02.0	head over to YouTube.com slash broken record podcast.
1:07.6	This is Broken Record, Real musicians, real conversations.
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