The name Rico Nasty came from Instagram.

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.

As women, we're always supposed to be catty, or too cute to dance. And it sucks.

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.

I'm a little bit scared of everything. It's kind of funny. Whenever people ask me how I'm feeling, I'm like, 'I don't know. I'm scared. I'm nervous.'

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.

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

The scene in the DMV now is very united. I don't know if it's for everybody but everybody is showing love, everybody is showing support. Everybody is just trying to make a name for themselves and they are willing to help other people. Everybody is willing to network and do things with people outside of who they know.

I stopped making music for other people.