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Rico Nasty returns with a new studio album, Lethal on Fueled by Ramen (Atlantic Music Group). Rico Nasty is known for her own particular brand of rage-rap and for her outrageous on-stage, online, volume-up persona. But as she grew up, she started to feel trapped by the character she created.

Lethal is a reckoning of who Rico is at 27 with the trap-pop teen persona she created more than a decade ago. Executive produced by Grammy nominated producer Imad Royal, the album still features all the hallmarks of a Rico Nasty record – female rage, heavy guitars, humor – but there are also notes of femininity, introspection and a more complex framing of all the angles of Rico – the performer, the mother, the adult.

Rico Nasty is not your average female rapper. Born Maria Kelly, Rico is coming out of the DMV with her own trademark sound, “Sugar Trap” that matches her colorful attitude, fresh style, and outlandishly creative mind. Her first single “iCarly” received over 920,000 YouTube views in just seven months. She followed that with “Hey Arnold,” a song that got the attention of fellow next generation superstar Lil Yachty, who jumped on the remix to the song and from there her profile has steadily risen.