Maria-Cecilia Simone Kelly (born May 7, 1997), known professionally as Rico Nasty, is an American rapper and singer from Maryland. She began self-releasing content in 2014, while in high school, and had released five solo mixtapes by late 2017. She gained a local, underground following with SoundCloud singles such as "iCarly" and "Hey Arnold". After gaining wider recognition with singles such as "Smack a Bitch" and "Poppin" in 2018, she signed to Atlantic Records where she released her sixth mixtape, Nasty (2018). This was followed by the collaborative mixtape Anger Management (2019) with long time associate Kenny Beats. Rico Nasty's debut studio album, Nightmare Vacation, was released in December 2020. Rico's seventh mixtape, Las Ruinas, was released on July 22, 2022.

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Roísín Murphy & Rico Nasty Heading Summer Camp Festival’s ‘TRAMP’ Rave In Melbourne

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The head-spinning queen of pop-rap has stunned fans with a grand total of zero (0) collabs on new album ‘Scarlet’.

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Rico Nasty Releases New Track 'Turn It Up' Produced By 100 Gecs

The track was produced by frequent collaborators, 100 Gecs.

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Listen to Rico Nasty's pioneering remix of Magic, ft. BARKAA and MADAM3EMPRESS

The new remix sees the US rapper team up with two of Australia's best, in addition to visuals by First Nations creative agency INCOMMON..

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Rico Nasty wants you to let it out: “I'm really big on people expressing themselves.”

The DMV emcee has come a long way since her Sugar Trap beginnings, but on her debut record Nightmare Vacation, Rico Nasty fuses the old and the new with a manic smile..

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Rico Nasty is a Spongebob in a sea of Squidwards

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