If you ever wanted to know who is on your favorite singer's playlist, or what albums inspired the latest “it girl” the most, tune in for Marie Claire’s resident music franchise Listen Up. In this interview series, we ask musicians about their listening habits and the specific records that informed their taste—and inherently their journey as an artist.
When Rico Nasty debuted with her first commercial release in 2017, few artists in the hip-hop world straddled genres quite like her. She dressed like a pop-punk princess, but her pioneering breakout mixtape, Sugar Trap 2, was bubbly enough to inspire car sing-alongs but could also start a mosh pit.
