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In our issue #404 cover story, Avril Lavigne and Rico Nasty sit down to discuss their careers, songwriting processes and much more.

Read an excerpt between Avril Lavigne and Rico Nasty from our Modern Icons Issue, where they discuss Lavigne's 'Let Go' era and influences.

Rico Nasty Author: Jan 29, 2021 Rico Nasty, the love child of punk and hip-hop, takes us on a “Nightmare Vacation.” From Grammy wins to Top 100 chart records, we’re living in an era where more women are succeeding in rap than ever before. Not only are women flourishing in the genre, they no longer need a male cosign to make it big. This new generation of women brought new perspectives to rap and, as one of the fastest rising women in the game, Rico Nasty is using her rhymes to shed ...

“Anytime I record, I go to L.A., I go somewhere else and I kind of run away,” Rico Nasty most recently revealed of her creative process. This time around, however, the onset of a pandemic forced the DMV native to stay put in Maryland, having to record her debut Nightmare Vacation album on the homefront. In hindsight, the setting props up a stage on which Rico, born Maria-Cecilia Kelly, is her truest self to date. It’s apparent that the emotive rapper meticulously constructed her latest p...