Many young women find Henderson’s lyrics both intriguing and enthralling as she uses her sexuality as tool to empower herself. This 23 year old MC, born Taylor Johnson-Henderson, is best known for her raunchy lyrics and proximity to the late, beloved Baltimore rapper Lor Scoota. it’s like, ‘I’ll step on your toes to get where I’m going.’ I’m not really with that.” With a strong following of a combined total of 386 thousand fans across her social media platforms Talone clearly used her reality television debut as a jump off for her music career and doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. That’s why other people aren’t really looked at…it isn’t like Atlanta where they get everyone together and show love. “In our city, when it comes to the music, instead of everybody trying to come together and build it’s everyone trying to diss each other. upbringing influenced her rap style the most she immediately responded, “the hate.” When asked by One Air radio what about her D.C. Born Brynesha Seegers, Talone is most well known for her song “For Granted” a sing-songy bop where she spits about her bad luck with love and the tendency of men to take women for granted.
The album features collaborations from up and coming rappers Lil Gnar and BlocBoy JB and Kelly will be performing in Maryland at the Baltimore Soundstage on July 29 and August 1 at the Fillmore Silver Spring as part of her upcoming “Nasty Tour.”īorn and raised in Washington D.C., this 25 year old rapper is known mainly for her outspoken personality that was first showcased on “Bad Girls Club,” a reality TV show about young women living in a house together and all the challenges that come with it. Kelly has dropped six projects five mixtapes and her debut album “Nasty.” Within the 14 track album Kelly showcases strong, aggressive lyrics showing that although her style is “sugar trap” she is anything but sweet. Rico has been rapping since she was 15 years old and although at 21 she still is very young she is nothing if not skilled and prolific. The upbeat, bubbly, high pitched, almost girly tone of her voice sharply contrasts with her hard, rough and tumble lyrics and techno bouncy beats. Born as Maria Kelly, Rico Nasty is most well-known for popularizing her rap style, known as “sugar trap,” and the name of her third mixtape. The 21-year-old MC was born in New York but raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland and attended boarding school in Baltimore.
Hitmaker Rico Nasty, reality star Talone, and raunchy MC Sneaky Tee have all made their marks as women in the DMV who demand to be both seen and heard with bouncy beats and aggressive lyrics. With female heavy hitters like Cardi B, Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma, this has been the year of female rappers dominating the charts and DMV women aren’t about to be left out of the conversation. Johnson, Special to the AFROĢ018 has been a year of women taking control of their narratives, of their sexualities and of the rap game.