In support of her third studio album, Lethal , Rico Nasty will be burning the metaphorical roof off the Crystal Ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 24, after kicking off her tour at Riot Fest in Chicago. The prolific 27-year-old artist’s new studio album is a rap-rock crossover that both challenges and honors its foundations, bringing the swagger of Nasty’s earlier SoundCloud-era pop-rap and smashing it up against raw, live metal riffs and an alt-rock energy that Portland audiences—fans or not—can rally around.

Lethal follows Nightmare Vacation (2020) and Las Ruinas (2022). It subverts Nasty’s trap-pop teen persona in favor of a more complex, introspective character: the performer, the mother, the adult. That said, fans can still expect her signature high-energy sugar-trap sound, but they

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