Miami looked at hip-hop like this New York invasion. All the mixtape DJs were coming out of New York back then, and they’re like, ‘shout out Brooklyn, shout out Queens,’ and it was kind of weird when you’re driving out in Miami and the DJ is shouting about New York. – DJ EFN

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Ya girl Rico Nasty is back, and she’s jumping on stages across North America with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour. Rico brings her own brand of hip hop with a grungy punk rock twist and has a number of surprises in store for her fans for this tour.