London-based, American-born artist Ashnikko makes genre-bending, hyper-stylized electronic pop, bringing a larger-than-life persona to both their attitude-heavy rap flows and sung hooks. Following two initial EPs, they gained widespread viral buzz with their 2019 Yung Baby Tate collaboration "Stupid" and their 2021 debut mixtape, Demidevil. Weedkiller, their debut full-length, arrived in 2023.
Born Ashton Nicole Casey in 1996 in Oak Ridge, North Carolina, Ashnikko grew up in Greensboro. She discovered rap around age 11, listening to M.I.A. While living in Estonia and Latvia a...