Doin’ Traces
Nardo Wick fills within the blanks.
Interview: Georgette Cline
Editor’s Observe: This story seems within the Summer season 2025 problem of XXL Journal, on newsstands now and accessible on the market on the XXL web site.

1. Don’t come to Jacksonville, Fla. when you don’t know survive.

2. I realized to punchline from Lil Wayne. His best track is “Hustler Musik.”

3. I’ve 111 unanswered texts on my telephone proper now, and I don’t care to do away with them.

4. In case you’re broke, save whenever you get an opportunity.

5. Lil Poppa’s Blessed, I Guess album places me in a extra relaxed zone.

6. Taking part in soccer as a child taught me to not be mushy in life.

7. Hip-hop wants extra freeness so the tradition retains elevating.

8. The one individual I actually take recommendation from is my mama once I want life recommendation.

9. In case you don’t need smoke, then you need to be quiet.

10. The primary rap video I keep in mind seeing was Gucci Mane’s “Vette Go By,” and it stood out due to the gutter of it.

11. My mates know they higher not be pu**ies.

12. The most effective meals in Jacksonville comes from any crab shack, so be sure you order a garlic tray.

13. The No. 1 rule to being a “HBK (Heartbreak King)” is to not love.

14. Don’t get in my Dodge Challenger until you like curler coasters.

15. Any new fan that desires to get to know me ought to take heed to “Glitchin” from my Wick album.

16. Probably the most irritating half concerning the music trade is getting sure songs cleared whenever you need to drop.

17. F**ok sh*t will get on my nerves, and I’ll crash about it.

18. The way in which you deal with your haters is to embrace ’em.

19. My objective in life is to elevate and prevail.

20. The film I watch that by no means will get outdated is Get Out or The Tougher They Fall once I need to simply calm down.

Hearken to Nardo Wick’s Wick Album

Hearken to Nardo Wick’s “Glitchin”

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