Horace Bernard Walls III (born December 30, 2001), known professionally as Nardo Wick, is an American rapper. Signed to Flawless Entertainment and

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...

, he is best known for his 2021 single " Who Want Smoke?", which has a remix which features fellow rappers

G Herbo Herbert Randall Wright III (born October 8, 1995), better known by his stage name G Herbo (formerly Lil Herb), is an American rapper from Chicago. G Herbo is signed to Machine Entertainment Group. He has released the mixtapes '' Welcome to Faz ...

Lil Durk Durk Derrick Banks (born October 19, 1992), known professionally as Lil Durk, is an American rapper and singer. He is the lead member and founder of the collective and record label Only the Family (OTF). Durk garnered a cult following with the ...

, and

21 Savage Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph (born October 22, 1992), known professionally as 21 Savage, is a rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Born in London, he moved to Atlanta with his mother at age seven. He became known after releasing two m ...

that propelled it to debut at number 17 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and earn platinum certification by the

RIAA The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...

. Wick released his debut studio album, ''

Who Is Nardo Wick? ''Who Is Nardo Wick?'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Nardo Wick. It was released on December 3, 2021, by Flawless Entertainment and RCA Records. The album features guest appearances from Future, Lil Baby, Hit-Boy, G Herbo, Lil Dur ...

'', that same year.

Career

Wick released his debut single, "Lolli". He then released the single "Slide". He then released the single "Came Up" as the final release of the year. Starting off 2021, he released the single " Who Want Smoke?" on January 22, 2021. Wick then released the single "Shhh" on April 23, 2021. It serves as the lead single to his debut studio album, ''Who Is Nardo Wick?''. On August 27, 2021 , Wick was featured on fellow American rapper

42 Dugg Dion Marquise Hayes (born November 25, 1995), known professionally as 42 Dugg, is an American rapper. He is jointly signed to rappers Lil Baby and Yo Gotti's respective labels 4 Pockets Full (4PF) and Collective Music Group (CMG), in conjunctio ...

's song, "Opp Pack", from the deluxe edition of the latter's commercial mixtape ''

Free Dem Boyz ''Free Dem Boyz'' is the fourth mixtape by American rapper 42 Dugg. It was released on May 21, 2021, by 4 Pockets Full (4PF), Collective Music Group (CMG) and Interscope Records. The mixtape features guest appearances from Roddy Ricch, Future, ...

''. The song served as Wick's first time being featured on a song by another artist. On October 8, 2021, Wick released another version of "Who Want Smoke?", which features fellow rappers

, and

. The song serves as the second single to ''Who Is Nardo Wick?'' and was released alongside an accompanying music video that was directed by

Cole Bennett Cole Michael Bennett (born May 14, 1996) is an American business executive, videographer, and music video director. His multimedia company, Lyrical Lemonade, started in 2013 as an internet blog while he was in high school. Early life Cole Be ...

in association with Lyrical Lemonade. The new version boosted the popularity of the song alongside a dance to it that was created on video-sharing app

TikTok TikTok, known in China as Douyin (), is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. TikTok is an international version ...

, which debuted at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the

, which gave Wick both his first charting song and his first song that received a certification, respectively. Two days later, Wick was featured on rapper Katana 10400's single, "She Want Me Dead!", which served as Wick's second feature and first time being featured on a single. Wick released the single " Me or Sum", which features fellow rappers

Future The future is the time after the past and present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently ...

and

Lil Baby Dominique Armani Jones (born December 3, 1994), known professionally as Lil Baby, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to mainstream fame in 2017 following the release of his mixtape ''Perfect Timing''. *Alt URL* * His deb ...

, on November 29, 2021. It serve as the second single of ''

'' The album was released four days later, on December 3, 2021. It features new guest appearances from

Hit-Boy Chauncey Alexander Hollis Jr. (born May 21, 1987), better known by his stage name Hit-Boy, is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. In May 2011, he had signed a two-year deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music production branch. ...

, Big30, and

Lakeyah Lakeyah Danaee Robinson (born February 28, 2001), known mononymously as Lakeyah, is an American rapper and singer. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she began rapping at the age of 15. At 18, she moved to Atlanta and was signed to Quali ...

. On July 22, 2022, Wick released the deluxe version ''Who Is Nardo Wick? 2'' with additional guest features from

The Kid Laroi Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard (born 17 August 2003), known professionally as the Kid Laroi (stylised as the Kid LAROI), is an Australian rapper, singer and songwriter. He originally gained recognition from his association and friendship with A ...

and

Latto Alyssa Michelle Stephens (born December 22, 1998), professionally known as Latto or Big Latto (formerly known as Mulatto), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She first appeared on American rapper Jermaine Dupri's reality television s ...

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wick, Nardo 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American rappers African-American male rappers African-American songwriters American male rappers American male songwriters RCA Records artists Gangsta rappers Living people 2001 births Musicians from Jacksonville, Florida Southern hip hop musicians Trap musicians 21st-century African-American musicians Rappers from Florida