Gritty Pretty Thangs
Words by Gangstarr Girl
Never trust a pretty face and smile. The rapper La Femme NIKITA is just as gully as Luc Besson’s spy/assassin from the 1990 French action flick turned U.S. crossover phenomenon.
Before giving in to her rapper persona, 21-year-old Natasha Walton was a songbird who became a finalist on season one of Making the Band 3. As fate would have it, she obviously didn’t become a member of Danity Kane (thank goodness) but that hasn’t stopped her from continuing to pursue her dreams.
Raised in Texarkana, TX, she was always singing but added rapping to her repertoire at age 13.
“I remember hanging around my older brother and cousin, and wanting to be just like them. I wanted to be like the guys,” says NIKITA. “I wrote my first rap trying to impress them [and] they wer like, “little girl get out of here!”
Raised by her “big momma” aka “Shotgun Anni,” who told her she could do anything she put her mind to, quitting wasn’t in her blood and that’s why she never put down her rhyme book. With a recent appearance on Bet’s Rap City, and her latest single “Patrón” currently receiving airplay on 92.3 FM KIIZ (Waco, TX), Power 102 (EL PASO, TX), Q93.3 (New Orleans), 92.1FM The Beat (Tulsa OK) and in the general Texarkana area, this lyrical Femme Fatale is spitting, grinding and being as gangstarr as her name–with a voice to match. NIKITA charges the mic with estrogen but with bass in her voice à la Rah Digga circa ’98. Gangstarr Girl caught up with the young diva who broke down various topics pertaining to her world.
