Niqo P – Stick And Move
D.C. musician Niqo P wants you to know that youâre ugly âŠ
with potential
Niqo P is ugly ⊠but she has potential.
Thatâs not a slight against her. On the contrary, itâs her own personal slogan and the foundation behind all that she does â music, art, fashion and life in general. In fact, her âUgly With Potentialâ motto is one that she champions everywhere she goes in the hopes that it will inspire others to overcome their insecurities and embrace the originality they were born with.
ââUgly With Potentialâ speaks to your insecurities and letting you know that even if people donât see your beauty or potential, theyâll always want to come back once you glow up,â said the fast-rising musician from Washington D.C.
Niqo Pâs new album, âIf I Could,â is a bold testament to this motto. Told from the standpoint of a lesbian with a softer approach⊠the album shares stories of a woman hurt from the loss of a long relationship. Niqo P likened the emotion to that of a war veteran who returns home after being wounded and is given a Purple Heart medal for their sacrifice.
âThis album is about getting hurt from being in love,â she said. âWhen you go to war you come home and you get a Purple Heart if you were wounded. But you can also be wounded from going to war for love. Love is war, and you can get wounded.â
Niqo P reinforces this idea with cover art that features a purple heart, and she lends her vocal talents to the songs between the bars she lets flow. Like most of her music, her lyrics tend to come from being hurt or being in love. She said she doesnât want to be pigeonholed into the kind of artist who always make âsob storiesâ or âlament music,â but she does want to create music that people can relate to through their own real-life experiences. And more than anything, she said she wants to provide music that helps people understand that even when they get hurt they can know itâll be OK.
In addition to the music, Niqo P is also advancing her message of âUgly With Potentialâ through a merchandise line and videos. She considers the motto to be her âwhole overall signature,â and sheâs excited to share that motto with the world through this debut album.
âBack in the day I got turned down for being ugly,â she said. âAll my life Iâve heard girls say Iâm ugly. But when I started getting more into music, I had people approaching me saying it sounded good. When you start getting somewhere successful, thatâs when people start to come around. People who doubted me before now want to be around me. But it took loving myself and believing in myself to get to that point â and that involved a lot of hurts. So right now this first album is about being hurt, but the next album will be about glowing up and loving yourself. And each album after that will be about the journey of realizing your full potential.â
To listen to Niqo Pâs music, or to follow her on social media, please visit:
https://twitter.com/persistance__
https://www.instagram.com/persistance__/
âIf I Couldâ
http://hyperurl.co/r0uifo
âUp Frontâ
https://soundcloud.com/user-167850601/niqo-ft-rico-nasty-up-front
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/up-front-feat-rico-nasty-single/1365944454
âTres Diasâ
https://soundcloud.com/user-167850601/niqo-tres-dias
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tres-dias-single/1353168755
https://youtu.be/KiNiFmop6u4