Anycia doesn’t believe in fear
thefader.comIt’s a Thursday in early April and Anycia is calling me in the middle of getting her nails done. The 26-year-old rapper is supposed to be relaxing: she’s back in her hometown of Atlanta on one of her precious days off.
She’d just done a show in New York the previous weekend, with an impending show in Seattle and a press run in LA. Then back to Atlanta, Miami for a few days, then DC, then NYC again.
Even a brief staycation can’t interrupt the breakneck pace — that’s why she’s talking to me, after all — and Anycia is more than aware of her rocketing trajectory. “Chile, I’m just gonna be gone,” she laughs.
Such are the spoils of victory for a hot young rapper on the cusp of serious stardom. Less than a year ago, a snippet of “So What” by Anycia and Popstar Benny started to make the rounds on social media.
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