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”’Horace Bernard Walls III”’ (born December 30, 2001),{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nardo-wick-mn0004024640/biography | title=Nardo Wick biography, songs, & Albums | website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 26, 2022 |language=en}} known professionally as ”’Nardo Wick”’, is an American rapper. Signed to Flawless Entertainment and [[RCA Records]], he is best known for his 2021 single “[[Who Want Smoke?]]”, which has a remix featuring fellow rappers [[G Herbo]], [[Lil Durk]], and [[21 Savage]] that propelled it to debut at number 17 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|” Billboard” Hot 100]] and earn platinum certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].{{cite news |last1=Feldstein |first1=Josh |title=Up-and-coming rapper Nardo Wick is popularizing Florida gangster rap |url=https://dailyorange.com/2022/11/coming-rapper-nardo-wick-popularizing-florida-gangster-rap/ |access-date=18 November 2022 |work=[[The Daily Orange]] |date=9 November 2022}} Wick released his debut studio album, ”[[Who Is Nardo Wick?]]”, that same year.

”’Horace Bernard Walls III”’ (born December 30, 2001),{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nardo-wick-mn0004024640/biography | title=Nardo Wick biography, songs, & Albums | website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 26, 2022 |language=en}} known professionally as ”’Nardo Wick”’, is an American rapper. Signed to Flawless Entertainment and [[RCA Records]], he is best known for his 2021 single “[[Who Want Smoke?]]”, which has a remix featuring fellow rappers [[G Herbo]], [[Lil Durk]], and [[21 Savage]] that propelled it to debut at number 17 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|” Billboard” Hot 100]] and earn platinum certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].{{cite news |last1=Feldstein |first1=Josh |title=Up-and-coming rapper Nardo Wick is popularizing Florida gangster rap |url=https://dailyorange.com/2022/11/coming-rapper-nardo-wick-popularizing-florida-gangster-rap/ |access-date=18 November 2022 |work=[[The Daily Orange]] |date=9 November 2022}} Wick released his debut studio album, ”[[Who Is ?]]”, that year.

== Early Life ==

== Early Life ==

American rapper (born 2001)

Musical artist

Horace Bernard Walls III (born December 30, 2001),^[1] known professionally as Nardo Wick, is an American rapper. Signed to Flawless Entertainment and RCA Records, he is best known for his 2021 single “Who Want Smoke?“, which has a remix featuring fellow rappers G Herbo, Lil Durk, and 21 Savage that propelled it to debut at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and earn platinum certification by the RIAA.^[2] Wick released his debut studio album, Who Is This Paper Gangster?, that year.

Early Life[edit]

Wick is an only child who grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. Wick listened to and was influenced by Gucci Mane as a child, who would which later feature Wick on a song.

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‘s song, “Opp Pack”, from the deluxe edition of the latter’s commercial mixtape Free Dem Boyz. 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 G Herbo, Lil Durk, and 21 Savage.^[3] 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 in association with Lyrical Lemonade. The new version boosted the popularity of the song alongside a dance to it that was created on the video-sharing app TikTok, which debuted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became certified triple platinum by the RIAA, 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 and Lil Baby, on November 29, 2021. It serves as the second single of Who Is Nardo Wick?^[4] and would go on to peak at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and be certified double platinum. The subsequent album was released four days later, on December 3, 2021. It features new guest appearances from Hit-Boy, Big30, and Lakeyah. It became certified platinum by the RIAA, and peaked at number 16 on the US albums chart. On…