Nardo Wick

Biography

Horace Bernard Walls III (born December 30, 2001), known professionally as Nardo Wick, is an American rapper. He signed with RCA Records in 2021 and gained mainstream recognition following the commercial release of his single "Who Want Smoke?×Who Want Smoke?22 January 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Who Want Smoke?2:33" in January of that year. The song spawned a remix featuring rappers G Herbo, Lil Durk, and 21 Savage, which peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His debut studio album, Who Is Nardo Wick?×Who Is Nardo Wick?3 December 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 31 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11G Nikes3:142Excuse My French3:023Dah Dah Dahdah2:324Demon Mode2:585Fan Hoes2:236Lovey Dovey2:487No Game2:518Burning Up2:099Ceiling Fan Crew2:4210Baby Wyd (remix)3:4811Krazy Krazy2:2312Riot2:2513Gotham City2:23Disc 21Wickman2:142Alright2:583Chop Chop2:314Blam Boom2:385Me or Sum3:466Play Wit Me2:047Lullaby2:158Power1:419Who Want Smoke??4:4010Why2:4111Alley Cat2:3412Wicked Witch2:4413Wicked Freestyle2:4814Baby Wyd?2:5515Poppin Out2:4416Bad Boy2:3117Shhh2:2118Rich Maniac3:08, was released in December 2021, and peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200.

Career

Wick released his debut single, "Lolli×Lolli30 April 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Lolli2:42". He then released the single "Slide×Slide13 October 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Slide2:10". He then released the single "Came Up×Came Up13 October 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Came Up2:22" as the final release of the year. Starting off 2021, he released the single "Who Want Smoke?×Who Want Smoke?22 January 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Who Want Smoke?2:33" on January 22, 2021. Wick released the single "Shhh" on April 23, 2021. It serves as the lead single to his debut studio album, Who Is Nardo Wick?×Who Is Nardo Wick?3 December 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 31 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11G Nikes3:142Excuse My French3:023Dah Dah Dahdah2:324Demon Mode2:585Fan Hoes2:236Lovey Dovey2:487No Game2:518Burning Up2:099Ceiling Fan Crew2:4210Baby Wyd (remix)3:4811Krazy Krazy2:2312Riot2:2513Gotham City2:23Disc 21Wickman2:142Alright2:583Chop Chop2:314Blam Boom2:385Me or Sum3:466Play Wit Me2:047Lullaby2:158Power1:419Who Want Smoke??4:4010Why2:4111Alley Cat2:3412Wicked Witch2:4413Wicked Freestyle2:4814Baby Wyd?2:5515Poppin Out2:4416Bad Boy2:3117Shhh2:2118Rich Maniac3:08. 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. The song serves as the second single to Who Is Nardo Wick? and was released alongside an accompanying music video 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? 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 July 22, 2022, Wick released the deluxe version Who Is Nardo Wick? 2, with additional guest features from the Kid Laroi and Latto.
On March 31, 2023, a hit single by Wick was released, "Hot Boy", which peaked at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 and featured American rapper Lil Baby. On May 5, 2023, he was co-featured alongside fellow rapper Roddy Ricch on fellow rapper Gucci Mane's single "Pissy", the song later appeared as the fourth single on Gucci's sixteenth studio album, Breath of Fresh Air. Later in 2023, Wick was co-featured alongside G Herbo on Mudbaby Ru's single "Gun Class ll".
Wick's second studio album, Wick, was released on February 21, 2025. It features guest appearances by 21 Savage, Future, Lil Baby, Sexyy Red, and Southside.

Personal life

On August 18, 2021, Walls was arrested by US marshals on a concealed weapon charge. He was released soon afterward.