West Coast rap crooner Nakkia Gold is on a whole ‘nother level for what’s going down in the rap and R&B game right now. From putting out thought-provoking and message-driven anthems like ‘Justice’ with Wiz Khalifa and the iconic late Bob Marley to turning temperatures up on sultry visuals like ‘3 Rounds’ to getting into the holiday spirit with her newly released ‘Trap Santa’ - there’s truly nothing the South Central native can’t do.

Fortunately for us at ATC, we managed to secure some time with the hip-hop artist as she gears up for the holidays for a conversations packed with decoding the process behind making ‘Trap Santa,’ what spots she finds herself grubbing at in Los Angeles, what drives her music-making and why the studio has remained her quarantine solution well before COVID-19 became a thing.