Ashton Nicole Casey, better known as Ashnikko, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and model. She was raised in the city of Greensboro where her parents exposed her to country music and Slipknot. As a teenager, her family moved to Estonia for her father's studies, spending a year there before relocating again to Riga, Latvia. She is currently based in London, UK. Ashnikko is best known for their 2019 single "Stupid" with Yung Baby Tate which gained viral popularity on the video-sharing platform TikTok. Ashnikko's first single, KROKODIL, produced by Raf Riley, was released only on SoundCloud in July 2016. On March 17th, 2017, she released her first EP, Sass Pancakes, with the same producer. Her second EP, Unlikeable, was released in November 2018, and her third EP, Hi It's Me, in July 2019. Her first mixtape, DEMIDEVIL, was released on January 15, 2021, and includes the TikTok-viral hits Daisy and Slumber Party (feat. Princess Nokia). In August of 2023, they released their debut studio album, WEEDKILLER. Ashnikko also wrote a diss track about a girl in their class over Lil Kim’s ‘Black Friday’ beat, and co-wrote the song Boss Bitch with rapper Doja Cat for the film Birds of Prey.