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Nsqk
Nsqk performing in 2021
Background information
Birth name	Rodrigo Torres de la Garza
Born	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26) Monterrey, Mexico
Genres	pop urbano R&B reggaeton hip hop
Occupations	Rapper musician producer singer-songwriter
Years active	2020–present
Labels	Honey Records

Rodrigo Torres de la Garza (born April 27, 1998), known professionally as Nsqk (pronounced as Nesquik), is a Mexican rapper, singer-songwriter and producer.

Early life

Torres was born in Monterrey, Mexico. He grew up in Houston, Texas, after moving with his family from an early age. He initially started recording music at the age of thirteen after discovering how tracks of Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia and Avicii were produced, using a laptop with a 97 version of Windows 95 installed.

His stage name origins due to a friend on Instagram responding ironically that Nsqk should be his artistic pseudonym, since Torres username being "nsqkpapi" at the time as a mocking reference to Canadian rapper Drake, and to monikers used by the members of ASAP Mob as well.

Career

He released his debut EP Botánica in 2020 through the independent label Honey Records, which combined pop, rap, R&B, and EDM sounds. His debut full-length album, Roy, was released in late 2022, which led Torres to perform at various prestigious festivals throughout Latin America, such as Ceremonia in 2023 and Lollapalooza Chile in 2024.

In 2024, Torres co-wrote and was featured in "Mami 100pre Sabe", the tenth track on the third studio album of Puerto Rican rapper Álvaro Díaz, Sayonara. He released his debut mixtape ATP months later, with the inclusion of Mexican Twitch streamer and YouTuber El Mariana during interlude skits. The mixtape was named one of the best Latin rising-act albums of 2024 by Billboard, and was placed at number 82 on the year-end list of "The 100 Best Albums of 2024" by Rolling Stone.

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Extended plays

References

1. Winter Wilson, Taylor (16 October 2024). "Nsqk Is Pushing The Envelope With His Sound". Galore. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
2. "NSQK traerá su gira ALTER EGO a la Ciudad de México". Prensa OCESA (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
3. "Future of Music: Nsqk". Rolling Stone en Español (in Spanish). 8 May 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
4. Hernández, Valeria (25 May 2024). "¿Cómo se llama NSQK? Así se pronuncia y este es el significado de su nombre artístico". Sónica (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
5. Borchardt, Carlos (14 August 2024). "¿Quién es NSQK? El impacto musical de su nuevo álbum en la juventud". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
6. "NSQK: Conoce al cantante mexicano que te ayudará a vivir el desamor en Lollapalooza Chile 2024". Chilevisión (in Spanish). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
7. Espino, Osvaldo (19 June 2024). "On Sayonara, Álvaro Díaz Explores the Many Stages of Heartbreak". Miami New Times. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
8. León, Karla (28 August 2024). "Nsqk es la guía hacia el futuro". Rolling Stone en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
9. Fajardo, Ingrid; Ratner-Arias, Sigal; Raygoza, Isabela; Roiz, Jessica (28 August 2024). "NSQK, Doble Sentido, & More Emerging Latin Artists on Our Radar". Billboard. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
10. "The 100 Best Albums of 2024". Rolling Stone. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

• Living people
• 1998 births
• Mexican singers
• Latin music songwriters
• Urbano musicians
• Mexican male singers
• Singers from Monterrey
• 21st-century Mexican male singers