Rico Nasty Claims Dinosaurs Are a "Government Marketing Scheme"

3:47 PM EDT on June 5, 2026

Rico Nasty did not hold back on her great new single " Rituals ," but perhaps she should've held back her opinion on paleontology. In her recent appearance on the Zach Sang Show , the singer/rapper expressed her belief that dinosaurs are a "government marketing scheme."

The star cites the new Netflix documentary  The Dinosaurs as the reason for her skepticism, questioning how something from billions of years ago (she says "billions" 13 times, however dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago) could be dug up and identified. "A fucking Tyrannosaurus rex was here. And you found it?" she says. She wonders how long paleontologists were digging for, how they came up with the names, and why there are no "ancient photos in the pyramids of dinosaurs."

"You know much money they make from dinosaurs?" she poses, mentioning the popularity of Jurassic Park . "There's nothing that could make you hate a dinosaur," she adds, emphasizing its marketability. Toward the end of the clip, she suggests that she doesn't believe Antarctica exists. When backlash ensued, she said it was ragebait . Watch both videos below.

Are the dinosaurs a hoax?? @RICO NASTY riconasty #dinosaur #dinosaurs #zachsangshow #fyp

How did I wind up most hated AGAIN ????

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