New York rapper Pasto Flocco takes inspiration from Meek Mill, Lil Uzi Vert, and Migos for his slippery flows and bass-forward trap songs. After sharing his first tracks in 2018, he expanded his range on debut full-length project Dreams 2 Reality in 2020.

Pasto Flocco was born Tevon Tapper in 2004, and grew up in Far Rockaway, New York. He showed promise as an athlete in middle school but abandoned his basketball dreams when he grew bored with the sport. He turned to music at age 14 when he released his first solo track, "Ball Hard," in 2018. The single led to subsequent songs, including 2019's "Catch Up" and the next year's "McLovin'" and "Shawn M!" In 2020, Flocco also released his first full-length set, Dreams 2 Reality, amassing millions in streaming numbers. The following year, he returned with the song "NBA80s." ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi