Dirt Nasty

Dirt Nasty is the rap alter ego of American actor and comedian Simon Rex, who entered the music scene around the mid-2000s after building a friendship with Mickey Avalon in the Los Angeles party-rap and comedy-rap scene. The persona is built around deliberately crude, over-the-top braggadocio, sexually explicit humor, and a party-rock energy that leans into shock value as much as musical craft.

Dirt Nasty is closely tied to the loose collective of LA comedic hip-hop artists that also produced acts like Andre Legacy and Mickey Avalon, and he became a member of two comedy rap groups — the Dyslexic Speedreaders and Three Loco (alongside Andy Milonakis and Riff Raff). These group projects amplified the persona's absurdist, internet-friendly sensibility.

Rather than pursuing conventional rap credibility, Dirt Nasty's music is best understood as a comedic performance art project, deliberately trashy party anthems meant to entertain rather than impress critics. The character has endured as a cult favorite in the alt-comedy and party-rap corners of internet culture.