Erik Rico


Erik Rico is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ.

Biography

Erik Rico was born in North Carolina and raised between New York and North Carolina.
In 1997, Erik Rico was signed by Columbia Records executive Randy Jackson. He has written and produced music for Jurassic 5, Planet Asia, 4th Avenue Jones and Ladybug Mecca. In 2001, he wrote and produced for Q-Tip, Jasmine Guy, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Tre' on Tupac Shakur's "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" for Amaru/Interscope Records. As a DJ, he was hired as a sound designer for artist/photographer David LaChapelle.
Between 2007 and 2011, he toured Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Indonesia and the Islamic Society of North America convention as a member of the, Hip Hop Ambassador program, an extension of the Remarkable Current Music Collective, sponsored by the United States, State Department's Performance Arts Initiative, a program to present positive examples of African American musicians to the international community. On August 1, 2013, Erik Rico released Love's Dance Vol. 1, a series of various styles of dance music.

Discography

Albums