August Rigo

Dan August Rigo is a Filipino-Canadian recording artist, songwriter, producer and musician. August Rigo is signed to a publishing contract with Sony/ATV as a songwriter.

Early life

Rigo was born on August 6, 1986, in Toronto. He became passionate about music when he watched Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" on Motown's 25th Anniversary TV Show. He taught himself to play keyboards and guitar while in his teens.

Music career

He Co-wrote U Smile, "Stuck in the Moment" and "Kiss And Tell" for Justin Bieber, Solo for Iyaz and Outta this World for JLS. He is featured on Cheryl Cole's second album, Messy Little Raindrops, on the song Better To Lie. He is the executive producer of Musiq Soulchild's 2011 release of "musiqinthemagiq" and co-wrote "Anything", "SayIDo", "Silver & Gold", "WaitingStill" and "BackToWhere".
In 2010, August secured a publishing deal with Sony/ATV as well as an admin society deal with BMI. He is also signed with Island Def Jam Records.
In October 2011, August released his first single "Here Comes Trouble" featuring Busta Rhymes on Alpine Music Group/Island DefJam. He also released his promo mixtape "Too Big To Fail" online.
Rigo produced and featured on YouTube rapper D-Pryde's mixtapes "Once Again" and "Mars", as well as D-Pryde's first EP Canal&Richvale
On September 18, 2015, August Rigo released the Japanese version of his album "The Fall Out" on Manhattan Records in Japan. "The Fall Out" was released independently on Rigo's label "Summerchild Records" in Canada on November 6, 2015. The album was nominated for a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording.
In 2024 Rigo composed music for the television series Gangnam Project.