Erik Rico


Erik Rico was an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer and DJ.
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Life and career

Rico was born in North Carolina and raised between New York and North Carolina.
In 1997, 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, Rico 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, Rico released Love's Dance Vol. 1, which includes various styles of dance music.
On October 19, 2025, it was announced that Rico died several months prior, in late July.

Discography

Albums

Life in Volcanoes – Povi – producer/co-writer The Rose that Grew from Concrete – Tupac Shakur – producer/writer No plan B – 4th Avenue Jones – producer/co-writer Still in Training – Planet Asia – producer/co-writer Journey Back To Me Higher Frequency
  • ''Love's Dance, Vol. 1''

Singles

  • "Do Re Mi" – 4th Avenue Jones – producer/co-writer
  • "The Life – Remix" – Mystic
  • "Linguistics" – Jurassic 5 – producer/co-writer
  • "Sometimes" – Ladybug Mecca – producer/co-writer
  • "Coming Up" – Dave Ghetto – producer/co-writer
  • "Wonderful" – Erik Rico
  • "Melody" – DJ Spinna & Erik Rico
  • "Sweetest Taboo" – Sade/Erik Rico,
  • "Special Kind of Fool" – TY, feat. Erik Rico
  • "Sensation" – Ron Trent & Erik Rico
  • "Everybody" – Grooveman Spot, feat. Erik Rico
  • "Just Love" – Erik Rico/Marc Mac feat. on the compilation The Heart Vol. 2
  • "Our World" – Opolopo
  • "My Prayer" – Erik Rico
  • "Under The Sun" – Erik Rico/Missoles
  • "Babylon" – LifeNotes Sound System
  • "So Sexy" – Gus, feat. Erik Rico
  • "Dance With Me" – Erik Rico/Nicolas Vautier
  • "Start This Party" – R. Schneider, feat. Erik Rico
  • "So Divine" – Erik Rico
  • "Penny" – Erik Rico
  • "Grown Man Hustle" – Shabaam Sahdeeq feat. Erik Rico
  • "Through The Night" – Jonna lliffe, feat. Erik Rico

Film and television

They Call Me Sirr
  • ''Night at the Grand Star''