1. Rico Love was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but split his childhood between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Harlem, New York City.
32 Facts About Rico Love
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Rico Love co-wrote "Heart Attack" for Trey Songz, which received a nomination for the award.
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Rico Love has worked with artists such as Kelly Rowland, Mario, Chris Brown, Alexandra Burke, Keri Hilson, Fergie, and Fantasia.
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Rico Love founded the record label Division1 in 2010; it was first an imprint of Universal Motown, and later Interscope Records before becoming an independent label.
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Rico Love's mother encouraged him as a child to write poetry.
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Rico Love wrote his own poems and went on to joining the African American Children's Theater where he recited Langston Hughes and acted.
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Rico Love had already been writing his own poems before he was introduced to rap in his early teens.
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Rico Love eventually left college because of a paperwork error made by the college's administration's office.
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Rico Love went to live with some local Atlanta producers the Corna Boyz.
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Usher requested Rico Love compose lyrics for a song written by Just Blaze.
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Rico Love next toured with Usher where he met and connected with many music industry players.
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Usher encouraged Rico Love to become a songwriter and requests for Rico Love's compositions began coming from artists Chris Brown, Omarion, and Marques Houston.
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Rico Love has two children with photographer Robin Thompson known as Robin V; a son, Carys Preston, and a daughter, Believe Beyond.
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Rico Love was asked by Usher to contribute to the soundtrack to the film In the Mix.
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Rico Love recorded a solo album in 2007 titled The 5th Element which he ultimately decided to focus on his songwriting and not release the recordings.
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On December 9,2013, Rico Love released a mixtape entitled El Presidente.
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On February 18,2015, Rico Love announced he would be releasing his debut studio album, titled Turn The Lights On, on May 19,2015.
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Rico Love recently supported singer Monica on 'The Code Red Experience Tour'.
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Rico Love wrote the song "Throwback" at the request of Usher which was a part of the 2004 triple Grammy-winning album Confessions.
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Rico Love wrote "Seduction" which was a bonus track on the Confessions special edition release.
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In September 2007, Rico Love wrote and produced on the Platinum single "Love Like This" by singer Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston.
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Rico Love wrote and produced on the Platinum single "Sweet Dreams" which reached No 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The Platinum and Grammy-winning album featured four of Rico Love's compositions including two of the album's singles.
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The first single, "Just a Dream", co-written and co-produced by Rico Love, went Platinum and landed at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Rico Love worked on the single "Gone" featuring Kelly Rowland, a follow-up to the 2002 Nelly hit "Dilemma" featuring Rowland.
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Rico Love wrote, produced, and appeared as an artist on Jamie Foxx's Best Night of My Life album released December 2010.
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Rico Love wrote "Freak", which features his appearance as an artist, and "Sex On the Beach".
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In November 2010, Rico Love launched Division 1 which originally partnered with Universal Motown but later moved the venture to Interscope Records.
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Rico Love has a production company of the same name to which he signed producers, Earl Hood, Eric Goudy, and D Town.
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Rico Love has explained when composing he does not write lyrics down or even spend many hours working on songs.
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Rico Love simply listens to a beat and then sings what comes to him.
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Rico Love was quoted as learning this technique from Jagged Edge.