Rico Love

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Genre: R&B

Rico was born in New Orleans, but when his parents divorced he split his time between Milwaukee and Harlem until he went to college at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. After graduating, he moved to Atlanta to pursue a career as a rap artist. While there, he opened at a concert for Usher, leading to him becoming the first artist signed to Usher's label, Us Records, a subsidiary of J Records.
Division I Records

Rico manages his own independent record label, Division I Records, based in Milwaukee. Artists on the label include R&B singer Le'Che Martin (who was on MTV's Making tha Band 3) and rapper Scott Knoxx.
Trivia

Rico is also a songwriter, writing hits such as Usher's "Throwback," and Marques Houston's "All Because of You." In fact, VIBE magazine hails him as the second-best songwriter in R&B, behind only Ne-Yo.
Despite having lived in five different cities in his lifetime (and currently living in Lithonia, Georgia), Rico considers Milwaukee his hometown.

Does not use drug references in his raps, and tries not to include violent content.

Songwriting credits
"Throwback" by Usher
"All Because of You" by Marques Houston
"I Wasn't Ready" by Marques Houston
"I Wish" by Omarion later done by Danity Kane
"I'm Gone Change" by Omarion
"U Got Me" by B5
"I Bet" by TLC
"U Make Me Say" by Q originally recorded by Donell Jones
"Seen the Light" by Chris Brown
"Baby it's You" by Donell Jones
"You Didn't Love Me" by Donell Jones
"Silly of Me" by Donell Jones
"Want It From Me" by Danity Kane
"Could This Be Love" by One Chance
Discography
Albums

The 5th Element Ã‚Â· (scheduled to be released Late 2006/Early 2007)
Singles

from soundtrack to In the Mix (2005)
"Settle Down"
"Sweat (feat. Usher)
"On the Grind" feat. Paul Wall and Juelz Santana
from The 5th Element (2006)
"I'm a Pimp" feat. Bo Hagon and Jody Breeze
"Don't Stop"
"What You Sayin'" feat. Usher
"Catch My Breath"

Album appearances:
"Break 'Em Off for Life" (Bone Crusher feat. Hezo, Dano, Jack Frost, & Rico Love) from AttenCHUN! - 2003
"Gotta Getcha (Remix)" (Jermaine Dupri feat. Rico Love and Usher) from Young, Fly, and Flashy, Vol. 1 - 2005
"I'm So" (Le'Che Martin feat. Rico Love) from Let's - 2006
"Get Away" (Le'Che Martin feat. Rico Love) from Let's - 2006
"Look At Her" (remix) (One Chance feat. Fabo of D4L and Rico Love)
"That's Me" (Omarion feat. Rico Love) from 21 (digital bonus download) - 2006