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Ricko


Ricko (stylized “ricko”) , born 31st August 2002, is an artist from Harrogate, UK who started his music career off by producing beats at the age of 15. His real name James Richardson, would tell his friends in school to make music and would help them with recording. His first dabble into musical production was with his classmate who went by the name “Saint Aim”, where they would go to the schools music studio after school finished and record songs. They made two songs together, “woah” and “my eyes”. Ricko used to go by the name “DJ Sphinx” and “Sphinxy” and started to watch YouTube videos on how to create songs and beats using FL Studio. He created a few beats but never released them due to not taking music seriously but as a pastime. He used to listen to artists such as; ASAP Rocky, Playboi Carti, Tyler the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Travis Scott and Young Thug, contrary to many of his friends, who preferred to listen to UK artists. Ricko took a break from making music as he wanted to focus more on passing his exams and going to university. Fast forward to 2020, when lockdown hit ricko started university but had nothing to do apart from listen to music and partake in kickboxing class. This is when he met a frequent collaborator of his, Dah Flamingo. Dah Flamingo lived in the same university halls as ricko and the first time they met, Dah Flamingo was impressed with ricko’s music taste. At that time ricko was heavily listening to artists such...

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