Erik Rico (born in North Carolina; died July 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer and DJ. Rico started his professional career as a self-contained artist/producer on Sony's Columbia Records after being discovered by American Idol's Randy Jackson, then V.P. of Columbia Records. Returning to California in pursuit of his musical career as an independent producer/artist, he was tapped to do his first major label production Read more on Last.fm