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RICO THE SLEEZE: I'm Rico The Sleeze, a Puerto Rican drill artist building a new lane, rapping in English, Spanish, Portuguese and German with nobody's blueprint but my own.

"I'm Rico The Sleeze, a Puerto Rican drill artist building a new lane, rapping in English, Spanish, Portuguese and German with nobody's blueprint but my own. "

My single Own Deed is about owning every part of me, my name, my sound and my story, with nobody else holding the pen. It cost me people who wanted the old version of me, nights of doubt, and a lot of being judged for being different. I'd pay it again.

Where it started I got into music back in 2006 and never looked back. Music always spoke to me, and it lets me tell my story: where I come from, my Puerto Rican roots, and everything I've been through. I started on the mic talking my truth, later hosting Spaces on X since 2022, and the bars just kept coming. Being Boricua and fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, I didn't want to pick one world, so I built a sound that mixes Brazilian drill with Puerto Rican street and global luxury. Music became the place I could say everything out loud.

The come-up

The road here wasn't clean. Haters, copycats and people trying to tear me down online. I learned to turn every attack into a bar and keep moving, because no one can copy the flow when the flow is me.

The project

The latest is OWD DEED https://open.spotify.com/album/0Wuj4h8pDSZSw4q3n3AAig?si=1Sbl2indQ_eMc3hZ-O13uw&utm_source=copy-link. My single Own Deed is about owning every part of me, my name, my sound and my story, with nobody else holding the pen. It cost me people who wanted the old version of me, nights of doubt, and a lot of being judged for being different. I'd pay it again.

What they want you to know

I want fans to feel like they found something real. I'm Puerto Rican, multilingual and unapologetic, and every bar tells my story. When you hear me, you're hearing the truth, no ghostwriter, no template, just me.

What's next

My album King Talk is coming soon, plus more multilingual drill drops mixing English, Spanish, Portuguese and German. I'm also launching King Radio, my live show on Kick, and building a global lane for my sound. `

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