The Biz With D: Interview w/ Rico Love x Leon Thomas

Songwriter and producer Rico Love was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but split his childhood between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and New York City's Harlem neighborhood. He attended Florida A&M and, while visiting Atlanta, Georgia, worked his way into the music industry through connections with Jagged Edge and Usher, whose "Throwback" -- an excellent deep cut off Confessions -- featured his input. From 2005 through 2012, Rico was behind seven songs that peaked within the Top Ten of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, including Usher's "There Goes My Baby," Mary J. Blige's "Mr. Wrong," Trey Songz' "Heart Attack," Kelly Rowland's "Motivation," and Melanie Fiona's "4AM." Discrete Luxury, his first solo EP, was released in August 2013 through Interscope.

20 year-old Leon Thomas is a multi-talented singer, actor & musician signed to Columbia/Rostrum Records. His recently released his new single entitled “Hello How Are You” featuring label mate Wiz Khalifa (video will be released in a couple of weeks).  A full album is being planned for release in 2014!  In addition to his new single, Leon along with his producing partner Khris-Riddick Tynes & unde, The Rascals,produced half of pop star, Ariana Grande.