Rico Love Performs Live Be Like DJ Prostyle Birthday Bash

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Richard Preston Butler, Jr. (born December 3, 1982), better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Love wrote and produced hit records such as Usher's "There Goes My Baby" and "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)", Nelly's "Just a Dream" and "Gone", as well as Beyoncé Knowles' "Sweet Dreams".[1][2][3] and has contributed to works which have gone on to win Grammys such as Beyoncé's 2009 Best Contemporary R&B; album I Am... Sasha Fierce,[4] Usher's 2010 Best Contemporary R&B; album Raymond v. Raymond,[5] and Usher's 2010 Best Male R&B; Vocal Performance "There Goes My Baby".[5] In addition Love has written and produced records for Kelly Rowland,[6] Diddy -- Dirty Money,[7] Chris Brown,[8] Alexandra Burke, Keri Hilson,[9] Fergie,[10] and Fantasia.[11] Love is also the CEO of Division1, a record label which partnered with Interscope Records in 2013.[12] Love has appeared as a featured artist on records with T.I.,[13] Usher,[14] Jermaine Dupri,[15] Jamie Foxx,[16] Rich Boy,[17] and Fat Joe.[18]Love wrote the song "Throwback" at the request of Usher which was a part of the 2004 triple Grammy-winning album Confessions.[20][30] Love also wrote "Seduction" which was a bonus track on the Confessions special edition release.[31] These were the first of several collaborations between the singer and the writer/producer. In September 2007 Love wrote and produced on the Platinum single "Love Like This" by singer Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston.[32][33] This song was popular with mainstream audiences reaching No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.[33] The song was also a hit in dance clubs, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.[33] In May 2008 "Energy" was released as the first single by Keri Hilson from her Gold album In a Perfect World....[34][35] The song was co-written and co-produced by Love for the Grammy-nominated artist.[34] The song "Labels or Love", co-written and produced by Love and performed by Fergie was released in May 2008.[36] The song was featured on the deluxe version of her triple Platinum album The Dutchess and also the Gold-selling soundtrack to the film Sex and the City.[10][37] Released in November of 2008, Beyoncé's double Platinum[38] and 5× Grammy-winning album I Am... Sasha Fierce[39] included four songs featuring Love's songwriting and production.[40] Love wrote and produced on the Platinum single "Sweet Dreams" which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.[40] Love's work was also featured on "Scared of Lonely", "Radio", and "Save the Hero".[40] By the end of 2008 in December another Love co-written and co-produced track was released as a single for the Grammy-nominated artist Pleasure P.[41][42] "Boyfriend #2" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[43] Love wrote and produced five songs on Mario's D.N.A. album released in October 2009.[44] The songs included the single "Thinkin' About You" and "Hi", "Ooh Baby", "Soundtrack to My Broken Heart", and "Get Out".[44] Love wrote and produced on his former mentor Usher's Raymond v. Raymond album, released in March 2010.[45] The Platinum and Grammy-winning album featured four of Love's compositions including two of the album's singles.[5][46] The Love co-produced and co-written single "There Goes My Baby" was a hit and stayed at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs chart for four weeks and earned Usher a Grammy for his performance on the song.[5][47] The other single featuring Love's writing and producing was "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" which rose to number two on the Billboard Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[47] Love's other contributions to the album included the songs "Making Love (Into the Night)" and "So Many Girls".[45] At the end of March 2010 the single "Hello Good Morning" penned by Love for Diddy -- Dirty Money was released.[48] Diddy is one of Love's mentors in the industry and he was honored to write for the performer/producer/mogul.[20] The song went on to achieve Gold status and was performed by DDM and Rico Love on season nine of American Idol.[48][49] Nelly's 5.0 album, released in November 2010 contained eight works featuring Love's songwriting and production skills.[50]