American songwriter and record producer, born February 26th, 1972 in East Point, Georgia, USA. Died April 12th, 2024.

A member of Atlanta based production team [[artist:Organized Noize]] and the hip-hop collective [[artist:Dungeon Family]], Rico Wade has produced several multi-platinum records for such acts as [[artist:TLC]], [[artist:OutKast]] and [[artist:Goodie Mob]]. He is also the older cousin of rapper [Future](https://www.discogs.com/artist/221673-Future-4).