RICANO is an original Afro-Caribbean experience that presents themes of exploration, integration, community, education and self-acceptance, available to audiences through live shows, immersive classes and recorded assets.

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The word RICANO was conceived by J. Suazo and is a play/fusion of the words "Puertorriqueño” and “Dominicano,'' symbolizing self-discovery and connections to Puerto Rican and Dominican roots.

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The long-term vision is a multi-sensory performance that immerses audiences in a new way to cultural content by combining musical, movement, historic, theoretic, and educational elements. RICANO will showcase the Afro-Caribbean experience to bring that past, present, and future of this cultural heritage to a wide array of audiences.

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We hope you enjoy some of the material, the Ricano album is set to be released in August 2023 with Ropeadope Records and it will include special guests such as: Miguel Zenón, David Sánchez, Fabiola Méndez, Christian Nieves, Tanicha Lopez, Kike Serrano, Emil "El Hijo de Borikén" Martínez, Josean Jacobo, Ricky Rodriguez and many more.