6LACK

Ricardo Valdez Valentine (born June 24, 1992), better known by his stage name 6LACK (pronounced as Black), is an American R&B recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for his single "PRBLMS", which was released in June 2016. In 2016, he was named by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 new artists to watch for in the month of November. He is currently signed to LoveRenaissance and Interscope Records.

Ricardo Valentine was born on June 24, 1992 in Baltimore, Md and moved to Atlanta, GA with his parents in 1997.

Ricardo signed a record deal to an independent label in July of 2011. He left Valdosta State University once he signed and spent the next few years learning about the industry. For the next three years, 6LACK started putting music out on his SoundCloud, Once he ended up leaving the label, he met with the label LoveRenaissance. 6LACK then went on to released his debut studio album, Free 6LACK, which peaked at number 68 on the Billboard 200 chart.