Frank Lucio (“Frankie Biggz”)
Frankie Biggz, born in Detroit, Mi., is arguably one of the most sought-out independent record producers around. During his 20 years in the music industry he has had the opportunity to work for some of the biggest artist in the scene today (Jody Watley, Teddy Riley, SWV, Brownstone and Christina Aguilera, to name a few).
Frankie’s first success came at the tender age of 9 years old, when his band Hit-n-Run was signed to Capitol Records (Enigma) in Hollywood, Ca. and toured around the US opening for bands like Poison, Guns’n’Roses and Ratt.
It was in 1989 when Frankie began to excel in the production field, when he and his brother Miguel Tomas teamed up with super producers Eric Morgeson and the Bass Brothers (Eminem) to work on Miguel’s first album “Por qué sin ti?” (Warner Bros). It didn’t take long to prove the winning-combination when the album hit Gold Status and earned two Grammy nominations (for Sony Latin artist YURI).
After working on various successful projects in 1993 Frankie found himself in San Antonio, TX. working for Capitol/EMI Latin Records as an artist developer, songwriter and producer, and by 1994 he had already earned his first #1 Billboard Hit (Angel En El Cielo by Stefani), first Platinum Record and third Grammy nomination.
Through the 90’s to the Millennium Frankie crossed over to the R&B/Hip Hop market by remixing and programming for various Platinum artists such as SWV, Brownstone, Christina Aguilera, Kanye West, Eminem and 50 Cent. Soon after, he had the honor to share space and studio with producers like Dr Dre, Fred Hammond, Michael Brookes, Puff Daddy, Randy Jackson, Rodolfo Castillo, Iker Gustaminza and Sergio George, from who he has learned the art of production.
In 2006, and thanks to his musician qualities, he earned an exclusive record deal with TBP/Universal Music and a publishing deal with Sony Music, which landed his debut single “Nena” on MTV International.
Nowadays Frankie continues to work with and remix today’s biggest artists, from Britney Spears to Mariah Carey, and has recently won his first Latin Grammy for his production work on Sony Latin Artist Oscar D’Leon.
The rest is music history; experience the producer by design, Frankie Biggz.
References:
- Dee Delasonto (marketing) Capital Latin E.M.I Records
- Jose Rosario (CEO)Sony Latin Records
- Javiar Willis (Director of A&R) RCA/BMG Records
- Page Levy (Senior V.P.) Warner Bros. Records
- Lanette Brehm (Director of Publishing) Univision/Universal Records
- Bob Craig (CEO) Blow/Universal Records
- Cris Leik (CEO) Tejas/Sony Records Valintino Fazzari (CEO) V Entertainment/Virgin/V2 Records
- Rodolfo Castillo (Director Of Creative Affairs) Universal Records Miami.(V.P.) Talent Beach
- Records/Sony Music
- Merv Griffin (CEO/OWNER) of Universal Music, Universal Pictures
- Sergio George (Senior V.P.) sGz Records/Sony Music
- George Zamora (CEO) Wea Latina /Warner Bros Records
- George Pinos (CEO)
- William Morris Agency Latin North America