DON KINO

JULIO RICHARDSON ALSO KNOWN AS DON KINO WAS BORN IN MIAMI, FL, ON JUNE 6 1984 & RAISED IN THE DUTCH ISLAND OF ST. MARTIN. DON KINO STARTED HIS MUSIC CAREER BY THE AGE OF 12 YEARS OLD. HIS TALENT WAS RECOGNIZED BY FORMER RADIO VOICE JOCKEY SHINE, FROM LAZER 101 FM. DJ SHINE MANAGED DON KINO’S CAREER, AND RECORDED HIS FIRST SINGLE “DON’T TAKE ME AS A JOKE”. TAKING THE ISLANDS BY STORM IN 1999. DON KINO DECIDED TO WORK ON HIS ALBUM “HONESTY” AND MOVED BACK TO THE UNITED STATES IN MIAMI, FL, TO PURSUE HIS DREAMS IN ATTAINING A RECORD DEAL. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR DON KINO, HIS ROAD TO SUCCESS WOULD BECOME A LITTLE BIT LONGER. ON BEHALF OF DON KINO, HE MADE A DECISION TO WITHHOLD THE COMPLETION OF THE ALBUM “HONESTY”. DON KINO THEN STARTED WRITING CONSISTENT AND SUCCESSFUL LYRICS FOR UPCOMING ARTISTS, GIVING HIM THE OPPURTUNITY TO GIVE A NAME TO HIMSELF AND THE RECOGNITION OF A SOLID SONG WRITER. THERE WAS A SEGMENT ON THE RADIO STATION 95.7 FM “EL ZOL 95” WHERE ARTISTS WOULD CHALLENGE EACH OTHERS LYRICAL ABILITIES WITH ONE ANOTHER, THIS GAVE DON KINO AN OPPURTUNITY TO SHOW OFF HIS EAR CATCHING LYRICS TO THE LISTENING AUDIENCE. AMAZINGLY AND SHOCKINGLY, DON KINO WENT OUT TO WIN 15 WEEKS IN A ROW. THE VOICE JOCKEY FROM “EL ZOL 95”JULIO JR OFFERED DON KINO A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT TO WORK ON HIS UP AND COMING ALBUM. DON KINO FIRST HIT SINGLE WAS A DISTRIBUTE TO CELIACRUZ. THIS SINGLE TOOK THE AIRWAVES BY STORM. TOURING IN DIFFERENT CITIES FOR KINO STARTED IIN ATLANTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, NAPLES, ORLANDO, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SPAIN, ETC. DON KINO MET A FORMER ARTIST NAMED LENNY MEDINA FROM THE SPANISH GROUP “LOS ILLEGALES”. THEY BOTH JOINED VENTURES TO MAKE A GROUP CALLED “RICH MINDS”. WITH UP AND COMING ARTISTS LIKE ETICIO AND UP AND COMING PRODUCERS YOEY AND ALSO TONES. IT WAS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE NECESSITIES WERE NOT BEING MET. RICH MINDS MUSIC GROUP IS STILL CURRENTLY ONGOING WITH DON KINO AND TONES. KINO IS ALSO WORKING PRODUCERS LIKE JAEYCOL FEDERAL, & LINO FOR HIS UP AND COMING NEW ALBUM “MUSICALLY INFECTED”. DON KINO’S DREAM IS TO REACH SUCCESS AND TO BUY THE DREAM HOUSE FOR HIS LOVING MOTHER. HE REFUSES TO STOP UNTIL GOD PUTS THE BREAKS ON HIM. ALONG WITH HIS SUCCESS HE WANTS TO DEMONSTRATE TO OTHERS THAT DREAMS CAN BECOME A REALITY, WHEN YOUR MIND IS PUT TO THE OBSTACLES OF LIFE. SO BE IN HIGH ALERT FOR THIS UP AND COMING SUPERSTAR!!!!!