Young Miko

Young Miko (born María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano Cardona, November 8, 1997, in Añasco, Puerto Rico) is a rapper, singer and songwriter.^[1]

She grew up listening to rock, hip hop and reggaeton, began writing poetry at a Catholic school in Mayagüez, and played for the Puerto Rican women's national football team from ages 13 to 18. She studied drawing at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, then visual arts at Interamerican University in San Germán, and worked as a tattoo artist for about five years.^[1]

In 2018 she began rapping over beats found on YouTube and posting to SoundCloud. Her debut EP, Trap Kitty, arrived in 2022. In 2023 "Classy 101" with Feid reached the Billboard Hot 100 and she appeared on Bad Bunny's "Fina." Her debut album Att. followed in 2024 and earned a Grammy nomination. She released Do Not Disturb in November 2025, then a deluxe edition, Do Not Disturb: Late Checkout, in May 2026, alongside her first arena tour. She is openly lesbian and has been honored with a GLAAD Media Award and a Billboard Latin Women in Music "Unstoppable Artist" award.^[1][2]