Ricky López

Ricky López
Also known as Ricky III
Origin Puerto Rico
Genres Latin music, Pop
Years active 1993-1995, 1998

José Ricardo "Ricky" López Jiménez (born September 6, 1980 in Puerto Rico) is a singer and former member of the well known boy band, Menudo.

Singing career

Ricky López was discovered musically at age 13, when he was chosen to become a member of Menudo. Edgardo Diaz chose to nickname him "Ricky III", because of Ricky Meléndez and Ricky Martin's earlier stints in the group. López soon became known as "Ricky III" by Menudo fans in Puerto Rico and the rest of Latin America.

At Menudo, López recorded two CDs: "Imagínate" -translation "Imagine That!"-, which was done in Spanish, and "Vem Pra Mim", which was released in Portuguese specifically for the band's Brazilian fan base.

He left the band in 1995.

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"Ricky 3" had an accident in 2004 and was in a comma for more or less a month and is currently alive and in recovery. He can talk but he is in a wheelchair at the time.