Editor’s note: Parts of this interview were translated from Spanish by the reporter. Young Miko enters our video call from a light-filled patio in southern California. Birds chirp into her computer’s ...

Young Miko, or as she sometimes calls herself, Baby Miko, was born María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano Cardona in Añasco, ...

Young Miko is coming off a big 2025 that saw her follow her breakout debut album Att. with her latest LP, Do Not Disturb. She also opened on Billie Eilish’s tour, by the way. Now, Miko will be doing ...

Young Miko might have touched down in Austin, Texas, but she’s still on Pacific time. The 26-year-old rapper from Puerto Rico has been holed up in Los Angeles preparing for the biggest month of her ...

Young Miko is taking me for a drive to Piñones, the northeastern Puerto Rico hot spot known for its mesmerizing ocean views and long history as a stronghold of Afro-Caribbean culture. “I knew I had to ...

Early into her debut album, Att., Young Miko says what so many men in reggaeton have basically said before: "Vente conmigo, your boy ain't s***." But those words hit different coming from the ...

'I can’t help but feel responsible for speaking up to the world when I rap how I rap and I am who I am,' says Young Miko, Variety Hitmakers Trailblazer of the Year. It’s noon in Puerto Rico, and Young ...

Young Miko is far from her home island of Puerto Rico, curled up in an oversized hoodie and tucked away in a quiet hotel room in south-central North Carolina. The lights are low and the room hums with ...

Even South Florida’s chaotic weather couldn’t stop Young Miko from closing out her tour at Hard Rock Live in spectacular fashion on Wednesday night. When New Times arrived at the venue for soundcheck, ...

After an exciting past year, Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko is in homebody mode. Home in Puerto Rico, Miko — whose real name is María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano — abides by a consistent schedule.

But those words hit different coming from the 25-year-old Puerto Rican rapper, whose girly, Y2K aesthetic and low, throaty bars have upended norms in Latin pop. On Att. — the abbreviation for the ...