María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano Cardona, (born November 8, 1997) known professionally as Young Miko, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and former footballer. In 2022, she released her debut extended play, Trap Kitty, featuring Latin trap tracks. In April 2024, she released her debut studio album, Att., featuring collaborations with Feid, Jowell & Randy, Villano Antillano, Elena Rose, and Dei V. In November 2025, she released her second studio album, Do Not Disturb, which featured a collaboration with Eladio Carrión.
Early life Young Miko was born in Añasco, Puerto Rico. Her family often listened to rock, hip hop, and reggaeton, which helped her realize that music was her passion. She began writing poetry while attending a Catholic school in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. She played on the Puerto Rican women's national football team from the ages of 13 to 18, often leaving school early to make it to practices in the municipality of Bayamón.
Besides football, Young Miko played multiple sports as a child, including karate, basketball, tennis, and ping pong. There was no girls' basketball league, so she had to play on a boys team.
In high school, she recalls that she was introverted and did not have many friends, finding it difficult to befriend girls.
Young Miko attended the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, majoring in drawing. However, budget cuts forced her department to remove credits off her major, so she transferred to the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in San Germán to study visual arts.
Career Ramírez de Arellano started rapping her lyrics in 2018 to beats she downloaded from YouTube. She uploaded these initial songs to SoundCloud under the name Young Miko. Her first song was "Quiero". Meanwhile, she worked as a tattoo artist for 5 years to pay bills and music studio costs. She posted her work to Instagram, under the handle @samuraimiko.
In 2022, Young Miko released her debut extended play, Trap Kitty, featuring Latin trap tracks. She incorporates her identity and interests into her music including anime, urban music, and The Powerpuff Girls.
It was later announced that her record label, The Wave Music Group, had signed a long-term distribution agreement with Capitol Music Group (CMG) to support her upcoming release.
In 2023, Young Miko's reggaeton song "Classy 101", a collaboration with Colombian artist Feid, reached number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking her first appearance on the chart. Young Miko opened for Karol G on her Mañana Será Bonito Tour on some dates of the U.S. leg. She also joined her onstage to perform "Dispo". She was featured on the album of Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, with the song "Fina". The song peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking her second entry on the chart.
Young Miko performed at Coachella in 2024. Accompanied by a band, she delivered some of her most popular titles, including the "Chulo" remix and her Bizarrap session, "Young Miko: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 58". On April 24, Young Miko released her debut album, Att.. The title is shorthand for “atentamente,” which means “sincerely” in Spanish. It features collaborations with Dei V, Feid, Jowell & Randy, Elena Rose and Villano Antillano. The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and number 129 on the Billboard 200.
Young Miko has also expressed her interest in acting. Her first acting appearance was in the film Sneaks, where she voiced Tiffany alongside other artists like Mustard, Swae Lee, and Roddy Ricch.
In 2025, Young Miko performed at the Governors Ball Music Festival in Queens, NY, and Lollapalooza in Chicago. The previous night, she performed at a sold-out aftershow featuring guest band Latin Mafia at the Aragon Ballroom. At the festival, she also met the girl group Katseye, with whom she collaborated with for the "Gabriela" remix. In September, she became the first Puerto Rican Council of Fashion Designers of America ambassador.
On November 7, 2025, a day before her 28th birthday, Young Miko released her second studio album, Do Not Disturb. Its 16 tracks demonstrate intense production that reflect the chaos around the artist, and she describes the album as "Scorpio-coded".
In December 2025, Young Miko headlined José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, often referred to as "El Choli", for the first time. The two night shows were sold out and featured multiple guest performances. Night one guest performances included Bad Gyal, Eladio Carrión, Elena Rose, Tokischa, and Villano Antillano. Night two guest performances included Bad Gyal, Feid, Kany García, Mora, Omar Courtz, Tainy, Tokischa, and Villano Antillano; with Rauw Alejandro being in attendance.
Young Miko appeared at the Super Bowl LX halftime show alongside Pedro Pascal, Karol G, and other Latin American celebrities.
In March 2026, Gap launched a new campaign with Miko as the star. The campaign's name, Sweats Like This, features a slight remix of her hit single "WASSUP". This is the first Spanish language video campaign by Gap and she is the brand's first openly lesbian Latina face.
On May 29, 2026, Miko released a deluxe version of her sophomore album titled Do Not Disturb: Late Checkout. The deluxe adds six new songs and includes collaborations with Clarent, De La Rose, Rauw Alejandro, and Destin Conrad.
Personal life Ramírez de Arellano is openly lesbian. Two of her closest friends are Mariana Beatriz López Crespo and Diego Amaury López Crespo (known as "Mauro"), siblings who work as her manager and principal producer, respectively. Mariana López Crespo first met Ramírez de Arellano in 2012 and became friends through the Puerto Rican women's national football team. In 2018, when Ramírez de Arellano was just starting to make music, Mariana connected her with Mauro, who was starting to produce at that time. They've been a team ever since.
Tours Headlining XOXO Tour (2024/2025) Late Checkout Tour (2026)
+List of XOXO tour concerts, showing date, city, country, and venueDate (2024)CityCountryVenueJuly 31Denver, COUnited StatesFillmore AuditoriumAugust 3Wheatland, CAHard Rock Live SacramentoAugust 6San Jose, CASan Jose Civic CenterAugust 9Phoenix, AZArizona Financial TheaterAugust 10Las Vegas, NVFountainebleu Las VegasAugust 12San Diego, CACal Coast Credit Union Open Air TheaterAugust 15Los Angeles, CAPeacock TheaterAugust 19Austin, TXMoody AmphitheaterAugust 20Houston, TXSmart Financial CentreAugust 21Irving, TXThe Pavilion at Toyota Music FactoryAugust 24Rosemont, ILRosemont TheaterAugust 27New York City, NYThe Theater at Madison Square GardenAugust 30Bridgeport, CTHartford HealthCare AmphitheaterAugust 31Philadelphia, PAThe MetSeptember 1Boston, MALeader Bank PavilionSeptember 4Washington, D.C.The Theater at MGM National HarborSeptember 6Atlanta, GACoca-Cola RoxySeptember 7Orlando, FLHard Rock Live OrlandoSeptember 11Hollywood, FLHard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & CasinoSeptember 28La RomanaDominican RepublicAltos de ChavónOctober 2TegucigalpaHondurasBazar del Sábado TegucigalpaOctober 4San SalvadorEl SalvadorComplejo Estadio CuscatlánOctober 5Guatemala CityGuatemalaExplanada CayaláOctober 10Panama CityPanamaPlaza AmadorOctober 12San JoséCosta RicaAnfiteatro Coca-ColaOctober 23MontevideoUruguayAntel ArenaOctober 25CordobaArgentinaQuality ArenaOctober 27RosarioAnfiteatro MunicipalOctober 31Viña del MarChileAnfiteatro Quinta VergaraNovember 2LimaPeruCosta 21May 18, 2025MadridSpainMovistar ArenaMay 23, 2025BarcelonaSpainSant Jordi Club
+List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country and venueDate (2024)CityCountryVenueOctober 20CaracasVenezuelaTerraza del CCCTNovember 8MedellínColombiaCentro de Eventos de la Macarena +List of Late Checkout tour concerts, showing date, city, country, and venueDate (2026)CityCountryVenueJuly 3RoskildeDenmarkRoskilde FestivalJuly 4NurembergGermanyLatin Airport FestivalJuly 5CologneCarlswerk VictoriaJuly 8AmsterdamNetherlandsMelkwegJuly 10LondonUnited KingdomOuternet LondonJuly 12ParisFranceBataclan (theatre)July 15MontreuxSwitzerlandMontreux Jazz FestivalJuly 16BernGurtenfestivalJuly 18BerlinGermanyLollapaloozaJuly 19DourBelgiumDour FestivalJuly 23MilanItalyMagnolia ClubJuly 25A CoruñaSpainMorriña FestivalJuly 27ValènciaFar ValènciaAugust 2St. Charles, IowaUnited StatesHinterland Music FestivalSeptember 17GuadalajaraMexicoArena VFGSeptember 19MonterreyArena MonterreySeptember 22Mexico CityPalacio de los DeportesSeptember 25MéridaForo GNP SegurosOctober 13Seattle, WAUnited StatesClimate Pledge ArenaOctober 15San Francisco, CAChase CenterOctober 17Inglewood, CAIntuit DomeOctober 18Phoenix, ArizonaMortgage Matchup CenterOctober 22San Antonio, TXFreeman ColiseumOctober 24Houston, TXToyota CenterOctober 28Miami, FLKaseya CenterOctober 29Orlando, FLKia CenterOctober 31Atlanta, GAState Farm ArenaNovember 1Charlotte, NCSpectrum CenterNovember 4Philadelphia, PAXfinity Mobile ArenaNovember 5Brooklyn, NYBarclays Center +List of canceled concerts, showing date, city, country, and venueDate (2026)CityCountryVenueJuly 11MálagaSpainUrban Paradise Festival
Opening act Mañana Será Bonito Tour (2023) Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (2025)
Discography Album Title Details Peak chart positions US USLatinPeak positions on the Billboard Top Latin Albums: Att.: Do Not Disturb: SPAAtt. Release: April 5, 2024 Record label: The Wave, Capitol Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl record 129 9 10Do Not Disturb Release: November 7, 2025 Record label: The Wave, Capitol Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 23 49Do Not Disturb: Late Checkout Release: May 29, 2026 Record label: The Wave, Capitol Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl record36
EPs TitleDetailsTrap Kitty Release: July 22, 2022 Record label: The Wave, Jak, Sony Latin Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl record
Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications AlbumARGPeak positions on the Argentina Hot 100 chart: "Wiggy": "Classy 101": "Brinca": "Chulo, pt. 2": BOLCOLPeak positions on the Colombia Songs chart: "Classy 101" and "Offline": "Dispo": CHIPeak positions on the Chile Songs chart: "Classy 101": "Chulo, pt. 2": SPAUSUSLatinPeak positions on the Hot Latin Songs chart: "Classy 101" and "Offline": "Dispo":