Born in Salem, Massachusetts, to undocumented parents from Costa Rica, Rams taught himself how to play the guitar and piano while teaching at a primary school in the Dominican Republic. He started playing in bands in Boston and had a short but formative stint in East Nashville, where he was inspired by the DIY music scene. Now based in Brooklyn, Rams is writing and recording music more consistently, DJ’s under the moniker, Radio Ramsés and engaging with migrants in NYC through local mutual aid work. His songs are contemplations on modern society through the lens of an artist caught between two cultural identities. Writing songs invoking both Latin and country songwriters from the 70s like Rigo Tovar, Chico Che y La Crisis, Johnny Cash, and Lee Hazlewood. Push Me Away, his debut single, produced by Max Shrager, is a statement on working-class struggle and police violence.

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