# Tico Santa Cruz | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-21 05:05 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Tico Santa Cruz
- Visible lyric pages: 4

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `tico-santa-cruz`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-21 05:05 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-3ee5ea34e37b0209
- Visible lyric pages: 4
- Pages with stored lyric text: 4
- Video-backed song pages: 4
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 7141
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 13
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Clareiras, Foda-se Song, O Morro Mandou Avisar, and O Tempo Não Para (part. Claudia Leitte)
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Tico Santa Cruz was born Ricardo Cruz de Almeida in 1970. He grew up in a musical household where his father, a sambista, gave him an early feel for rhythm. As a teenager, he got into rock bands like Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. In 1997, he co-founded Detonautas Roque Clube with three friends. Their self-titled debut album came out in 2002 and included the single "Quem É Você." Over time,...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Clareiras — https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz/clareiras
2. Foda-se Song — https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz/foda-se-song
3. O Morro Mandou Avisar — https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz/o-morro-mandou-avisar
4. O Tempo Não Para (part. Claudia Leitte) — https://lyroverse.com/tico-santa-cruz/o-tempo-nao-para-part-claudia-leitte