ɹˈɪɡaʊ kˈæɹɚɹə wʌz wˈʌn ʌv nˈaɪn sˈɪblɪŋz bˈɔːɹn tə fˈɛlɪp ɹˈɪɡaʊ bˈælbæz, ɐ spˈænɪʃ nˈeɪvi sˈeɪlɚ fɹʌm kˌæɾɐlˈoʊniə, ænd kˈɑːɹmɛn kˈæɹɚɹə dɚ ɹˈɪɡaʊ, ɐ pwˈɛɹɾoʊ ɹˈɪkən hˈoʊmmeɪkɚ, ɪnðə tˈaʊn ʌv sæbˈɑːnə ɡɹˈænd, pwˈɛɹɾoʊ ɹˈiːkoʊ.
Rigau Carrera was one of nine siblings born to Felip Rigau Balbàs, a Spanish Navy sailor from Catalonia, and Carmen Carrera de Rigau, a Puerto Rican homemaker, in the town of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico.