U-Rich the Kid ungomunye wabamele abagqame kakhulu besikole esisha se-rap saseMelika. Lo mlingisi osemncane usebenzisane neqembu I-Migos и I-Thug encane. Uma ekuqaleni wayengumkhiqizi we-hip-hop, eminyakeni embalwa wakwazi ukudala ilebula lakhe. Ngenxa yochungechunge lwama-mixtape nama-single ayimpumelelo, iciko manje selisebenzisana nelebula edumile i-Interscope Records.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaRich the Kid
I-Rich the Kid yigama lesiteji umfana alithatha ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe. Eqinisweni, igama lomculi we-rap nguDimitri Leslie Roger. Wazalwa ngoJulayi 13, 1992 eQueens (isigaba sokuphatha saseNew York). URich unezimpande zesiHaiti, ngakho kusukela esemncane ukhuluma isiHaiti nesiCreole.
Ubaba nomama banquma ukudivosa lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-13 kuphela ubudala. Ngenxa yalokhu, kanye nomama wakhe, waphoqeleka ukuba ashiye idolobha elikhulu futhi athuthele eWoodstock (idolobhana lase-Atlanta). Lapha wayehlala lapho esemusha, futhi wathola izinto azithandayo eziyinhloko - umculo kanye skateboarding. Umama wakhulisa uDimitri eyedwa, ubaba akazange awusize umkhaya.
“Ngesikhathi ngiseyingane ngangishibilika neqembu. Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, ngicishe ngaba uchwepheshe, kodwa ngenqaba, ngoba angizange ngisole ukuthi ngingaba i-skateboarder kanye ne-rap ngasikhathi sinye, ”kusho uRich ngezinto azithandayo.
Lo mculi uphothule e-Elmont Memorial Junior School. Kakade lapho esanda kweva eshumini nambili, wayewuthanda kakhulu umculo. Ngokusho kukaDimitri, wakhula futhi wathuthuka ngaphansi kwamathrekhi ka-50 Cent no-Kanye West. Kodwa u-Kanye wahlala e-rapper ayithandayo. Uphinde wathonywa kakhulu: Jay-Z, I-2Pac, nas и Eyaziwa kakhulu nge-BIG.
Umsebenzi womculo kaDimitri Roger
Umculi osanda kufunda ushicilele imisebenzi yakhe yokuqala ku-inthanethi ngaphansi kwegama lokudala elithi Black Boy the Kid. Nokho, ngokushesha wayishintsha yaba nguRich the Kid. Ukukhululwa kukaRoger ngo-2013 kwakuyiBeen About the Benjamins. Kamuva, washicilela ama-mixtape amabili neqembu elidume kakhulu leMigos.
U-Rich uqophe ama-mixtape amabili ethi Feels Good 2 Be Rich and Rich Than Famous ngo-2014. Abaculi abafana noRockie Fresh, Young Thug, Kirko Bangz kanye noRiFF RaFF bangazwakala kubo. Kwathi ngo-2015, umculi waqopha i-albhamu ethi Flexxin on Purpose, ehlanganisa amathrekhi ayi-14. Ukusebenzisana no-Ty Dolla $ign, Young Dolph, Fetty Wap, Peewee Longway kanye no-2 Chainz kuvezwe lapha.
NgoMashi 2016, u-Kid wanquma ukudala ilebula yakhe, i-Rich Forever Music. Umculi wokuqala owasayina ukusebenzisana naye kwakunguFamous Dex, kwalandela u-J$tash. Le lebula ikhiphe okokuqala ngqa i-Rich Forever Music, i-albhamu enamathrekhi angu-15 ehlanganisa u-Offset, uLil Yachty, u-OG Maco no-Skippa Da Flippa. Ngokushesha ngemva kokukhishwa kwayo, u-J$tash wenze isinqumo sokushiya ilebula.
Ngo-2016, umculi waqopha omunye umsebenzi ohamba yedwa, I-Trap Talk. Izingoma ezimbalwa ziqoshwe no-21 Savage, Kodak Black, Party Next Door, Migos kanye noTy Dolla Sign. Ilebula i-Interscope Records yaba nentshisekelo emisebenzini yalo mculi. Futhi ku-2017, u-Dimitri wasayina inkontileka naye.
Nakuba u-Rich ekhiphe izingoma ngaphansi kwe-Interscope Records, ilebula lakhe laqhubeka nokusebenza. Ehlobo lika-2018, u-Kid wamema umculi wokuqala, u-Airionne Lynch, kulebula. Lokhu kulandelwe wukukhishwa kwe-mixtape enamaculo angu-15 ethi, The World Is Yours. Manje umculi ukhipha amarekhodi amabili ngonyaka. Amathrekhi akhe angazwakala kaningi kumashadi aseMelika.
Ingxabano ebandakanya u-Rich the Kid
Ngo-2016, lo rapper waba nokungqubuzana nozakwabo, umrepha waseMelika uLil Uzi Vert. U-Lil Uzi ungene kuTwitter enxusa abaculi abasafufusa ukuthi basayine kuphela ngamalebula amakhulu. Umculi ukuthethelele lokhu ngezimo ezivumayo kunokunikezwa oDJ abadumile nama-rappers. Njengomnikazi welebula, u-Rich uthole lokhu kucasula futhi waphakamisa ku-Lil Uzi ukuthi asebenzisane nelebula ye-Rich Forever.
Uzi utshele uKid ukuthi akasoze abambisana no-$20 empilweni yakhe. Kulokhu wathola impendulo yokuthi akufanelekile ukwahlulela wonke umuntu ngokusekelwe ekuhlangenwe nakho okudabukisayo kokuphila. Engxoxweni, u-Rich ukhulume ngokungamthandi kwakhe u-Uzi. Uphinde waphawula ukuthi kungenzeka kube nenkontileka naye ngenxa yebhizinisi kuphela.
Isikhathi eside, ukungqubuzana kwabaculi bekungekho lutho ngaphandle kokuncokola bodwa. Nokho, amahlaya ayeka lapho u-Rich the Kid ekhipha ividiyo ethi Umngane Ofile. Iqukethe isigameko lapho u-Kid engcwaba umhlukumezi wakhe ethuneni. Umlingisi owayedlala le ndima wayefana kakhulu noLil Uzi.
Umphikisi akazange abekezelele amaqhinga anjalo endleleni yakhe. Futhi ngesikhathi se-Who Run It Challenge, wakhipha i-diss, engacasuli u-Rich kuphela, kodwa neqembu le-Migos elikulo. UDimitri wesekwa nguBlac Youngsta, kwathi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva bakhipha ividiyo njengengxenye yenselelo. Isikhathi eside, ukungqubuzana kwakusaxoxwa ngezincwadi ezihlukahlukene ze-Internet. U-Lil Uzi Vert udlulisele izilokotho ezinhle ku-Kid nomndeni wakhe engxoxweni. Abaningi babheka lokhu njengokuphela kwenyama yenkomo.
Kodwa-ke, ngoJuni 2018, u-Uzi wahlangana noRich emgwaqweni ePhiladelphia. Ekuqaleni, wayehlele ukukhuluma nembangi yakhe, kodwa lo wanquma ukucasha ngonogada abaleke. U-Lil Uzi wamlandela futhi wakwazi ukumthola esitolo sekhofi se-Starbucks. Lapho, lo rapper washaya u-Kid izikhathi eziningi. Kodwa wakwazi ukubaleka futhi ngokugxuma phezu kwedeski lemali. Ngemuva kwalokho azibange zisavela izindaba zokungqubuzana kwabaculi.
Ukucwaswa ngokobuhlanga nguDimitri Roger
Ngo-December 2020, u-Rich the Kid wacwaswa lapho ezama ukugibela indiza lapho kwakufanele ahambe khona ngekilasi lebhizinisi. Umrepha uvule i-Instagram Live ukuze aqophe isikhathi lapho abasebenzi bendiza bemnqabela ukugibela indiza. Ngokusho kwabo lo mculi ubenuka insangu. UDimitri, ongasebenzisi izidakamizwa, wayenomuzwa wokuthi wayesolwa kakhulu ngenxa yombala wesikhumba sakhe.
Esezitebhisini, uveze ukuthi, kanye nethimba, ukhishwe endizeni wayalelwa ukuba abuyele esangweni elingaphakathi kwesikhumulo sezindiza. Abasebenzi bebengafuni ukumvumela lo mculi ukuthi angene ngisho nangemva kokuba esephase iTransportation Security Administration. Lo mrepha uhlale ezwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngokuphuthelwa yindiza yakhe, nakuba abasebenzi bendiza bethi bekungakabi isikhathi sokusuka.
Kwesinye isikhathi emoyeni umemezele ukuthi uzoxhumana nommeli wakhe mayelana nalesi sigameko. “Ngicebe kakhulu. Uma kwenzeka ubungakwazi lokhu, ngiyiciko elicebe kakhulu. Ummeli wami uzonithinta,” usho kanje ngesikhathi ithimba libuyiselwa endaweni okugcinwe kuyo abasebenzi baphinde baqoqa imininingwane yabo. Akucaci ukuthi lo mculi nabehamba nabo bakwazile yini ukundiza ngemuva kwalesi sigameko. Kodwa lesi simo samlimaza kakhulu umrepha.
Yini eyaziwayo ngempilo yomuntu siqu kaRich the Kid?
UDimitri wayeshade isikhashana no-Antonette Willis, abaningi abamazi ngokuthi uLady Luscious. Laba babenezingane ezimbili. Entwasahlobo ka-2018, u-Antonette wenza isinqumo sokuhlukanisa nomculi, efuna ukushiya ukugcinwa okuphelele kwezingane zakhe. Ngokwemiphumela yasenkantolo, umrepha uyakwazi ukubonana futhi abambe iqhaza ekukhuliseni izingane. Futhi ungumqaphi wabo osemthethweni kuze kube namuhla.
Umculi uthanda izingane zakhe kakhulu. Kodwa uyavuma ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi ukuba ubaba kwakumethusa: “Okubi kakhulu ukuqonda indlela yokukhulisa izingane. Manje bancane ngempela. Lezi izingane zami zokuqala ezimbili, futhi zazalwa zishiyana unyaka wonke. Okubi kakhulu ukungazi ukuthi ungabakhulisa kanjani futhi ubafundise kanjani, kodwa noma kunjalo kufanele ukuthole futhi ufunde izinto ezintsha.
Ngesikhathi efaka isehlukaniso, uLady Luscious wasola ukuthi uCyrus wamkhohlisa nomodeli uBlac Chyna kanye nomculi u-India Love. Kamuva, uWillis wabuye wakhuluma ngendlela umyeni wakhe amphoqa ngayo ukuba akhiphe ukukhulelwa kwakhe izikhathi eziningana. Ngemva kwesikhashana umkakhe efake isicelo, lo mculi wahlangana no-Tori Hughes, owaziwa ngelika-DJ Tori Brixx.
NgoJuni 2018, lo mculi walaliswa esibhedlela ngemuva kokungena endlini enkulu kaDimitri amthandayo. Amadoda amaningana agqekeza endlini kaHughes futhi afuna imali kumculi ngenkani. Ocebile wenqaba ukubakhokhela. Izigebengu zashaya lo mculi zabe sezibaleka ekhaya, zahamba nezizumbulu zemali nezinto ezibalulekile. Ngemuva kokuphuma esibhedlela, lo mrepha wahlukana noTori Hughes ngenxa yezinsolo zodlame lwasekhaya.
Iciko lithanda ukuxaka abalandeli. Ngo-2018, umculi uphinde wabamba umkhankaso we-PR ku-Instagram. Uthumele isithombe esinombhalo othi "RiP Rich the Kid 1992-2018" kuso. Kumazwibela okushicilelwe, ubonge abalandeli bakhe nomndeni ngokumeseka kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe wokudala. Omunye wamalungu eqembu ubhale emazwaneni ukuthi lokhu kungamanga, futhi umculi ufuna ukushintsha igama lakhe lesiteji. Ngenxa yalokho, ukuthutha okunjalo kwaba "ukufudumala" kwezilaleli zabantu abayizigidi ezingu-4,2 ngaphambi kokukhishwa okuzayo.
