The legendary American artist Roddy Ricch, despite his young age, succeeded to establish himself not just as a singer or rapper. He writes the lyrics for his songs and produces other musicians. He managed to achieve popularity by 2018 with the release of another album, one of the songs which took the leading positions in the popular charts in America.
Childhood and youth
Roddy Rich was born in the fall of 1998 in Compton, Los Angeles County, California. His exact nationality is unknown. There, the coming singer consumed the first years of his biography, then lived for some time in Atlanta, Georgia.
From the age of eight, the boy began to show himself creatively, however, he sang only at home, chose the songs of then-popular artists, and beat the rhythm on his own, using various household items. Then he did not perceive creativity seriously, but his viewpoint on life evolved dramatically after being sent to jail, where Roddy Ricch spent two weeks. At school, the musician did not study well, constantly fighting with teachers and conflicting with the director. At the age of 16, Roddy Rich finally realized that he wanted to connect his life with music, and bought basic musical equipment.
Having no place for a studio, he fixed it at home and started to try to write the first records. He created the texts himself, and in them, he described the story of his life. In his youth, he even had an opportunity to act on stage a couple of times, but then the rapper was swallowed up by street life, and for a while, he moved away from music. Only in 2017, the young man recovered to recording facilities.
Personal life
Roddy has pages on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, where he shares with subscribers fresh photos from life and footage from concerts and while recording songs. The situation of an artist requires him to maintain profiles, although the rapper himself does not like social networks because he is too focused on music and desires to be recognized as a musician in the first place.
Subscribers do not apprehend anything about Ricch’s individual life. The singer decides to keep this information out of the public eye. Although the girls visiting his accounts have noted the rapper’s visual appeal more than once. It should be remarked that he resembles strong and fit.
Music
In the autumn of 2017, Roddy issued his first triumphant mixtape, Feed The Streets, which involved songs Chase Tha Bag, Hoodricch, and Fucc It Up. He gained many positive reviews and pulled the rapper’s attention of professionals such as Meek Mill, Nipsey Hussle, DJ Mustard, and 03 Greedo. Following this, Rich’s video for the track Fucc It Up was published on the successful video hosting YouTube.
When representatives of Atlantic Records heard this song, they were very surprised that the guy from Compton sounded in the style of Atlanta. The senior vice president of Dallas Martin immediately requested him to the studio and suggested Ricch record three songs. It was obvious that the rapper comprehends what he wants: he composes songs every day, monitors people’s opinions, and is open to advise.
In 2018, the musician delivered a mini-album Be 4 Tha Fame, which was well supported by society. And in the spring of the same year, American rapper Nipsey Hussle invited Roddy to perform at his concert in Los Angeles. Real popularity came to his biography a little later. In the summer of 2018, the singer published the track Die Young, committed to his childhood friend. According to the author, the composition was recorded on the night of XXXTentacion’s death and includes a story about the will to live at full capability. Later, he shot a video for the song, which in the first months of being on YouTube earned 80 million shows and 120 million downloads from other sources.
Productive work with the label promoted the rapper not only to become recognized but also to make friendships with other artists. Roddy now calls Meek Mill and Nipsey Hussle brothers who helped him and showed him the right path in life. They were not only friends but also operated productively, with Nipsey the singer even wrote a joint track Racks In the Middle. This song was the latest for Nipsey, who was killed a couple of months after this incident. Subsequently, the composition was nominated for a Grammy.
Roddy Ricch now
2020 started well for Ricch. In December 2019, the rapper’s discography was replaced with another disc named Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial and caused a sprinkle. The already favorite song The Box also started it and obtained 1st place in the American Billboard Hot 100. The album itself took the leading position in the same charts and for five weeks occupied the top lines, the number of its sales exceeded all possible results.
The rapper did not expect such a reaction to his work and was pleasantly surprised by the support of fans and other musicians. This success did not stop him from further work. Having survived the next wave of popularity, Roddy started to re-release the disc in which he returned the song Antisocial, which had “disappeared” before the presentation, and made some other changes.
