Brian Imanuel aka Rich Brian, is an Indonesian rapper and comedian from Jakarta.
He is best known for his viral debut single "Dat $tick", which was released in February 2016
Brian Imanuel was born on September 2, 1999, in Jakarta, Indonesia to parents of Chinese-Indonesian descent. He has four siblings, including singer and fashion blogger Sonia Eryka also DJ roycdc.
Rappers React to Rich Chigga ft. Ghostface Killah, Desiigner, Tory Lanez & More
Watch rappers react to Rich Chigga's viral Dat $tick music video, crowning him the hardest chigga of all time. Check out reactions from Ghostface Killah, Cam'ron, Desiigner, Tory Lanez, Flatbush Zombies, GoldLink, Jazz Cartier, Madeintyo, 21 Savage and more!
Imanuel was raised in West Jakarta in a middle-to-low class neighbourhood despite his father being a lawyer.
He never had a formal education as he was homeschooled.
In 2010, while growing up in Indonesia, Imanuel began his career with social media, when he was at the age of 11. Originally making photoshopped images and posting them on Twitter before eventually moving to making video content that was often dark-comedy sketches on Twitter.[6] Imanuel moved to the platform Vine when he was 15 and began to post daily videos there. He taught himself to speak English by watching YouTube videos and by listening to rappers like Childish Gambino, 2 Chainz, Macklemore and Tyler, The Creator.
#IDGAF
Imanuel began listening to hip hop music in 2012 when an American friend he knew on the internet introduced him to Macklemore's "Thrift Shop" and Imanuel began to explore deeper into the genre, discovering Drake, 2 Chainz, Kanye West and Logic at first. Imanuel wrote his first rap song in 2014 and recorded it onto an iPhone microphone over a produced MF Doom instrumental.
Commenter cet article