“I’ll return a stronger man. This land remains to be my dwelling,” was the late award-winning rapper Riky Rick’s final tweet, quoting the lyrics to his haunting tune, that includes Mas Musiq, Residence.
Aside from his stylish music, which topped the nation’s radio charts, Riky Rick (actual title Rikhado Makhado) was recognized for his love for his household, his distinctive style fashion and his ardour for rising the careers of up-and-coming artists, reminiscent of Uncle Vinny.
The KwaZulu-Natal born star was the founding father of widespread music pageant Cotton Fest. The primary was held in 2019. The newest one will hit Cape City inDecember. Riky Rick additionally co-owned Legends Barbershop in Waterfall, Midrand. In celebration of what would have been his 35th birthday, a revamped department was launched.
Riky Rick’s loss of life by suicide on 23 February put the highlight on despair amongst males. In remembrance of the star, we have fun the music he left behind.
Listed here are our prime seven Riky Rick hits:
- Amantombazane Remix
Riky Rick and Okmalumkoolkat joined forces with artists reminiscent of Nadia Nakai, Kwesta, the late DJ Dimplez, Maggz, Ginger Trill and Child X, remixing their kwaito/new faculty rap crossover that includes an all star solid of Joburg rap royalty. The one was considered one of his hottest and put him on the hip-hop charts. On Spotify, it reached greater than 300 000 performs, whereas on Youtube the music video had greater than two million streams.
- Boss Zonke
After releasing the only in 2015, Riky Rick’s Boss Zonke was nominated for Greatest Remix of the 12 months on the South African Music Awards. Boss Zonke is a mirrored image of the rapper’s success after he moved from his hometown, KwaMashu, in Kwazulu-Natal, and made it in Joburg. Within the tune, Riky Rick raps about being a job mannequin to many: “All the things I do they need to do.” After that single, he was known as Boss Zonke.
- Ungazincishi.
This single dropped in 2020 that includes Focalistic and Tyler ICU. It was Riky Rick’s first amapiano single, gaining greater than 1,000,000 performs on Spotify. It proved to be a business success after an look on Mas Musiq’s Mthande. Within the single, the rapper means that you shouldn’t hesitate to spend cash on your self when you can, that it’s best to reside life to the fullest, ignore the opinions of others and block out negativity.
- Sidlukotini.
Launched in 2016, the hip-hop star raps about his onerous work and making 1,000,000 from his partnership with Russian Bear, which noticed the design of a brilliant pink bottle sporting Riky’s lyrics and likeness. Sidlukotini additionally talks about Riky residing his dream, carrying designer garments, how he sees via liars and doesn’t need awards as a result of some rappers pay for them.
- Sondela
This smash hit single dominated the digital streams for weeks and was licensed gold three weeks after it was launched by Venom and Shishiliza. That includes Yumbs, Raspy, Blxckie, Riky Rick and Tshego, it reached greater than 1.4-million streams throughout all platforms. Riky Rick posted a video of himself and his companion, Bianca Naidoo, dancing to the tune. A number of Twitter customers discovered the video very awkward and stated Naidoo seemed somewhat tired of dancing with him. Riky responded saying Naidoo was not a fan of cameras.
- Residence
Earlier than the rapper took his life, he tweeted a line from his tune Residence: “I’ll return a stronger man, this land remains to be my dwelling.” The hitmaker spoke about his battle with despair within the single and the way he thought of quitting. “I do know I’m residing on borrowed time, I’m the best of all time, However I’m drained and I wanna put the ball down.” The tune reached a million streams on YouTube and extra 900 000 on Spotify.
- Keep Shining
The one options Cassper Nyovest, Professor and Main League, rapping in regards to the every day hustle and the significance of pulling via the challenges life throws at you, encouraging us that, regardless of no matter it is likely to be that pulls you down, you’ve received to remain “ shining”. Within the music video Riky Rick is seen along with his household.
