SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Rich Chigga, is an Indonesian hip hop recording artist and comedian from Jakarta. He started out doing dong vine videos and has since taken the music more seriously. He uses his real name, Brian Imanuel, as a YouTube channel. He had close to 300,000 subscribers at the end of 2016.
EARLY LIFE
He first stated to post funny material to Twitter 2012, when he was only 12 years old. In 2013 he started to post to Vine and build an audience for himself. He use to focus his hilarious parodies mainly about the American pop culture. He was influenced by Hip Hop artist such as Childish Gambino, 2 Chainz, Macklemore, and Tyler, The Creator.
FACTS
1. His first song Rich Chigga – “Living The Dream”, has been an instant hit on YouTube with almost 5 million views by November 2016.
2. Rich Chigga – Dat $tick, has been his biggest single so far in 2016, with close to 27 million views.
3. His channel was started on April 8, 2014.
4. He is signed with CXSHXNLY, an Asian-focused music collective.
5. His love for Hip Hop grew when he started to make friends from Vine and YouTube. His first channel was called “Suicide Hotline”.
PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE
His siblings are Sonia Eryka and Roy Leonard.
FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES
Associated acts: Ananta Vinnie