Dimitri Leslie Roger (born July 13, 1992), professionally known as Rich the Kid, is an American rapper. He released his debut studio album, '' The World Is Yours'', on March 30, 2018. His second studio album, ''

The World Is Yours 2 ''The World Is Yours 2'' is the second studio album by American rapper Rich the Kid. It was released through Interscope Records and Rich Forever Music on March 22, 2019, and follows its predecessor, '' The World Is Yours'' (2018). The album featur ...

'', was released on March 22, 2019, and his third studio album, '' Boss Man'', on March 13, 2020.

Early life

Dimitri Leslie Roger was born in

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, New York City, on July 13, 1992. He is of Haitian descent and grew up speaking

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fluently. After his parents' divorce, Roger moved with his mother to

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when he was 13. Rich the Kid said he grew up listening to

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, but after moving to College Park, he started listening to T.I. and

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. His first rap name was Black Boy Da Kid, but later changed it to Rich the Kid. He attended

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Career

In 2013, he released his debut solo

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, ''Been About the Benjamins'', and later that year released a collaborative mixtape series with

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called ''Streets On Lock'' (volume 1 and 2), with volume 3 being released in 2014 and volume 4 being released in 2015. His second solo mixtape titled ''Feels Good 2 Be Rich'' was released in August 2014, and featured artists Migos,

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, Rockie Fresh,

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Kodak Black Bill Kahan Kapri (born Dieuson Octave; June 11, 1997), better known by his stage name Kodak Black, is an American rapper. He gained initial recognition with his single "No Flockin", released in 2014. His debut album, ''Painting Pictures'' (20 ...

. In November 2014, Rich the Kid released the single "On My Way" featuring GS9 artists,

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. In December 2014, he released his third mixtape ''Rich Than Famous'' which featured YG, Migos, Bobby Shmurda, Rowdy Rebel,

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, Johnny Cinco and PeeWee Longway.

Rich the Kid's first release in 2015 was a collaborative mixtape titled ''Still On Lock'' with Migos. In August 2015, he released '' Flexin' on Purpose''. The 14-track project featured collaborations with

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Fetty Wap Willie Junior Maxwell II (born June 7, 1991), better known by his stage names Fetty Wap or Harlem Fetty, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence after his debut single "Trap Queen" reached number two on the U.S. ''B ...

and

Rich Homie Quan Dequantes Lamar (born October 4, 1989), known professionally as Rich Homie Quan, is an American rapper. He was previously signed to labels T.I.G. Entertainment and Motown, and is an independent artist as of 2021. Quan experienced commercial suc ...

. In October 2015, he released Streets On Lock 4 with Migos with features from Jose Guapo, Skippa Da Flippa, Hoodrich Pablo Juan, Lil Duke,

2 Chainz Tauheed K. Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz (or Tity Boi), is an American rapper. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he initially gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, al ...

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Waka Flocka Juaquin James Malphurs (born May 31, 1986), known professionally as Waka Flocka Flame, is an American rapper. Signing to 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. Records in 2009, he became a mainstream artist with the release of his singles " O Let' ...

, Young Dolph, PeeWee Longway, Mango Foo,

Slim Jxmmi Rae Sremmurd ( ; "Drummers Ear" spelled backwards) is an American hip hop duo originating from Tupelo, Mississippi, formed by two brothers, Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee. In 2013, they signed a record deal with Mike Will Made It's EarDrummers imp ...

iLoveMakonnen Makonnen Kamali Sheran (born April 12, 1989), better known by his stage name iLoveMakonnen (often stylized as ILOVEMAKONNEN), is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. Makonnen is best known for his 2014 hit "Tuesday" which featured Ca ...

, Tray1, Migo Domingo, Migo Jerz, YRN Lingo and

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. Rich the Kid and iLoveMakonnen released ''Whip It'', featuring 8 tracks on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2015, with guest spots from

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, Migos,

T-Wayne Tyshon Dwayne Nobles (born October 27, 1990), better known by his stage name T-Wayne, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. His rap name is a combination of his first name and his middle name. He has also occasionally taken the pseudonym Ri ...

and Key!. The next month ''Dabbin' Fever'' was released on Christmas Eve 2015, with features from

Wiz Khalifa Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. He released his debut album, ''Show and Prove'', in 2006 and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 200 ...

, Migos, Skippa Da Flippa,

21 Savage Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph (born October 22, 1992), known professionally as 21 Savage, is a rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Born in London, he moved to Atlanta with his mother at age seven. He became known after releasing two m ...

, ManMan Savage, Jose Guapo,

Playboi Carti Jordan Terrell Carter (born September 13, 1996), known professionally as Playboi Carti, is an American rapper. Carter was initially signed to local underground label Awful Records prior to signing with ASAP Mob's AWGE Label under Interscope R ...

, Kodak Black and

Curren$y Shante Scott Franklin (born April 4, 1981), better known by his stage name Currensy (often stylized as Curren$y), is an American rapper. In 2011, he founded the label Jet Life Recordings. Music career 2002–2008: No Limit and Young Money ...

. He released his ''Trap Talk'' mixtape in April 2016, which features 21 Savage, Ty Dolla $ign, Playboi Carti, Kodak Black, Migos,

Famous Dex Dexter Tiewon Gore Jr. (born September 6, 1993), better known by his stage name Famous Dex, is an American rapper and singer. His 2018 debut album ''Dex Meets Dexter'' peaked at number 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200, while its singles " Pick It Up ...

and

PartyNextDoor Jahron Anthony Brathwaite (born July 3, 1993), known professionally as PartyNextDoor (stylized as PARTYNEXTDOOR), is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. PartyNextDoor was the first artist signed to Drake's OVO Sound record label ...

. In October 2016, he released his mixtape Keep Flexin' which featured

Desiigner Sidney Royel Selby III (born May 3, 1997), better known by his stage name Desiigner, is an American rapper and singer. In December 2015, his debut single "Panda" reached number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2019, he was released fr ...

, Migos, Famous Dex, Jeremih, Young Thug and Playboi Carti. In May 2017, he collaborated as a featured artist on the

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song, "

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", which also features

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and

(the song originally featured

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instead of Rich Brian). On June 9, 2017, Rich the Kid announced that he had signed to

Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Mus ...

. In an interview with '' XXL'', Roger talked about his decision on signing with Interscope:

I was talking to different labels, Columbia,
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,
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, I decided not to sign with Epic even after
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offered me a crazy deal. enior Vice President of A&R at InterscopeManny Smith & Interscope CEO
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understand me and my vision for myself and also my label. Interscope gave me the opportunity to take over the game completely and that's what I'm going to do.

Rich the Kid released the single "

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" featuring

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on September 26, 2017. The song was certified Platinum on March 27, 2018, by the

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. His debut studio album, '' The World Is Yours'', was released on March 30, 2018, and features guest appearances from

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, Jay Critch and

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with its second single, " Plug Walk" peaking at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His second album, ''

'' was released a year later, on March 22, 2019. It debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' 200, marking his second US top 10 album. On December 6, 2019, it was announced that Rich the Kid departed

and signed with

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, while still remaining under the

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umbrella. He kept with the tradition of March-releases, with his third album '' Boss Man'' being released on March 13, 2020, and subsequently marking Rich's first release on Republic Records. He then signed to independent label,

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and released his first project with them, ''Nobody Safe'', a collaborative mixtape with

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. On April 14, 2021, Rich the Kid signed a multi-million dollar deal with

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. On October 1, 2021, Rich released ''

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'', a collaborative mixtape with

. On March 4, 2022, Rich was featured on ''Jungle'', the first single from

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DJ/producer duo Escape Plan. On November 14, 2022, Rich the Kid signed with

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. He also released a new single called "Motion".

Personal life

Roger was married to Antonette Willis and has two children with her. In March 2018, Willis filed for divorce, seeking full physical custody while giving Roger visitation rights and joint legal custody. Willis is also seeking spousal support. This was shortly after Willis accused him of cheating on her with

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and India Love, even alleging that he was in a relationship with the former. Willis later claimed that Roger abused her and forced her to have abortions regularly, saying it was commonplace for police to be called to their residence for domestic abuse. Roger began dating Tori Hughes (professionally known as Tori Brixx) shortly following the filing of the divorce. On June 15, 2018, Roger was hospitalized following a home invasion at Hughes' home. According to a police report, several men entered Hughes' home carrying firearms and demanded money. When Roger attempted to confront them, he was beaten by them and the men left with a "significant" amount of money and jewelry. On December 29, 2018, Rich the Kid got into a UTV accident in Calabasas, CA, when Dimitri and his friend were driving around in a Polaris RZR 4-wheeler. Based on sources from TMZ, it seems that Dimitri lost control of it and fell off of his RZR 4-wheeler and severely injured his hand. He was taken to the hospital shortly after. In February 2019, he was robbed and shot at outside of the Westlake Recording Studio in

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, California.

Feuds

Lil Uzi Vert

Rich the Kid and

Lil Uzi Vert Symere Bysil Woods ( ; born July 31, 1995), known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. They are characterized by their face tattoo, facial tattoos, facial piercings, eccentric hairstyles and androgynous ...

's feud started on Twitter following a highly publicized label issue Lil Uzi Vert had with

DJ Drama Tyree Cinque Simmons (born April 22, 1978), professionally known as DJ Drama, is an American DJ, record executive and music promoter. He is the co-founder (with Don Cannon) of Generation Now, an Atlantic Records imprint with artists including ...

's Generation Now imprint in January 2018. Rich the Kid tweeted at Lil Uzi Vert, offering them a position in his imprint Rich Forever Music, in which Uzi replied "Boy I'm not signing for 20 racks". A month later on February 9, 2018, Rich The Kid said that he and Lil Uzi Vert had "personal issues". On February 27, 2018, Rich the Kid previewed a diss track directed at Lil Uzi Vert titled "Dead Friends" with production from DJ Mustard. On March 26, 2018, Rich the Kid formally released "Dead Friends". Following the release of "Dead Friends", Rich the Kid said he thought Lil Uzi Vert would not respond. Uzi later responded on their SoundCloud with "Rich Forever Leaked" over the

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"Where" instrumental, to which Rich the Kid responded by saying "Fuck that nigga." On June 2, 2018, Rich the Kid and Lil Uzi Vert confronted each other at a

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in Philadelphia. The former ran from the latter shortly after. Videos of the altercation were posted online on social media.

Discography

* '' The World Is Yours'' (2018) * ''

'' (2019) * '' Boss Man'' (2020)

Rich Forever Music

In March 2016, Rich the Kid started his own record label called Rich Forever Music. The label's first artist signed up was Chicago based

. He also signed his first producer to Rich Forever Music, The Lab Cook. In April 2016, Rich the Kid signed his second artist, rapper J $tash. The record label's first release was a 15-track compilation titled ''Rich Forever Music'', and featured

, Skippa Da Flippa,

Lil Yachty Miles Parks McCollum (born August 23, 1997), known professionally as Lil Boat, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer. He first gained recognition on the internet in 2015 for his singles "One Night" and "Minnesota" (featuring ...

and

OG Maco Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr. (born April 23, 1992), better known by his stage name OG Maco, is an American rapper from College Park, Georgia. He is perhaps best known for his 2014 debut single "U Guessed It" which peaked at number 90 on the US ...

. Shortly after the release, J $tash parted ways with the label. In June 2016, Rich the Kid signed a deal to have

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become a parent company for Rich Forever Music. On July 4, 2016, Rich Forever Music released their second project ''Rich Forever 2,'' a collaborative mixtape between Rich the Kid and Famous Dex, with appearances from

, Lil Yachty,

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and

. In November 2016, Rich the Kid signed

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rapper Jay Critch to his label. On March 17, 2017, the label released their third compilation mixtape ''The Rich Forever Way''. The label released their fourth compilation ''

Rich Forever 3 ''Rich Forever 3'' is the fourth compilation mixtape by American record label, Rich Forever Music, released on June 16, 2017. The mixtape was delayed multiple times. The production was handled by The Lab Cook, Richie Souf, Laron & 808Shawty. It ...

'' on June 16, 2017. In February 2018, Rich the Kid signed

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rapper YBN Almighty Jay to his label. In March 2018, YBN Almighty Jay and Rich the Kid had a fall out when Rich the Kid released a song called ''Back Quick'' without YBN Almighty Jay's permission. In April 2018, YBN Almighty Jay did an interview with

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saying he was never signed with the label. In May 2018, Famous Dex stated he had left Rich Forever Music, and is an independent artist, but Rich the Kid made a post through the label's Instagram saying he is still signed to the label.

References

External links

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