Even as he stood at the centre of a glorious new age of SA hip-hop, Riky was constantly deflecting his rising cult status to bring the spotlight on others.
It was 2011 when I first heard about an “amazing rap genius” heating up Braams in Johannesburg — Riky Rick. A star so bright it enveloped the room, led the way for others and ultimately burnout before its time.I have covered many deaths in my 10 years as an entertainment and music journalist, but this one perhaps stung the hardest. I felt my breath shorten and my heart race. I prayed more than anything that it wasn’t true.with Da L.E.S.
While many of my friends would head to the rock or heavy metal stage at music festivals, I would head to the small hip-hop stages where Riky, Okmalumkoolkat, Card on Spokes and Nonku Phiri would hype up a crowd that could probably fit in a skaftin. Under bridges in Joburg CBD and on farms in Limpopo, Riky filled our ears with the infectious tunes of
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