Birth Name: Dimitri Leslie Roger
Also Known As Rich da Kid
Born: July 13, 1992 (age 29) Queens New York, United States
Origin: Woodstock, Georgia, United States
Genres: Hip hop, trap Sound, Cloud rap
Profession(s) Rapper composer
Active years: 2010 to present
Labels: Rich Forever, Rostrum, Republic, Interscope 300, Quality Control
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Dimitri Leslie Roger was born in Queens, New York, on July 13, 1992. Rich as he is called is an origin of Haitian and grew up speaking fluently in Haitian Creole. later on, after the divorce of the parents, Roger moved with his mother to Woodstock, Georgia, a suburb 30 minutes north of Atlanta, when he was 13 years, old. He explained he grew up listening to Nas, Jay-Z, 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., and 50 Cent, but on moving to Woodstock, he started listening to TI & Young Jeezy. He first took the rap name Black Boy Da Kid, but later switched to Rich the Kid. He schooled at Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School in Elmont, New York.
He broadcasted his first solo mixtape In 2013 Been About the Benjamins, and later that year a collaborative mixtape series with Migos called Streets On Lock volumes 1 and 2,while volume 3 was being released in 2014 and volume 4 was released in 2015.
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His second solo mixtape entitled Feels Good 2 Be Rich was released in August 2014 and featured artists Migos, Young Thug, Kirko Bangz, Rockie Fresh, Stalley, Solja Boy, RiFF RaFF, Jeremih, K Camp, Young Dolph , Yo Gotti, French Montana, Chinx and Kodak Black. In November 2014, Rich the Kid released the single “On My Way” with GS9 artists Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel.
In December 2014, he broadcasted his third mixtape, Rich Than Famous, which included YG, Migos, Bobby Shmurda, Rowdy Rebel, Gucci Mane, Johnny Cinco, and PeeWee Longway. Rich the Kid released the single “New Freezer” with Kendrick Lamar on September 26, 2017.
The song was certified Platinum on March 27, 2018, by the RIAA. He published, Her first studio album, The World Is Yours on March 30th, 2018, and features appearances by Lil Wayne, Swae Lee, Quavo, Offset, Trippie Redd, Khalid, Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Future, Jay Critch, and Chris Brown with their second single, “Plug Walk” reaching number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also Her second album, The World Is Yours 2, was released later after one year on March 22, 2019. It debuted at No. 4 on the US Billboard 200, marking her second album in the US Top 10. , it was announced On Dec 6, 2019, that Rih the Kid had left Interscope Records and signed with the Republic Records while remaining under the umbrella of UMG.
He made sure for the tradition of March releases, with his third album Boss Man, which he released on March 13, 2020, marking Rich’s first release on Republic Records. He then signed with independent label Empire Distribution and released his first project with them, Nobody Safe, a collaborative mixtape with YoungBoy Never Broke Again. On April 14 in 2021, Rich the Kid endorsed a multi-million dollar deal with Rostrum Records. also, Rich released Trust Fund Babies, a collaborative mixtape with Lil Wayne On October 1, 2021
NET VALUE IN 2021: its net worth is $12 million