Rich Chigga is a rapper, songwriter, and comedian from Indonesia.

His net worth has been evaluated to be somewhere around $250,000.

Early Life

Rich Chigga was born as Brian Imanuel in Jakarta, Indonesia on 21st September, 1999. His parents are of Chinese ancestry. Rich Chigga has four elder siblings. Rich Chigga grew up in West Jakarta, and his father was a lawyer. Rich Chigga never received any formal education because he attended homeschool.

From very young age, Rich Chigga was very interested and inspired by the American music and culture from what he was aspired to learn English on his own with the help of YouTube videos and thoroughly to listen to rap songs.

In 2010, Rich Chigga started his social media career with various photoshopped images which he used to post on Twitter actively; he also began to post various comedy sketched on his Twitter account.

At the age of 11, Rich Chigga discovered YouTube while looking for a Rubik’s cube puzzle strategy on his parent’s computer. At age 15, Rich Chigga took over Vine to post videos daily. Simultaneously, he started to record and upload funny YouTube videos which he used to record himself.

Career

Brian Imanuel, better known as Rich Chigga dropped his debut single in 2015 which was named as ‘Living the Dream.’ The track was uploaded to his YouTube channel. The producer for the song was DJ Smokey. The international success of the song came after he posted a reaction. The reaction video featured artists like21 Savage, Killah, MadeinTYO, Ghostface, Tory Lanez and many others.

Rich Chigga’s sophomore track named ‘Who That Be’ was released on iTunes in August 2016. This time, the producer was Sihk. Consequently, he released a remixed version of ‘Dat $tick’ single featuring rap artists like Pouya, Ghostface, and Killah. Imanuel released his third track named ‘Seventeen’ which was a big SoundCloud hit as well as a hit on his YouTube and met the 1 million hits on both the platform.

Brian Imanuel set on his first ever U.S. tour in 2017 April. His next single, ‘Gospel’ was released in 2017, May where he collaborated with Keith Ape and XXXTentacion. This work was the first collaboration that Rich Chigga has with XXXTentacion. The song was first released in 88rising’s YouTube account. As of August 2017, the track has passed 14 million views on YouTube.

Immanuel or Rich China was awarded the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award in the 4th Indonesian Choice Awards in May 2017. During an interview with XXL, Imanuel announced that he is working on his debut album and is all set to it.

In another interview with The Jakarta Post, he revealed that nowadays he was spending a lot of time in Los Angeles, California and is dedicatedly working on his first album. He released his latest single ‘Glow Like Dat’ through 88rising’s YouTube. Imanuel also announced to set on a nationwide tour named ‘My Party Tour.’

Apart from his own work, Rich Chigga also appeared as a featured artist on MAXXJAMEZ’s single, ‘Turbo Thot 3000’ which also featured Kilmatic Jay, Boy Gwaan, and Parade.

Personal Life

Imanuel presently resides in Los Angeles, California. He, however, doesn’t plan to stay permanently in the U.S. He extended his stay in July 2017.

Rich Chigga, though is very active on his social media accounts, is very secretive about his personal life. It was rumored that he was once in a long distance relationship in 2015. There are not any records of relationship at present.

Imanuel regrets his stage name as it has been the subject of many controversies in that past.

Imanuel cites inspirations from artists like Young Thug, Childish Gambino, Yung Lean and Tyler the Creator.

Quick Summary

Full Name: Rich Chigga

Date of Birth: September 21, 1999

Birth Place: Jakarta, Indonesia

Age: 18 years

Profession: Rapper, Songwriter, and Comedian

Height: NA

Weight: NA

Net worth: $250,000