31 Fly Goon . Artist Runway Richy  

With nowhere to go but up, Decatur, GA rapper Runway Richy has crafted his rocky journey into a catalog of street tales – songs that speak to those struggling for a better way. With a support system of Atlanta music veterans, including DJ Holiday and The Commission, Richy has a solid foundation today, but this wasn’t always the case.

Richy began freestyling in school at a young age, noticeably outshining the competition. “Music has always been in my blood,” he says, “but it wasn’t until later I thought about being an artist.” In his early rap career, Richy was known as Snipe in the group Murder Mafia, which later renamed to Born With It. 

Over the years, rhyming was something to do in between dealing with “real life” situations – situations that often brought trouble. “I'm the one who had one foot in the streets and one in the booth,” he remembers. “My peers from Crime Mobb to DJ holiday to B.o.B. were all becoming successful in music. So I always felt like I was going to make it by default.”

He soon learned it wasn’t as easy as it looked. “Unfortunately, these same peers never took me serious because I was always getting locked up,” he admitted. 

Being in and out of jail wiped away several prime opportunities. B.o.B. was featured on the Born Wit It record “Stack Your Paper” produced by DJ Toomp. The song leaked and created a huge buzz. “At the time, Toomp was working with Kanye and wanted to meet us when he got back from NY. The next week I was locked up for 6 months.”

Eventually the group lessened from four members, to three, to two, until Snipe found himself recreating his image as a solo artist. He began recording new material as Runway Richy, but found it difficult making a comeback in music after serving time.

“I had about 8 records when my manager KD took interest,” he recalls. “We was about to release my debut mixtape in the summer of 2012. I got into the car with the wrong person and just like that, I was gone for 8 months on a probation violation.”

“After that I woke up and said, no more. I literally did nothing but music. I was so broke at times and I swear God was testing me - all of a sudden everybody had a lick for me. But I stayed focused.”

In 2013, he released his debut solo mixtape “Uh Oh” hosted by DJ Holiday. The tape featured FKi, B.o.B., Scotty ATL, Playboy Tre, Gorilla Zoe, and Trae da Truth, to name a few. The music was honest and reflective, with songs like “Letter to God” and “Ups & Downs” resonating with listeners. “My music is for the poor, but appeals to the rich and vice versa,” he says.

Following up with his sophomore tape, Richy works with Dj Scream , Dj Tokars , and Dj Tephlon   for the 2015 release “ForeignAmerican,” executive produced by FKI. Leading songs included “Keep Getting It” and “How You Feeling” featuring Big Gipp, which were featured on MTV Jams. “100 Bandz” featuring Young Dro and B.o.B. received full rotation in London on Bang Radio. Other notable contributions came from Bandit Gang Marco, Zuse, Spodee and Myko Montana.

In addition to tape promotions, Richy and his team put together numerous show appearances. To date, he has performed on Beer & Tacos stages, as well as SXSW multiple times, A3C Festival, a Street Execs showcase and several more. Presently, Richy has several projects in the works such as “GreenCard,” a joint effort with Zuse; and “China Cafeteria .”

With momentum building quickly, music has Richy’s complete attention, and he appreciates the hard lessons learned. “Every feature, every look, every accolade I've received on this journey has been God’s work and I truly believe it.”

On the Web:
www.runwayrichy.com
Twitter: @itsrunwayrichy
Instagram: runwayrichy
Facebook: runway richy

Contact:
404-388-0262 / weworkingmusic@gmail.com (Keith KD Fergus)

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Renowned International Eva – Blazing DJ Neptune is a successful Disc Jockey and powerful brand to reckon with when it comes to music and entertainment in Nigeria, West Africa. The professional Disc Jockey spins different genre of music from Hip Hop, RNB, House, Funky House Music, Dancehall, and Afro Beats etc. His ability to trill and entertain different type of audience across the globe makes Him stand out. DJ Neptune started his career as a professional Disc Jockey in 2001 and was hired by Nigeria’s first private radio station Ray power 100.5 FM Lagos where he worked as an in-house DJ from 2004 to 2010. As a professional Disc Jockey with wide sense and a high taste for good music, Neptune was able to keep the listeners glued to their radio set and in a short period of time He became a household name in the Nigeria entertainment industry. In 2008, Nigerian rapper Naeto C signed DJ Neptune as his official Disc Jockey/ Hype man and together the duo created a new face to Nigerian Hip-Hop/ Nigerian DJ’s in Africa. As part of plans to expand the brand and put a face to the name, Neptune released series of promotional Mix tapes online for free downloads. He then went ahead to start production on his own DJ Album and later released the audio and visuals for single like 123 {Remix} featuring MI, Naeto C and the late Da Grin, This Gbedu featuring Ice Prince, YQ and Shank, {audio/video}, Skoobi Doo featuring Jesse Jags, General Pype and Lynxxx, {audio/video}. My #1 featuring Kay Switch and May D {audio}, Twerk It featuring D’ Prince {audio/video} , So Nice featuring David O and Del B {audio/video}, Baddest featuring Olamide, Stonebwoy and BOJ {audio/video}. He is currently working / producing his new Album with several African top Artists.
In 2011 DJ Neptune was part of History as the first Nigerian DJ to perform at the Historic South By South West [SXSW] Concert held in Austin, Texas. He also played the role of an A&R to Naeto C’s Award winning “ Super C Season” Album. The prolific freelance mobile Disc Jockey has handled series of concerts and events for Etisalat Nigeria, Nigeria Breweries, MTN Nigeria, Hennessy Party/Artistry tour, The Beat 99.9FM Lagos Beat Bar Crawl etc. He also created audio content for the launch of the new Black berry 9220/9320 smart phones and In 2013 DJ Neptune was selected as one of Nokia Nigeria Ambassador, due to his huge online presence and fan base across Africa. He recently partnered with MTN Nigeria to produce and host the first #MTNLoudInNaijaMixTape, which is arguably the most downloaded Mix on the MTN Play website with over 400,000 thousand digital download in less than two weeks of it release and the #MTNLoudInNaijaValentineMix. Aside performing at different concerts and events in Nigeria, the Award winning International Disc Jockey has performed in Countries like the United State of America, Malaysia, United Kingdom, South Africa, Liberia, Benin Republic, Ghana, Malawi, Dubai, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Trinidad/Tobago. He won 2009 Nigeria Entertainment Award Best World DJ held in USA, Africa Entertainment Awards 2010 Best International DJ held in Malaysia, 2009 Tush Awards Best Nigerian DJ held in Nigeria, 2010 Best Nigerian DJ Dynamix All Youth Award held in Nigeria and Best 2011 International DJ at the NPA Awards held in Atlanta, Ga. 2014 NEA Egypt Best World DJ held in Egypt, 2015 Ghana Awards Best Non- Ghanaian International DJ held in Ghana. He has worked with Nigerian super stars like Naeto C, Timaya, Olu maintain, David O and companies and brands like Storm 360 as their DJ, Channel O TV Africa as the Basement Video Disc Jockey, a video mix shown on DSTV’s Channel O TV cable channel across Africa, the Beat 97.9FM radio station Ibadan, Glass house media TV show The Survivor currently airing on Africa Magic Show Case channel on DSTV as the Host DJ and a self own online radio, Neptune FM. DJ Neptune is also the official DJ of Urban96.5FM Lagos, Nigeria.


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