Rico Richie on Lou Young Beef, Lil Wayne Tour Bus Shooting & Birdman’s $1M Offer For “Poppin” Song

About this episode

Rico Richie discusses his journey from football to music, the impact of his hit song 'Poppin', and the challenges he faced during his career.

Rapper and entrepreneur Rico Richie joins a brand new episode of Skipping Class presented by The Progress Report and hosted by Lalaa Shepard. During the interview, Rico Richie reflects on his journey from being a standout football player at Georgia Tech and briefly making it to the NFL before transitioning into music. He opens up about the frustration and anger he experienced after football did not work out the way he envisioned, and how those same emotions resurfaced years later during the rise of his breakout 2015 single “Poppin.” Rico Richie speaks on “Poppin” becoming a massive record while he was serving time in prison, missing out on opportunities as the song exploded worldwide, and the emotional toll of watching his career take off while being locked up. He also discusses the “Poppin” remix featuring Chris Brown, Meek Mill, and French Montana, and how the momentum surrounding the record changed his life. The conversation also covers Epic Records offering him $750,000 for “Poppin” before Birdman later offered him $1 million in cash for the single. Rico Richie explains how everything shifted after getting caught up in the Lil Wayne tour bus shooting incident tied to Young…

People in this episode

Host: Lalaa Shepard

Guest: Rico Richie

Topics covered

• music career
• prison life
• emotional struggles
• record deals
• personal growth
• beef
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Rico Richie
• Poppin
• Lil Wayne
• Birdman
• music industry
• prison
• entrepreneurship
• record deal
• emotional struggles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Epic Records

Books & works: Poppin

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