Riky Rick was and will forever be a fashion icon who was way ahead of us in terms of fashion sense.
The late rapper who was respected as a rapper, businessman, philanthropist, and entrepreneur was also respected in the same breath as a fashion icon who wasn’t afraid to do something unprecedented in the fashion realm regardless of what it was.
Riky Rick has numerous times trended on Twitter for simply his fashion, at one time, he even unintentionally started a challenge in South Africa on Twitter where people were trying to imitate what he wore at The 24th annual South African Music Awards (SAMA24) ceremony in 2018.
Whatever he wore on that ceremony stole the show hands down, everybody was not even keen on the coveted annual music awards show but they were keen on talking about whatever Riky Rick wore at the SAMA24 ceremony, that’s how committed and serious Riky Rick really was when it came down to the intricacies of fashion.
Riky Rick was so committed to fashion so much so that he almost chose to stand out from the nominal settings of dress codes even in invite-only international events.
Riky Rick decided to show up in a pink suit in a black and white theme Remy Martin dinner in France where he met the Kenyan mainstream rapper King Kaka who was also invited for the Remi Martin dinner in France.
“We met in France sometime back, very easy guy. I remember Remy Martin mentioned the Dresscode for the Dinner was black and white, you showed up with a pink suit, Bold Pink Suit, I asked you what’s with the color and you said “Be different My Brother”. Sad to learn of his death through suicide. Rest Easy Riky Rick. ‘Be Bold Be Different,” Riky Rick told King Kaka when the Kenyan rapper asked him why he pulled up in a pink suit on a black and white theme event.
Riky Rick has captured the attention of social media over the years with his fashion taste that always got people talking.
Fashion pundits who would rather have their name withheld on this article unanimously agree that Riky Rick was so deeply intertwined in fashion so much so that he was regarded as the face of fashion among some people who would easily hold a candle in front of A$ap Rocky who is also a fashionista in his own right, some would call them equals at least in terms of fashion, both of them are rappers and fashionistas after all.
In no particular order whatsoever, these are the ninety-one instances where Riky Rick proved he was way ahead of the fashion curve from his peers in the music industry in Africa, all genres considered.
