Richy Haniel has been pushing Kenyan music and African music to the world for the longest time ever commanding huge following on social media while at it. Photo credit: Instagram/richy_haniel
Richy Haniel has been pushing Kenyan music and African music to the world for the longest time ever commanding huge following on social media while at it. Photo credit: Instagram/richy_haniel

Richy Haniel celebrates musicians like no other in the music industry

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Richy Haniel is a multi-talented rap artiste, DJ, record producer, and media personality who has played his part in making sure that Kenyan music and musicians are known on social media, especially on social media, especially on his YouTube channel.

Richy who stands at six feet, four inches tall has records of his own in ‘Gwara’, ‘Jibambe’, ‘Wamocho’ that features Mejja and Mbogi Genje to be expected later on in August.

Richy Haniel is an accomplished entertainer in the Kenyan music industry today and he’s doing it with unprecedented finesse.

Richy Haniel’s background

Richy Haniel was born Richard Machua on June 8, in Nairobi Kenya, and raised in Nairobi South.
RH Haniel attended Kirangari High School, in Kiambu, he played football and basketball, and later on, continued his studies by attending Maseno University where he studied Economics.

Career

Richy Haniel grew listening to accomplished artistes like Lil Wayne, Jay Z, Jua Cali, and Mejja.

Richy Haniel began to establish himself as an artiste and DJ in 2017 exponentially growing the fanbase that has stuck with him over the years.

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His YouTube channel alone boasts of over 350,000 subscribers and millions of streams collectively.

In 2019, Richy Haniel collaborated on his hit single dubbed ‘Jibambe’ that brings out Nigerian artist, Sean Dampte and Bandanah.

That record alone racked up over 80,000 streams on Spotify alone making it one of the most-streamed songs from Kenya in Spotify.

Richy Haniel has one of the biggest YouTube channels across Africa that pushes most genres the continent has to offer. He is an artiste, record producer and DJ. Photo credit: Instagram/richy_haniel
Richy Haniel has one of the biggest YouTube channels across Africa that pushes most genres the continent has to offer. He is an artiste, record producer and DJ. Photo credit: Instagram/richy_haniel

As it stands now, Richy Haniel commands a huge following on social media with huge numbers across all platforms collectively.

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His personal channel has amassed over 80 million streams alone and it’s among the top 10 most visited channels in Kenya today.

He also has thousands of followers on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook who loves to see him do what he does best and that’s entertaining to the best of his ability since he is not just an artiste but also a bonafide DJ.