Oh, you haven’t heard? Lil Wayne is apparently back and rejuvenated. His latest venture is Trust Fund Babies, a collaborative mixtape with Lil Wayne and of course, given Rich’s combination of dumb luck and business savvy, it arrives amid a so-called Wayne renaissance. I suppose Rich deserves credit for his ability to spot talent, but he’s been able to survive in rap through sheer persistence and networking. Again and again, Rich would be in proximity to rappers who were much more interesting than he was at the ideal moment: Kodak Black and Playboi Carti right before they became household names Famous Dex and Jay Critch around the time of the overlooked group mixtape Rich Forever 3 YoungBoy Never Broke Again when Rich somehow convinced YB to do a joint mixtape. ![]() ![]() Through all this, Rich tagged along, becoming their unofficial fourth member through two collaborative mixtapes, which weren’t that good-but the timing was perfect. By the following year, the Atlanta trio would be the first signees of Quality Control, have a hit single (“Versace”)-which grew so big that Drake hopped on the remix-and they’d drop one of the most definitive Southern rap mixtapes of the 2010s ( Y.R.N.). ![]() Back in 2012, he was introduced to Migos in a club, and they hit it off. Rich the Kid is always in the right place at the right time.
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