Fresh face and passionate, Tallahassee native, Richard Streater, also known as a Richmusicz was eager to step into Goldie Sounds Studio and get started on some new music. At the tender age of 17, RichMusicz has enjoy rapid success performing at shows in Tallahassee and Atlanta. His sound cloud features 14 tracks that will have you turning up the volume and singing along. His new single “Benz” is dropping September 19, and his music video is going to be out for everyone's viewing pleasure September 30. After only a year of being in the game, RichMusicz is ready to further his success. He sat down with Journey Magazine to discuss his new single and music video coming out.
Melissa Poux-Williams: Let’s get started. So, how are you?! Are you excited to be featured in Journey Magazine?! That’s epic for you career, you know what I mean?!
Rich: I’m good. Yea, I’m excited to do this.
M: So you know I have to ask you, when did you get started in rapping? What inspired you to be a rapper?
R: Uh, I wouldn’t say I am a rapper. I do like-I am an artist. I do both. What really made me start off doing music was the song called nothing. Which is on my sound cloud.
M: I seen that (laughs)
R: (laughs) That’s really crazy. The song got over 1,000 plays and people were like you can sing!! So it really started off my career.
M: So you classified yourself as an artist, not a rapper. You do a little bit of everything.
R: Yes, an artist, but I’m more on the R&B side.
M: Okay that’s cool. So your new single Benz is coming out. Can you tell us more about that?
R: Benz is the number 1 fun song coming out in Tally. We just did a video with 618 Films. He did a couple things with Maybach Music.
M: Oh yea I know him. I know exactly who you’re talking about. That’s great!
R: Yea, we are going to drop the video in two weeks and I just did something with, uh 90.5.
M: Yea I heard that.
R: Yea, I did a lot of things with them. So we just really moving on that single Benz. So yea it will on Spotify and iTunes.
M: When is that looking to drop?
R: Probably, next Friday, real soon.
M: Oh okay. Alright, along with the single will there be any visuals? Any music videos coming to accompany it?
R: Yea the video should be dropping right after the iTunes released on Spotify and Google Play. So we’ll be doing that.
M: Okay, that’s really good! That’s great! OK, I have another question for you. What is a week in RichMusicz look like? Like a day in the life of RichMusicz, what is yours to do list? From the morning to the night what gets your creative flow going?
R: Um, really, my day in RichMusicz world is basically waking up in the morning praying, then go to school- I’m still in high school. I’m 17 youngin’ doing this. It’s kind of crazy because my life is different. At my age, no one has really been on the radio or traveled. I’ve done shows in Atlanta and Bainbridge Georgia. That life is just crazy. Also in Rich’s world; things I like to do is just like to listen to my producer, Freeky Neek or Camp Honesty Productions. I like being around different producers and just talk. That’s really it. So its school and studio (laughs)
M: School and the studio, all day long, right?!
R: Right, all day along
M: Okay. Your manager did tell me you gained success quickly, in a year. How was performing in Georgia, in Atlanta? Was the crowd really responsive to you?
R: It was crazy cause um, my first Atlanta trip show was basically about 500, 600 people in the building. It was a sold out show. I started off singing. Which threw everybody off because it was mostly rappers there. So when I first started singing and doing my thing, they were like “Oh wow this kid is good he can sing!” Then I played Benz out there and they loved the song.
M: Swerve, Swerve (laughs) I heard it. I was listening to it. I was bumping it. Its good. I enjoyed it. I really did enjoy it. I was also scoping out on your Instagram that you have RichMusicz T-Shirts. Is there a link or somewhere people can purchase your T-shirts?
R: Yes, you can get it at PayPal.com/RichMusicz. You can get it like that. Talking about the Rich T-shirts, October is breast cancer awareness month, we are coming out with a pink limited edition Rich T-shirt. We are also going to give back to the community with the proceeds and give some to breast cancer charities.
M: Wow, that’s great. That’s really great. I need to go purchase a shirt! For everyone that wants to follow you and find out more about you; can you tell us what your social media handles are?
R: Uh. Instagram @RichMusicz, YouTube: RichMusicz
M: Everything’s RichMusicz. Nice and Simple
R: Yea (laughs) You can also google search me, I’m like one of the first things to pop up.
M: You have really good music and you I can see on your sound cloud that you have a good playlist of songs. Not just 3 or 4. You’ve been working.
R: I actually released one project. It was actually my first run trial project called “Things I didn’t know before”. How I got that name was because it was just somethings in music I just didn’t know before.
M: That was your EP right?
R: yea, yea that was the EP.
M: I saw the EP and thought he’s legit! (laughs) I’m really happy to see someone so young, passionate and successful doing their thing.
