Rich Money was born on October 5,1971 in the Bronx at the old Lincoln Hospital.
Rich Money was into music since he was 2 years old. His uncle Reginald Cooper was the one who Introduced him to the rap game.At the age of 14,he became teamed up with a friend name Troy Hill aka Castor Troy.Rich Money aka Shakim was his stage name at the time and Troy did a talent show at the Savoy Manor on 149th street in the Bronx. They came in first place but was cheated out of the deal and the winnings. This caused great disappointment to both partners, which eventually led to Troy leaving the group. So Rich Money then decided to go on as a solo artist. At this time, Rich Money did a demo and sent it to various record labels. He then got a reply from Robert Hill CEO of Zakia and Profile Records whom at the time had Eric B & Rakim as well as King Sun on his label. Robert Hill liked his style and asked him to come in to sign a contract. At that time Rich Money started doing track with producer name DJ Kev-ski who had connections and was good friends with hiphop Legend Doug E. Fresh.So this was a chance for Rich Money to move on and make his mark.Rich Money aka Shakim at the time and DJ Kev-ski did two singles for Robert Hill/ Zakia and Profile titled He's So Fine & I'm Stickin it.The label agreed both singles was hits. Rich Money then did a music video at a club called The World in Brooklyn, New York for the single I'm Stickin it.Rich Money was with Robert Hill for three years but still wasn’t put out to perform and the singles was never released.So Rich Money later decided he wanted a release from the label which at first Robert Hill did not want to give him. In the end, he finally gave in and let Rich Money go. Rich Money moved on and met Bea Montgomery who offered him a deal to join her management called Up in Coming Stars and the opportunity to perform at the club Sweet water’s that was located on Amsterdam Avenue at the time . Now Rich Money had a chance to show his talent. As soon as he got on stage the crowd applauded, As he spoke his lyrics the crowd went wild and rocked along with him. When he got to the chorus the crowd chanted with him. He then went on to do a cable TV show on channel 23 while still performing at Sweet water‘s. The people loved this rapper who they considered to be a talented young man from the Bronx. He was gifted with the mentality to do music. Rich Money was seen as not just an entertainer but a crowd pleaser and lyrical scientist. Bea Montgomery saw and respected his talent and let him move on with his hopes of attaining a greater success. As time went by, Rich Money met Derrick Williams from Too Hot Records.. Derrick heard that Rich Money had talent and wanted to hear his lyrics.As he begin to flow Before he could finish displaying his skills, Derrick stopped him quickly and wanted to sign Rich Money to his label. Rich Money agreed and things started looking better. Rich Money then had a contract with a independent label called Too Hot Records. Rich Money did tracks with Robert Swinger who was Chubb Rock’s Producer at the time along with Jay Michaels Baby Face cousin All the songs that was recorded by Rich Money the Label agreed were hits. But once again, things went wrong and the label turned out to be a bad deal. Once again, Rich Money had to move on, as time went by Rich Money then got A call from a child hood friend Derrick Gatling whom inform him he was starting a Record Label called Spice Drop Records with a pioneer rapper name Charlie D from the the group Rock master Rock master Scott & The Dynamic 3 whom made the songs “REQUEST LINE & THE ROOF IS ON FIRE” and they wanted Rich Money to join they Record Label as a artist,Rich Money agreed and now had another chance to show his talent,he was ask to write a remix for the song THE ROOF IS ON FIRE for Charlie D when Rich Money finish the remix for the song it was a master piece and everyone on Spice Drop Records agreed things was starting to look us again for Rich Money then came the time for the label to release the first Charlie felt sense he was a pioneer and known for his music he should be the one to be released first off the labe Derrick Gatling disagreed and thing got complicated the situation never got resolve and the label wined up being unsuccessful,Rich Money still keep his strive and later on was inform about a manager looking for up incoming artist that lived in Bronxdale Projects where Rich Money was from he then met Jeff Osborn whom heard his song and liked his material,he informed Rich Money that he was
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