After a homemade hip-hop video went viral in 2016, Brian Imanuel landed a record deal and toured the world. Now he has his own music biopic, 'Jamojaya,' bowing at Sundance. By Patrick Brzeski Asia ...

Director Justin Chon and lead actor Brian “Rich Brian” Imaneul came by the L.A. Times Studio @ Sundance Film Festival presented by Chase Sapphire to answer the most very important questions for you, ...

For someone who only got into hip-hop in 2012, Rich Brian has been through a whirlwind of a career. Beginning with his controversial viral hit "Dat $tick" in 2016, he ...

Rich Chigga has to be either the dumbest name in the history of rap music or the smartest. In the attention economy that currently runs the internet, it’s an eye-catcher. That’s absolutely what you ...

Lots of kids make videos of themselves as rappers, mugging for the camera and acting like gangsters by holding prop guns and stacks of cash. Brian Imanuel of Jakarta, Indonesia, did the same, but with ...

Rapper Rich Brian, aka Brian Imanuel, has big acting ambitions after making his feature debut at Sundance 2023. He leads Jamojaya, a film from award-winning Blue Bayou director Justin Chon and writer ...

With the new year comes a fresh new start. For Brian Imanuel, formerly known as Rich Chigga, that meant dropping his old moniker -- which many had criticized to be racist -- and adopting a new stage ...

Brian Imanuel's debut project, Amen, is finally here. Released Friday under the moniker Rich Brian (formerly Rich Chigga), Amen spans 14-tracks and contains contributions from Offset, AUGUST 08, and ...

At a time when artists are rewarded most by social media savvy and internet virality, there are fewer barriers than ever to mainstream music success. Indonesian rapper Rich Brian (real name Brian ...

Two teenagers nervously awaiting a drug dealer in Jakarta's upscale suburbs. A trigger-warning worthy black comedy skit of a distressed newlywed contemplating murder/suicide. A tutorial on how to ...

When 17-year-old Indonesian native Brian Imanuel started writing songs in 2014, three years after posting comedy videos to YouTube and Twitter at the age of 13, he wasn’t expecting much to come of it.

In a smoky room atop Park’s BBQ in Koreatown, a half-dozen of the fastest-rising rap artists and industry moguls in the world grill slices of steak, tear through mounds of kimchi and plot their next ...