Kai Richie is an artist born and raised in East London of St Lucian/Jamaican descent.

Often rapping over UK hip hop, rap and drill beats he likes to experiment and venture into different scenes that infuse new wave, experimental, garage, house and plugg music. As a product of his surroundings, he comes from a family of musicians; with his dad (cassellthebeatmaker) producing for the likes of Akala and Plan B and his older cousin (808melo) being a pioneer of New York drill, working with names such as Popsmoke, 50 Cent, Travis Scott, Fivio Foreign and many more. Due to his cultural upbringing, growing up Kai Richie was immersed in different genres of music including reggae, lovers rock, garage and house music being played at home by family members.As he has grown and created his own sound, he has become heavily influenced by the likes of Kanye West, Skepta, Popsmoke Rae Sremmurd and Travis Scott.Even though he is at an early stage in his career, Kai Richie has attracted attention from other upcoming artists and producers. He has recorded music that has been produced by 808melo and features from Grimsickers and Liam Bailey.   He has also been working with creative director William Baker who is widely known to have worked with the likes of Rihanna, Kylie Monogue, The Killers and Outkast. 

 At an exciting time in his career, he is expecting to continuously release new music and be involved in collaborations, projects and live shows throughout the year. 

 Watch this space.