Ripparachie A.K.A Rip is an inspired African-American who fell in love with music at a young age. He was raised around music, living at home with a studio in the basement. His father was a local producer at a time and gave him a few tips as he got older but Ripparachie took it in his own hands. Rip had learned how to record and make beats by himself. At 15, his group, "RubbaBand Klick", opened up for Too $hort. This opened up his eyes even wider towards the music "game". When he turned 16 he joined "Gutta Squad" and they mainly freestyled. "Rip" dropped a solo mixtape called Midwest Takeover at the age of 16. Sfter he did that he basically lost hope even though the fans loved it. He was tired of dropping mixtapes and not getting anywhere. He kept making beats and writing, just not recording. At the age of 17 he got a phone call from one of his close friends from jail telling him to get on his mission and stop lacking. Ever since that call he has been dropping track after track. Now he's back and more hungry then ever. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.