Crisis (39)

American rapper and record producer from Utica, New York (born on September 2, 1994). Richard "Crisis" Hendricks gathered nationwide attention with his viral singles, "Super Wave", "Inspiration" and "Up Next". He also released "The Fix", "Crisis" and "The Outcome" throughout 2014-15. As a newborn, Hendricks was the third youngest of 10 children, and the third of 10 half-siblings. Richard "Crisis" Hendricks is the son of Richard A Hendricks Sr. from Kingston, Jamaica and Annette McBride from Bridgeport, Connecticut. At thirteen years of age, he was kicked out of middle school for his poor attendance and sent out to an alternative learning school. In 2008, He developed the alias Crisis from a family member. In summer 2010, Richard Hendricks was apart of a local music group named Dub Club producing 50% of the group music. He developed the alias Crisis On The Beat when he started receiving local recognition for his involvement in Dub Club's compilation series. In 2011 Richard took a short break from producing music and decided to develop his rapping skills to become a rapper. In 2012, Richard began uploading videos of instrumentals created in his bedroom on YouTube, including covers of contemporary hit songs along with occasional originals, for which he accomplished himself on FL Studio. Later on, he released his first single, "Chasing A Dream". However, after a short period of using his stage name, he decided to change his name back to Crisis. After writing his first song at age 6 and teaching himself to create instrumentals at 14, Crisis dedicated his childhood years to making music. Despite realizing early on that he wanted to be a musician, he never saw himself as a performer and just wanted to make music, developing a stage fright. On May 17, 2017, it was announced that Crisis was signed to Ruby Recordings.