<p dir="ltr">A year ago, Brian &#8220;Rich Chigga&#8221; Imanuel was just another kid in Jakarta, Indonesia, a city of 30 million people. His &#8220;Dat $tick&#8221; music video now has over 30 million views. Indeed, Chigga has emerged in 2016 as a global internet sensation, a fanny pack-wearing, pink polo-rocking savage, and the face of Asian hip-hop. <a href="/profile/ToryLanez" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Tory Lanez</a>, <a href="/profile/GhostfaceKillah" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Ghostface Killah</a>, and Cam&#8217;ron are fans of his remorseless baritone delivery and barbaric wit. You should be too.</p>
<p dir="ltr">HNHH had the opportunity to ask the 17-year-old a few quick-hitters. Read the abridged interview below.</p>
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<p><strong>You recently performed for the first time. How was it? How did it compare to your expectations?</strong></p>
<p>It was amazing, can&#8217;t wait to do more performance so I can get better though.</p>
<p><strong>Is rap popular in Jakarta? What do your friends and family think of your fledgling rap career?</strong></p>
<p>No it isn&#8217;t. It&#8217;s still a very underground thing but recently it&#8217;s definitely been growing, my friends and my family haven&#8217;t gave me anything but support, they&#8217;re dope.</p>
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<p><strong>How do you think your approach to rap differs from someone who grew up in the United States?</strong></p>
<p>That&#8217;s the thing, I don&#8217;t know. My perspective of rap is just what I&#8217;ve seen from the skewed lens of the Internet. I was 12 when I was introduced to it and I just thought it was this cool thing, it&#8217;s explicit, edgy, it&#8217;s a fresh air from all of the soft mainstream pop stuff I was being played over here.</p>
<p><strong>Are you still in school? If so, what are your plans for when you finish school?</strong></p>
<p>No, I&#8217;m home-schooled and when I say that I mean I don&#8217;t do anything and I&#8217;m dumb as hell academically, but if I were to go to college, I&#8217;d take film school. </p>
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<p><strong>Who are your favorite rappers right now?</strong></p>
<p>In all seriousness I love Orlando Brown, he&#8217;s so slept on it&#8217;s ridiculous.</p>
<p><strong>You posted <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEgAalGlgNA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">an illuminating tutorial on how to microwave bread </a>a while back. Do you have any other video tutorials planned?</strong></p>
<p>Yes, I like to learn new things and if I do learn something new I will share it.</p>
<p><strong>Do you have any plans to drop a full-length project? What do you think is the next step you&#8217;ll take in your music career?</strong></p>
<p>For sure, I would love to drop a tape soon. I can&#8217;t say much about it, though but I&#8217;ve been working on a lot.</p>
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