Boss Zonke - Riky Rick Joins The Voice South Africa As Coach!

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Multi-talented rapper and record producer Riky Rick is ready to bring some SWAG to The Voice South Africa Season 3 as one of the show’s four expert coaches. 

 "If the talent at the Blind Auditions know what’s good for them, they’ll pick ME as their coach! I will make sure their voices are heard!" - Riky Rick

Just when we were still digesting the news that award winning media personality and radio host Anele Mdoda will be the new host of The Voice South Africa, another winning artist is announced as the new couch, and he is Riky Rick. 

With his 2014 single, Boss Zonke, that became one of the biggest hits of the year and soon after that releasing his platinum-selling debut album, Family Values, which won an MTV Award among many other accolades. Then followed his fashion-and-sapper-inspired 2016 anthem Sidlukotini, the Best Hit Single of 2017, Riky Rick is no doubt a perfect musician to be the coach of The Voice South Africa.

Even head of publicity at M-Net agrees that it makes sense to have Riky Rick as part of the team. Expressing her excitement and in full support of casting directors of the show, Lani Lombard said “This flashy trendsetter knows first-hand how hard it can be to make it big in the music industry, and he is keen to share his know-how with the talent on The Voice. We’re super excited to see him in action on the show’s iconic red chairs."

Also, with social media playing a big role of what people chooses to watch and having so much influence, Riky Rick is a perfect person to add more viewership as  he has millions of social media followers. Even the person Lani agrees!; “With his millions of social media followers, unique blend of music styles, offbeat view of the world and wacky sense of fashion, Riky is the centre of attention wherever he goes" said M-Net’s Head of Publicity.

Quick facts and Additional Information.  

• Riky Rick was born as Rikado Makhado in KwaMashu, a township north of Durban, Riky made his way to Johannesburg to pursue a career in film but ended up teaching himself how to produce music as part of a school project. While he may now be a fashionista deluxe, with an impressive list of music success stories – he struggled to build up a following... until he started fusing South African hip hop with kwaito!
• His following has passed 1.1 million on Instagram, 915 700 on Twitter and more than a million on Facebook.
• The coaches who will be competing with Riky to hone the skills of The Voice South Africa’s phenomenal singers and go on to produce the winner of the season, will be announced later this week. 
• The Voice SA fans who would like to attend the pre-recorded Blind Auditions taking place on 21 and 22 November and 26 and 27 November can secure their seats at mnet.tv/thevoice. Entrance is free, but booking is essential.
• You can also join The Voice SA conversation, using #TheVoiceSA, and follow The Voice SA on Facebook or @voicesa on Twitter or Instagram.