He has been referred to as South Africa’s Sam Smith, Bokamoso Kgomotso better known by his stage name Ricky Tyler has in May 29 released his 2nd single of ‘Small World’ album titled ‘Everything’. The song is a modern day take on classic R&B recorded in a church setting as Ricky serenades the girl next door, definitely a must listen!
“My second single titled ‘Everything’ is a gospel trappy vibe with a 90’s R&B feel. The song is about a girl I’m trying to win over. I’m pretty much saying I’ll give her all of me in exchange for her and for her not to doubt me or compare me to every other guy she has been,” Ricky said.
His much-anticipated debut Album ‘Small World’ is meant to drop next month, and is promising to be nothing but fire.
“I’ve also got some amazing visuals that I’ll be shooting for some of the songs on the album,” he said.
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“A lot of my friends were artists and producers who were pushing that hustle at the time, but I wasn’t looking to pursue music back then. I was actually trying to pursue an acting career at first but I would always sit in their studio sessions and I would study the way everything came together. I fell in love with the creative process and started to write some lyrics of my own but was very low-key about it,” he said.
“I started downloading internet beats and laid some ideas on them and released those on my SoundCloud.
“Slowly people started gravitating towards the content I was putting out and that gave me the confidence I needed to keep going. My older brother was into film so he would use me to create show-reels of his own. We used those same videos for my YouTube page and slowly started to build an audience with the music videos we were dropping. So, I used the internet a whole lot to build hype and that’s how I got my career started,” he added.
Let’s go through how Ricky’s music career unfolded.
- He was selected to participate at the International Arts Convention “Applause Rising Talent Showcase” which took place in the United State and granted him an opportunity to be selected for the PLITZ New York Fashion Week in September 2013 to model exclusive clothing range.
- He dropped his debut single SWERVE in 2016. Swerve was an epic R&B trap record that was guaranteed to make any girl swoon.
- Ricky Tyler dropped his first single in 2017 titled A.M and followed up with Ecstasy, which features two beautiful & talented singers namely Cape Town’s Rowlene & Mozambican artist Shellsy Baronet.
- Starting of 2018 Ricky Tyler hit the ground running with his latest single Déjà vu, a heartfelt pop song reminiscing about loved ones that have left us too soon. He wrapped up 2018 with a guest feature on Yung Swiss’s Bottom Baby 2.
- Ricky spent the better part of 2019 working on his debut album and working with luxury brands.
- Ricky closed 2019 off with a collaborative record with DJ Speedsta titled ‘Understand’ which featured Yung Swiss for Speedsta’s latest project Palm Trees & Pretty Girls.
- Early 2020 Ricky signed to Universal Music Group and released the 1st single and video of his upcoming project Thirty K’s. Since its release the song has earned close to a 100k streams across all major platforms.
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