Richarh L.Tyson “AKA” Daddy Rich is an underground GangstaRapper from Marion, Indiana. In1999 he was arrested for 6 counts of dealing cocaine. After posting a$100,000 bond he was released. After his release he recorded "Out onBail" which became a local hood classic. Daddy Rich turned himselfin August 22nd, 2000 to begin serving a 6 year sentence in the IndianaDepartment of Correction.
His album sold while he wasincarcerated. In late 2002, due to time cuts and "good behavior" hewas released. In order to help fund his dreams of becoming a rap starDaddy Rich became a licensed Realtor and continued to sell cocaine.
In late 2003, Daddy Richcaught felony criminal confinement, battery, and intimidation charges for holdingthe local task force's confidential informant captive. He was caught inthe act and arrested.
After posting another $100,000bond in April of 2004, Daddy Rich went straight to work recording newmaterials and negotiated a distribution deal with P.G.E out of West Palm BeachFlorida to handle the distribution of his music in the U.S., Canada, andJapan. In early 2005 Daddy Rich released Daddy Rich vols. l and 2statewide while awaiting the release of his untitled nationwide debut in Octoberof 2005.
Sadly Daddy Rich never saw the nationwiderelease of his album because on August 18th 2005 he was set up by the drug taskforce. He was arrested and held without bail. An unfortunate turnof events led to Daddy Rich being compelled to represent himself attrial. Daddy Rich was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to deliverand was sentenced to 30 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections. Daddy Rich was never charged with or tried for "Possession," he wascharged and tried for selling cocaine. It is still a mystery how DaddyRich, known to the government a Richarh L. Tyson was convicted of a crimehe was never charged with. His wife has hired yet another attorney and heis still fighting his conviction and hopes to be released soon. DaddyRich currently resides in the Correctional Industrial Facility in Pendleton,Indiana.
Unable to perform lyrically, Daddy Rich has turnedto writing his own brand of Urban Fiction called “Gangsta-lit” in 2008. “This is Urban Fiction in it’s rawestform.” Daddy Rich is determined to makean impact on the Urban Fiction world with his debut release, Mack’s Revenge andShh…BEWARE OF THE SNITCH KILLER to follow. Daddy Rich is also the President andCEO of Urban Image Magazine which was created in 2010 for people of all walksof Urban life. He is a proud husband and a father of 8.
<p><em style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean.</em><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.</span></p>