Riky Rick: Legends Barbershop Relaunches in Honour of the Late ‘Boss Zonke’ Hitmaker’s 35th Birthday

Riky Rick: Legends Barbershop Relaunches in Honour of the Late ‘Boss Zonke’ Hitmaker’s 35th Birthday

  • Riky Rick's employees from his popular barbershop Legends have decided to relaunch the shop in honour of the late rapper's heavenly 35th birthday
  • The employees even ran a promotion giving a free haircut to the first 35 people who visited the shop today, 20 July 2022, in exchange for a blanket for charity
  • Riky Rick passed away in February this year after a long battle with depression, leaving behind his wife Bianca Naidoo and two children

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Riky Rick may be gone, but his legacy lives on. The star passed away earlier this year following a long battle with depression. To celebrate the Boss Zonke hitmaker's first heavenly birthday, his staff and business partner relaunched his barbershop.

Riky Rick's heavenly birthday
Riky Rick was celebrated on his first heavenly birthday. Image: Getty Images
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The staff also ran a promotion that also saw the less privileged getting blankets to keep them warm in this cold. Riky Rick's business partner said they saw it fit to give back to the community because Riky Rick was a giver at heart.

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Speaking to The South African, Legends barbershop founder and Riky Rick's business partner Sheldon Tatchell said they couldn't find any day more suitable to celebrate the late rapper than his birthday. He said:

“We could not think of a more auspicious day to relaunch the store than on my brother, business partner and franchise owner, Riky Rick’s 35th birthday."

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Tatchell also added that he was grateful for the immense support they have been getting from the general public and Riky Rick's industry colleagues.

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Freddy and Sonti Lurayi detailed how they found Busi's lifeless body during the actress' funeral on Wednesday.

Sonti said she had a strong urge to drive over to Busi's house to check up on her when she didn't pick up her phone - which was unusual. According to TimesLIVE, Busi's aunt drove to her place and hooted "like a taxi driver" at the gate, but she did not answer.

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.

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