Rich The Kid fans on social media saw the cryptic post, “RIP” on his Instagram page and began to speculate on everything from he must have died, or committed suicide to it must be Rich is changing his name. The truth is Rich The Kid’s account was hacked by a skilled and very expensive hacker.
After all the speculations flew on social media the alleged culprit decided to reveal himself. An upcoming rapper named Yung Navz has been credited for the hacking after posting on his and Rich The Kid’s Instagram page, “I need $750K for his page back.” He then showed the proverbial ‘proof of life’ by a video post of himself logged in on Rich The Kid’s IG page. As this article was being written it appears that Rich’s Twitter page is also being held hostage. We’re not sure if the social media companies and /or the officials can take action against the alleged hacker but we’ll keep you posted on this story.