Amapiano Forefront Uncle Vinny On His Big Break And Relationship With Riky Rick. With all the glam and shine comes so many obstacles one faces in the industry, especially when you beam at such a young age. Vinny shares the same sentiment and describes the journey as a rough one.
“When I was in grade 4, I went to a theatre in H-town, that time I went because I was curious and so eager to be on television. So, I started with dance, then drama, I took on drama for longer, in grade 6 I was behind the scenes for a movie. To be honest, the interest for this industry kept growing and I just wanted to do more all the time,” Uncle Vinny said.
Uncle Vinny is no new to the entertainment scene, he actually started at a young age. “I would say when I started presenting on Hillbrow radio, this was in 2016/2017 when I started High school at the National School of Arts (NSA). Once you start at NSA, you need to figure out what you want because my fellow students were already on television so it made no sense that I wasn’t doing anything. I loved radio so I thought it would be a good idea to do a teen show. One day, I popped up at Hillbrow Radio and told them what I want to do and they said they needed guest presenters and I went and after guest presenting, they asked me to stay. I hosted a teen show for the station,” he added.
His name frequents on the line up of reputable shows, Cotton Fest, Ivyson Tour, SA Hip Hop awards, and his self-established Rodeo. This is all while pursuing his relationship with PUMA, which gave him his first international feature in the Future Rider campaign.
The star was discovered by Riky Rick who then asked him to MC at his biggest event. “I met Ricky at a sneaker exchange event, I got an interview with him and I then met him later in the year asking for his email address, if you don’t know Ricky you would think he is rude, he just took my phone and typed his email address and kept quiet. We then started talking on a regular and I really looked up to him because he cares about the youngins and not like the other old douchebags who don’t care. He then asked me to MC at CottonFest,” he explained.
