Rhymastic

About

Vietnamese rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer, known his rap battles and skillful word play, primarily in the 2010's. His YouTube channel, Rhymastic, has over 650,000 subscribers. He was a prominent member of the rap collective, Space Speakers.

Before Fame

He learned to play the piano in elementary school and immediately fell in love with music. When he was in middle school, his older brother took him to a hip hop club in Hanoi which spurred him to research rappers through channels like MTV. In 2006, he took the nickname Young Crizzal, and started performing hip hop in the GVR rap community. In 2009, after winning a rap battle he changed his stage name to Rhymastic. After graduating from Hanoi University of Architecture, in 2011, the rap collective SpaceSpeakers was formed and he became one of the group's first faces.

Trivia

In the year 2017, he released the hit "Love 5" which became popular on YouTube. He was invited to be a judge on the television show Rap Viet and in 2024, he appeared in the first season of the reality music show Anh trai vu ngan cong gai (Vu Ngan's older brother is very stubborn).

Family Life

He was born Vu Duc Thien to working class parents in Hanoi, Vietnam. In 2019, he married Lai Thanh Huyen and a year later they had their first child, Vu Uy Vu, nicknamed Ma Bu.

Associated With

 His two biggest rap inspirations at the start of his career were Tupac Shakur and Eminem.