Throughout the fall of 2013, Out For A Rip, the bonus track from Shark Tank’s Fun Youngs album, started to make some minor waves on the internet. The song described small town Canadian life through the eyes of a provincial hoser character. B Rich made a video for it, and the video went through the roof. Over five million people viewed it on youtube, and Canadian media giants like CBC, TSN and Huffington Post Canada all gave it props.
The single / album went on to be certified gold in Canada. It was the first (and so far, the last) time I had ever made any real money off music. (Ironically, I got paid off a song to which I contributed nothing) After years of financial struggle, (and right after a money crushing tour) this felt like a gift from above. Being that this was really a B Rich solo track, B used the momentum to launch a solo career.