Nouveau Riche

Nouveau Riche is a Philadelphia based music group led by Dice Raw, who is associated with the rap group The Roots and Nikki Jean, known for her contributions on Lupe Fiasco's chart-topping album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool An EP was released in 2008, called the Nouveau Riche Longtail EP, downloadable for free on the group's official Myspace page, and has managed to obtain considerable success all over the Internet. The band was also nominated for the 2007 Okayplayer Music Awards in the Rookie of the Year Category but lost to Gym Class Heroes. After releasing a 2nd EP for free through their Myspace page in 2008 which was titled "Free Money EP", the band announced that they'd break up and that "Nouveau Rich is no more".