Johnny Richter

Johnny Richter
Background information
Birth name	Timothy McNutt
Born	(1977-06-18) June 18, 1977 (age 48)
Origin	Placentia, California
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation	Emcee
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Suburban Noize Records Kingmaker Music (2017–2019)
Member of	King Klick
Formerly of	Kottonmouth Kings, Kingspade, Subnoize Souljaz

Timothy McNutt (born June 18, 1977), better known by his stage name Johnny Richter, is a rapper ^[1] from Placentia, California. He was a member of the group Kottonmouth Kings from 1996 to 2013, and again from 2018 to 2020.

Background

Kottonmouth Kings Era (1996 – 2013)

Johnny Richter was originally a member of Kottonmouth Kings, but was left off their debut album Royal Highness, because "he was serving time for marijuana possession", which Richter later said was untrue. ^[2] Richter joined the group "officially" in 2000 after Saint Dog left the group.

Johnny Richter is also a member of the groups Kingspade, Subnoize Souljaz & King Klick.

Johnny Richter released his 1st solo album titled Laughing on July 6, 2010. ^[3]

Independent/Solo Career (2013 – 2016)

In mid October 2013 via Facebook, Johnny Richter announced that he was leaving Kottonmouth Kings ^[4]

In early December 2013 Johnny Richter announced that he was releasing a new solo album titled, FreeKing Out EP. The EP was released on December 17, 2013.

In mid 2015 Johnny Richter announced that he would be releasing a new album hopefully in late 2015. In December 2015 it was announced that the album would be released on July 29, 2016. In early 2016 the track list for the album was released, and so was the name, the album is titled: School's Out (Still Laughing).

Reunion with D-Loc and Saint Dog (2017-2020)

On December 2, 2017, via Instagram, a picture was uploaded showing D-Loc and Johnny Richter reunited and possibly hinting at something happening with the group, as well as a Kingspade Instagram account launching. On March 1, 2018, a music video was released by Kingspade. The song was titled "Who We". In the video it was announced that the Kottonmouth Kings would be releasing a new full-length album titled Kingdom Come on April 20, 2018. Richter only ended up on 6 out of the 16 album tracks and was credited as a featured guest.

King Klick (2021-present)

With Saint's passing on October 13, 2020, and D-Loc touring with a live band, Richter formed a new group with Chucky Chuck and Obnoxious called King Klick. Their debut single "We Want It All" was released on April 30, 2021. A 2nd single "Sub Noize O.G.'s" was released on September 16, 2021. The self-titled debut album was released on October 1st, 2021.

Discography

Album title	Release date	Label
Laughing [5]	July 6, 2010	Suburban Noize Records
FreeKING Out	December 17, 2013	Suburban Noize Records
School's Out (Still Laughing) [6]	July 29, 2016	Suburban Noize Records

Music video appearances

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2021	"Who’s Next" [7]	Eitan Melody (EITANS DESIGNS) [8]	with King Klick [9]
2014	"FreeKING Out" [10]	WWW.YADAMEDIA.NET [11]

References

1. "Johnny Richter: Life After Kottonmouth Kings". OCWeekly. 7 May 2015.
2. "Johnny Richter Speaks! The CelebStoner Interview". CelebStoner.
3. Richter, Johnny. "Kottonmouth Kings present Johnny Richter: Laughing". Amazon.
4. Richter, Johnny. "Johnny Richter Quits Kottonmouth Kings".
5. "Kottonmouth Kings Present Johnny Richter: Laughing by Johnny Richter on Apple Music". iTunes. 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
6. "School's Out (Still Laughing) by Johnny Richter on Apple Music". iTunes. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
7. "King Klick - Who's Next (Lyric Video)". YouTube. Suburban Noize / SRH.
8. "Lyric Videos". EITANS DESIGNS. EITANS DESIGNS.
9. "Suburban Noize Records". Suburban Noize Records. Suburban Noize Records.
10. "Johnny Richter - FreeKING Out (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Suburban Noize / SRH.
11. "YADAMEDIA". YADAMEDIA. YADAMEDIA.