In 2021, word got out that Rocco Ritchie was selling his art, but under a different name.
It should come as no surprise, but his mother is proud of all he’s accomplished so far.
“You have taken the road less traveled by and that will make all the difference!”
Madonna wrote onInstagramin 2023.
“Nothing gives me more Joy than to watch you grow as an artist!”
Rocco Ritchie’s transformation from troubled teen to art world elect was years in the making.
Here’s just a few of the major milestones.
Madonna suffered a detached placenta, a serious and life-threatening condition for mother and child alike.
Madonna’s then-publicist, Liz Rosenberg, further affirmed that Madonna and baby were doing well.
“She is safe, as is little Rocco.
Guy and Lourdes are by her side,” Rosenberg said in a statement, perBBC News.
But the young Ritchie was featured in more than the occasional photo.
Ritchie made brief cameos in both parents' work early on, immediately catching the eye of the camera.
“Voguing” clearly ran in the family.
He wasn’t afraid to ham it up a little, either.
Needless to say, he may have pulled off being the show stopper.
“We don’t get any handouts in my family,” she stated.
“My mom is such a control freak, and she has controlled me my whole life.”
“She’s very strict,” he admitted, “but in a good way.”
Unfortunately, the peace didn’t last.
Tensions rose again between Madonna and Guy around 2015.
The case fully came to a close out of court in June 2016.
Madonna traveled to Londonto visit Rocco to convince her son to return to New York City with her.
Ritchie was taken to a north London police station after being arrested.
His case was moved to the Youth Offending Team of Camden borough after being bailed.
The star has had no further infractions since.
Ritchie eventually moved on to the prestigious Royal Drawing School in the London borough of Shoreditch.
Over this period, Ritchie began to develop his artistic sensibilities.
Ritchie admitted a fondness for the street artist Banksy, but his approach was anything but guerilla.
Ritchie put craft and discipline above all else in his painting, and that approach began to pay off.
Rhed’s art sold for impressive prices, with some totaling in the five-figure range.
The artist additionally touted purveyors such as Madonna and Guy Ritchie, both spotted at his early art openings.
In 2021,Page Sixgot the scoop that Rocco had been selling paintings under the name Rhed for years.
Opinions swirled on whether Rocco was yet another example of a “nepo baby.”
But, as theTatlernoted, Rhed’s paintings were on the whole “bold and brave.”
“I have a tremendous amount of respect for those who design and create clothes,” he said.
Working with two friends, Ritchie launched the gallery in 2022.
His work was also featured during Frieze London, a renowned contemporary art fair in Regent’s Park.
From skater kid to art icon, Ritchie has already pulled off the kind of evolution worthy of Madge.
