Ridhwan Azman

Ridhwan Azman (born: ) also known as Ren Yi Xiang (formerly Ridhwannabe), is a Singaporean YouTuber who is known for acting with JianHao Tan. He is also friends with GLU..
==Early Life==
Ridhwan was born on April 9, 1993. His parents divorced when he was 9 years old after his biological father had an affair with their Indonesian maid. After that, Ridhwan and his younger siblings were raised by their mother. As a result of the divorce, the family was homeless for a while and sought refuge at a number of relatives’ homes. In his words, Ridhwan was “forced to grow up” to be a pillar of support for his mother and younger siblings.
In his blog entries, Ridhwan wrote about meeting his step-father when he was “9 or 10 years old”. Ridhwan had accompanied his mother and step-father on their first date and the two eventually got married 2 to 3 years later. Ridhwan and his step-father reportedly had a good relationship until his step-father's death in 2014. As of 2022, Ridhwan lives with his mother and four younger siblings.
==Career Highlights==
===Ah Boys to Men I & II (2012 - 2013)===
Ridhwan had a recurring role as Recruit Ismail on Jack Neo’s Ah Boys to Men series. According to Ridhwan, he had no intention to audition for the role and was instead accompanying a friend. Nevertheless, he was roped in to audition and successfully claimed the role. Ridhwan's role in the films established his presence and popularity in the media industry.
===YouTube channel (2013 - present)===
As of November 2019, Ridhwan’s first video on his channel was published on 1 December 2013, after his old account was hacked and all its content deleted. Ridhwan frequently collaborated with JianHao Tan and featured other local Youtubers such as Banchothematrep on his channel. More recently, he specializes in comedic skits, producing content like the “Kena Trend” web-series. He also makes music parodies.
===CrayEight Pte Ltd (2017 - present)===
In November 2017, Ridhwan founded CrayEight Studios Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of The JianHao Tan Media Pte Ltd - now Titan Digitial Media Pte Ltd. As of 2022, he is listed as the Founder and Director of the subsidiary company.In its description, CrayEight Studios is listed as a media/news company that specialises in "corporate video production, events management and social media marketing".
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