He in Racist Fire

Richie is looking at new acts, you know the next big thing out there that he can then destroy. The best we get is a Jethro Tull type band whose flautist gets his sleeve on fire. Richie also wants The Nasty Bits downsized and persuades the lead to get rid of one of their guitarists.

We know Richie is a complex character which is a nice way of saying he is volatile, stiffs his business associates, a coke head, terrible to his wife, does bad business and involved in murder for which the police are on to him.

In this episode he uses his wife Devon to help him sign the funk artist Hannibal and Devon more than obliges by grinding with him and this brings out Richie's casual racism. After all that gyrating with Devon, Hannibal signs for someone else. He probably gathered that Richie is bad for business.