High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nik Lamas-Richie (born Hooman Abedi Karamian, February 12, 1979), known professionally as Nik Richie, is an American blogger, author, and Internet personality. Richie is best known for his controversial gossip website Thedirty.com which he began in 2007 as www.dirtyscottsdale.com.