Raphael Ragucci (born 4 June 1984), known professionally as RAF Camora, is an Austrian rapper.
Biography
Raphael Ragucci was born in
Vevey
Vevey (; frp, Vevê; german: label=former German, Vivis) is a town in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used.
It was the seat of the district of ...
, Switzerland, to an Austrian father from
Voralberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the ...
and an Italian mother from
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. Ragucci settled in
Vienna
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, Austria in 1997 and grew up in
Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus () is the 15th municipal District of Vienna, Austria (german: 15. Bezirk). It is in central Vienna, west of Innere Stadt.
It borders Neubau and Mariahilf in the east, Meidling and Hietzing in the south, Penzing in the w ...
.
Known initially as RAF Camora, he founded a hip hop crew with the Polish Rapatoi. At 17, he was in the French Connection crew and soon later in French-speaking Assaut Mystik. He founded with rapper Joshi Mizu the band Balkan Express. ''Family Bizz'' was a debut joint album with both Assaut Mystik and Balkan Express. In 2006, he released his EP ''Skandal'' with Emirez. In 2009 he released his studio album ''Nächster Stopp Zukunft'' as RAF Camora.
In January 2010, he took the stage name RAF 3.0 shelving his earlier name and signed with Vienna-based Irievibrations Records with whom he released the self-titled album ''RAF 3.0'' in 2012 and ''Hoch 2'' in 2013. Both were huge successes on the German, Austrian and Swiss charts.
Reverting to his original name RAF Camora, in 2013 he founded his own record label Indipendenza. His albums ''Ghøst'' in 2016 and ''Anthrazit'' in 2017 were big successes on German, Austrian and Swiss charts. Ragucci announced his fourth studio album ''Ghøst'' in January 2016. The album was released on 15 April 2016 and debuted in the top-20 of German speaking Europe.
Ragucci released a new album, ''Zenit'' on 1 November 2019. It has peaked at spot number one for two weeks on
Ö3 Austria and
Schweizer Hitparade
The Swiss Hitparade (german: link=no, Schweizer Hitparade) is Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.
The Swiss charts include:
* Singles Top 7 ...
, and for one week on
Offizielle Top 100.
Discography
* ''Nächster Stopp Zukunft'' (2009)
* ''RAF 3.0'' (2012)
* ''Hoch 2'' (2013)
* ''Ghøst'' (2016)
* ''
Anthrazit'' (2017)
* ''
Zenit
Zenit, meaning "zenith", may refer to:
Spaceflight and rocketry
* Zenit (rocket family), a Soviet family of space launch vehicles
* Zenit (satellite), a type of Soviet spy satellite
* Zenit sounding rocket, a Swiss rocket
Sports
* Zenit (sports ...
'' (2019)
* ''Zukunft'' (2021)
Awards and nominations
Results
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Musicians from Vienna
People from Vevey
Austrian rappers
Swiss rappers
Austrian people of Italian descent
Swiss people of Austrian descent
Swiss people of Italian descent