RAF Camora

Raphael Ragucci (born 4 June 1984), professionally known as RAF Camora, colloquially referred to as RAF, is an Austrian rapper.

RAF Camora
Ragucci in Costa Rica (2017)
Born	Raphael Ragucci 4 June 1984 Vevey, Switzerland
Nationality	Austrian-Italian
Other names	RAF 3.0, RafOMic
Occupation	Rapper songwriter producer
Years active	2002–2020
Musical career
Genres	Hip hop, dancehall
Labels	Indipendenza
Associated acts	Bonez MC, 187 Strassenbande, Ufo361, Trettmann

Life and career

Raphael Ragucci was born in Vevey, Switzerland, to an Austrian father, from Voralberg and an Italian mother, from Naples. Ragucci settled in Vienna in 1997 and grew up in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. 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.[1] The album was released on 15 April 2016 and debuted in the top-20 of German speaking Europe.[2]

Ragucci released a new album, Zenit on November 1, 2019. It has peaked at spot number one for two weeks on Ö3 Austria and Schweizer Hitparade, and for one week on Offizielle Top 100.[3][4][5]

Awards

1Live Krone

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2016	RAF Camora & Bonez MC	Best Hip-Hop Act	Won	[6]

Amadeus Austrian Music Award

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2014	RAF Camora	HipHop/R'n'B	Won

Hiphop.de Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2013	RAF Camora	Best National Producer	Won
2016
	RAF Camora & Bonez MC	Best National Group
	Palmen aus Plastik	Best National Release
	"Palmen aus Gold"	Best National Video
2018
	RAF Camora & Bonez MC	Best National Group

Juice Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2016	RAF Camora & Bonez MC	Best National Album	Won	[7]

Discography

• Nächster Stopp Zukunft (2009)
• RAF 3.0 (2012)
• Hoch 2 (2013)
• Ghøst (2016)
• Anthrazit (2017)
• Anthrazit RR (2017)
• Zenit (2019)
• Zenit RR (2020)

References

1. Hellmich, Karo (29 January 2016). "RAF Camora kündigt neues Album "Ghøst" an (Release Date & Trailer)" [RAF Camora announces new album "Ghøst" (Releasedate & trailer)] (in German). Hiphop.de. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
2. Hellmich, Karo (4 February 2016). "RAF Camora – Ghøst" (in German). Hiphop.de. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
3. Hung, Steffen. "RAF Camora - Zenit". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
4. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
5. "RAF Camora - Zenit - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
6. "257ers, K.I.Z., Clueso Das sind die Gewinner der „1Live"-Krone 2016" [257ers, K.I.Z., Clueso these are the winnes of the "1Live" Krone 2016] (in German). Express. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
7. "Juice Awards 2016 – Die Ergebnisse (national)" [Juice Awards 2016 – The results (national)] (in German). Juice. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

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