RAF Camora
Raphael Ragucci (born 4 June 1984), known professionally as RAF Camora, is an Austrian rapper.
Biography
Raphael Ragucci was born in Vevey, Switzerland, to an Austrian father from Voralberg and an Italian mother from Naples. Ragucci settled in Vienna, Austria 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 1 November 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]
Discography
Awards and nominations
Results
| Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Collaboration | Himself & Nazar | Nominated | [6] |
| 2013 | Best Producer National | Himself | Won | [7] | |
| Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / R'n'B | Nominated | [8] | ||
| 2014 | Won | [9] | |||
| Album of the Year | Hoch 2 | Nominated | |||
| Echo Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban International | Nominated | [10] | ||
| 2015 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself & Chakuza, Joshi Mizu | Nominated | [11] |
| 2016 | 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Hip-Hop Act | Himself & Bonez MC | Won | [12] |
| HipHop.de Awards | Best Producer National | Himself | Won | [13] | |
| Best Group National | Himself & Bonez MC | Won | |||
| Best Release National | Palmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) | Won | |||
| Best Video National | Palmen aus Gold (with Bonez MC, Shaho Casado) | Won | |||
| Best Rap-Solo-Act National | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Best Song National | Palmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) | Nominated | |||
| Juice Awards | Best Album National | Won | [14] | ||
| Song National | Ohne mein Team (with Bonez MC) | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Hip-Hop Act | Himself | Won | [15] |
| Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Nominated | [16] | ||
| Echo Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban National | Palmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) | Nominated | [17] | |
| HipHop.de Awards | Best Producer National | Himself | Nominated | [18] | |
| Best Rap-Solo-Act National | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | Best Video National | 500 PS (with Bonez MC) | Nominated | [19] | |
| Best Group National | Himself & Bonez MC | Won | |||
| Best Album National | Palmen aus Plastik 2 (with Bonez MC) | Nominated | |||
| Echo Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban National | Anthrazit | Nominated | [20] | |
| Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Won | [21] | |
| Album of the Year | Anthrazit | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | Primo | Nominated | |||
| FM4 Award | Himself | Shortlisted | |||
| 2019 | Song of the Year | 500 PS (with Bonez MC) | Nominated | [22] | |
| Album of the Year | Palmen aus Plastik 2 (with Bonez MC) | Nominated | |||
| Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Won | |||
| HipHop.de Awards | Lebenswerk | Won | [23] | ||
| Best Album National | Zenit | Nominated | |||
| Best Live-Act National | Himself & Bonez MC | Nominated | |||
| Hype Awards | Hype Live-Act | Won | [24] | ||
| Hype Song | 500 PS (with Bonez MC) | Won | |||
| Hype Collaboration | Himself & Bonez MC | Nominated | |||
| 4GameChangers Awards | 4Music | Himself | Won | [25] | |
| Bravo Otto Awards | Hip-Hop National | Nominated | [26] | ||
| Swiss Music Awards | Best Group International | Himself & Bonez MC | Nominated | [27] | |
| 2020 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Won | [28] |
| Song of the Year | Puta Madre (feat. Ghetto Phénomène) | Nominated | |||
| Album of the Year | Zenit | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Song of the Year | Maschine (with The Cratez) | Nominated | [29] |
| Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Bravo Otto Awards | Hip-Hop National | Nominated | [30] | ||
| HipHop.de Awards | Creator of the Year | Won | [31] |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hellmich, Karo (4 February 2016). "RAF Camora – Ghøst" (in German). Hiphop.de. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "RAF Camora - Zenit". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "RAF Camora - Zenit - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Kargoll, Tobias. "Hiphop.de Awards präsentiert von lol papers - Die Preisverleihung". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ HHRedaktion. "Hiphop.de Awards 2013 - Die Gewinner". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Amadeus Austrian Music Award 2013". mica - music austria (in German). 1 May 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "AMADEUS AUSTRIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2014: Die Nominierten stehen fest!". mica - music austria (in German). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Die Nominierten - Echo 2014 - ARD | Das Erste". www.daserste.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Beganovic, Amina (29 January 2015). "Amadeus Awards 2015: Nominierte, Neuerungen, "Nachjustierungen"". vienna.at. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "1LIVE Krone 2017: Das sind alle Gewinner". www.duesseldorf-tonight.de (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Meister, Saskia. "Hiphop.de Awards 2016: Die Gewinner!". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "JUICE AWARDS 2016 - Die Ergebnisse (national)". JUICE MAGAZIN (in German). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ WDR (5 December 2017). "1LIVE Krone 2017: Das Voting beginnt - Die Nominierten stehen fest - Presselounge - WDR". presse.wdr.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "AMADEUS AUSTRIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2017: DIE NOMINIERTEN". mica - music austria (in German). 27 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Echo 2017: alle Gewinner auf einen Blick". Rolling Stone (in German). 6 April 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Meister, Saskia. "Hiphop.de Awards 2017 presented by Ultimate Ears: Die Gewinner!". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Die Palmen", Aus alten und neuen Tagen, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 92–92, 31 December 1861, retrieved 14 November 2021
- ^ Feuerbach, Leonie. "TV-Kritik: Echo 2018: „Provokation im Rap muss Grenzen haben"". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Gewinner der Amadeus Awards 2018". schmusa.de (in German). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "DIE GEWINNERINNEN UND GEWINNER DER AMADEUS AUSTRIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2019". mica - music austria (in German). 26 April 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Mein Voting bei den HipHop.de Awards ❌ Beste Alben, Künstler, Newcomer u.v.m., retrieved 14 November 2021
- ^ "HYPEAWARDS 2019 – in Berlin" (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Das sind die Gewinner der fulminanten 4GAMECHANGERS Award Show". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "BRAVO-Otto-Wahl 2019: Vote für deinen Star! | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "#sma19 - Das sind die Nominierten der Swiss Music Awards 2019". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Amadeus Awards 2020 - Die Gewinner". oe3.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Amadeus Austrian Music Awards". www.amadeusawards.at. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "BRAVO Otto Wahl | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Senger, Clark. "Alle Gewinner*innen der Hiphop.de Awards 2021 powered by DefShop". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
External links
Media related to RAF Camora at Wikimedia Commons