Raphael Ragucci (born 4 June 1984), known professionally as RAF Camora, is an Austrian rapper, singer and producer.
Biography
Raphael Ragucci was born in
Vevey
Vevey (; ; ) is a town in Switzerland in the Vaud, canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Leman, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used.
It was the seat of the Vevey (district), district of the same name until 200 ...
, Switzerland, to an Austrian father from
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, 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 second-highest popu ...
and an Italian mother from
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
. Ragucci settled in
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
, 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. 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 () 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 75 (released since 1968)
* Singles T ...
, 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'' (2019)
* ''Zukunft'' (2021)
* ''XV'' (2023)
Awards and nominations
Results
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Musicians from Vienna
People from Vevey
Austrian male rappers
Swiss male rappers
Austrian people of Italian descent
Austrian people of Swiss descent
Swiss people of Austrian descent
Swiss people of Italian descent