RAF Camora

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

RAF Camora
RAF Camora in 2019
RAF Camora in 2019
Background information
Birth nameRaphael Ragucci
Also known asRAF 3.0, RafOMic
Born (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984
Vevey, Switzerland
OriginVienna, Austria
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • producer
Years active2002–present
LabelsIndipendenza, Andere Liga

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
Main article: RAF Camora 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
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]
2023 Swiss Music Awards Best Group International Himself & Bonez MC Nominated [32]


References
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  2. Hellmich, Karo (4 February 2016). "RAF Camora – Ghøst" (in German). Hiphop.de. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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  10. "Die Nominierten - Echo 2014 - ARD | Das Erste". www.daserste.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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  12. "1LIVE Krone 2017: Das sind alle Gewinner". www.duesseldorf-tonight.de (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  13. Meister, Saskia. "Hiphop.de Awards 2016: Die Gewinner!". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  14. "JUICE AWARDS 2016 - Die Ergebnisse (national)". JUICE MAGAZIN (in German). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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  21. "Gewinner der Amadeus Awards 2018". schmusa.de (in German). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  22. "DIE GEWINNERINNEN UND GEWINNER DER AMADEUS AUSTRIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2019". mica - music austria (in German). 26 April 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  23. Mein Voting bei den HipHop.de Awards ❌ Beste Alben, Künstler, Newcomer u.v.m., retrieved 14 November 2021
  24. "HYPEAWARDS 2019 – in Berlin" (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  25. "Das sind die Gewinner der fulminanten 4GAMECHANGERS Award Show". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  26. "BRAVO-Otto-Wahl 2019: Vote für deinen Star! | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  27. "#sma19 - Das sind die Nominierten der Swiss Music Awards 2019". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  28. "Amadeus Awards 2020 - Die Gewinner". oe3.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  29. "Amadeus Austrian Music Awards". www.amadeusawards.at. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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  31. Senger, Clark. "Alle Gewinner*innen der Hiphop.de Awards 2021 powered by DefShop". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  32. "Swiss Music Awards 2023". www.swissmusicawards.ch. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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