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, Switzerland, to an Austrian father from Vorarlberg 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. 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, 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) Forever (2025)
Awards and nominations
Results +YearAwardNominationWorkResultRef.2011HipHop.de Awards Best CollaborationHimself & Nazar 2013Best Producer NationalHimself Amadeus Austrian Music AwardsHip-Hop / R'n'B 2014 Album of the YearHoch 2 Echo AwardsHip-Hop / Urban International 2015Amadeus Austrian Music AwardsHip-Hop / UrbanHimself & Chakuza, Joshi Mizu 20161LIVE Krone AwardsBest Hip-Hop ActHimself & Bonez MC HipHop.de Awards Best Producer NationalHimself Best Group NationalHimself & Bonez MC Best Release NationalPalmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) Best Video NationalPalmen aus Gold (with Bonez MC, Shaho Casado) Best Rap-Solo-Act NationalHimself Best Song NationalPalmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) Juice AwardsBest Album National Song NationalOhne mein Team (with Bonez MC) 20171LIVE Krone AwardsBest Hip-Hop ActHimself Amadeus Austrian Music AwardsHip-Hop / Urban Echo AwardsHip-Hop / Urban NationalPalmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) HipHop.de AwardsBest Producer NationalHimself Best Rap-Solo-Act National 2018Best Video National500 PS (with Bonez MC) Best Group NationalHimself & Bonez MC Best Album NationalPalmen aus Plastik 2 (with Bonez MC) Echo AwardsHip-Hop / Urban NationalAnthrazit Amadeus Austrian Music AwardsHip-Hop / UrbanHimself Album of the YearAnthrazit Song of the YearPrimo FM4 AwardHimself 2019Song of the Year500 PS (with Bonez MC) Album of the YearPalmen aus Plastik 2 (with Bonez MC) Hip-Hop / UrbanHimself HipHop.de Awards Lebenswerk Best Album NationalZenit Best Live-Act NationalHimself & Bonez MC Hype AwardsHype Live-Act Hype Song500 PS (with Bonez MC) Hype CollaborationHimself & Bonez MC 4GameChangers Awards4MusicHimself Bravo Otto AwardsHip-Hop National Swiss Music AwardsBest Group InternationalHimself & Bonez MC 2020Amadeus Austrian Music AwardsHip-Hop / UrbanHimself Song of the YearPuta Madre (feat. Ghetto Phénomène) Album of the YearZenit 2021Amadeus Austrian Music AwardsSong of the YearMaschine (with The Cratez) Hip-Hop / UrbanHimself Bravo Otto AwardsHip-Hop National HipHop.de AwardsCreator of the Year 2023Swiss Music AwardsBest Group InternationalHimself & Bonez MC
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