# RAF Camora

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)

## Awards and nominations
### Results

| Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result |
| 2011 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Collaboration | Himself & Nazar | Nominated |
| 2013 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Producer National | Himself | Won |
| 2013 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / R'n'B | Himself | Nominated |
| 2014 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / R'n'B | Himself | Won |
| 2014 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Album of the Year | Hoch 2 | Nominated |
| 2014 | Echo Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban International | Hoch 2 | Nominated |
| 2015 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself & Chakuza, Joshi Mizu | Nominated |
| 2016 | 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Hip-Hop Act | Himself & Bonez MC | Won |
| 2016 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Producer National | Himself | Won |
| 2016 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Group National | Himself & Bonez MC | Won |
| 2016 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Release National | Palmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) | Won |
| 2016 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Video National | Palmen aus Gold (with Bonez MC, Shaho Casado) | Won |
| 2016 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Rap-Solo-Act National | Himself | Nominated |
| 2016 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Song National | Palmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) | Nominated |
| 2016 | Juice Awards | Best Album National | Palmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) | Won |
| 2016 | Juice Awards | Song National | Ohne mein Team (with Bonez MC) | Nominated |
| 2017 | 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Hip-Hop Act | Himself | Won |
| 2017 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Nominated |
| 2017 | Echo Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban National | Palmen aus Plastik (with Bonez MC) | Nominated |
| 2017 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Producer National | Himself | Nominated |
| 2017 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Rap-Solo-Act National | Himself | Nominated |
| 2018 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Video National | 500 PS (with Bonez MC) | Nominated |
| 2018 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Group National | Himself & Bonez MC | Won |
| 2018 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Album National | Palmen aus Plastik 2 (with Bonez MC) | Nominated |
| 2018 | Echo Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban National | Anthrazit | Nominated |
| 2018 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Won |
| 2018 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Album of the Year | Anthrazit | Nominated |
| 2018 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Song of the Year | Primo | Nominated |
| 2018 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | FM4 Award | Himself | Shortlisted |
| 2019 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Song of the Year | 500 PS (with Bonez MC) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Album of the Year | Palmen aus Plastik 2 (with Bonez MC) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Won |
| 2019 | HipHop.de Awards | Lebenswerk | Himself | Won |
| 2019 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Album National | Zenit | Nominated |
| 2019 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Live-Act National | Himself & Bonez MC | Nominated |
| 2019 | Hype Awards | Hype Live-Act | Himself & Bonez MC | Won |
| 2019 | Hype Awards | Hype Song | 500 PS (with Bonez MC) | Won |
| 2019 | Hype Awards | Hype Collaboration | Himself & Bonez MC | Nominated |
| 2019 | 4GameChangers Awards | 4Music | Himself | Won |
| 2019 | Bravo Otto Awards | Hip-Hop National | Himself | Nominated |
| 2019 | Swiss Music Awards | Best Group International | Himself & Bonez MC | Nominated |
| 2020 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Won |
| 2020 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Song of the Year | Puta Madre (feat. Ghetto Phénomène) | Nominated |
| 2020 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Album of the Year | Zenit | Nominated |
| 2021 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Song of the Year | Maschine (with The Cratez) | Nominated |
| 2021 | Amadeus Austrian Music Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban | Himself | Nominated |
| 2021 | Bravo Otto Awards | Hip-Hop National | Himself | Nominated |
| 2021 | HipHop.de Awards | Creator of the Year | Himself | Won |
| 2023 | Swiss Music Awards | Best Group International | Himself & Bonez MC | Nominated |