ItsRucka

Rucka Rucka Ali (born: ), known on YouTube as itsRucka, is an Israeli-American parodist, rapper, radio personality, singer, comedian, satirist and internet celebrity most noted for his song parodies on YouTube, which often employs ethnic and racial stereotypes.
He has been labeled one of the most successful artists to come out of social media. Rucka has released seven independent studio albums, four of which charted in the Billboard Top Comedy Albums.
==Early life==
Rucka Rucka Ali was born in Jerusalem, Israel, on January 27, 1987, to an Orthodox Jewish family, though he has stated that he moved away from that lifestyle as he grew up.
==Career==
Rucka Rucka Ali's music career began in 2006, when he released his debut single, "I Heart Crack", from Straight Outta West B.
Rucka Rucka Ali has released eight total albums, four of which have charted in the Billboard Top Comedy Albums: I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies peaked at 6th, Probably Racist peaked at 11th, Rucka's World peaked at 8th, and Black Man of Steal peaked at 7th. During the weeks of July 31, 2010, through August 7, 2010, Rucka Rucka Ali held 5 of the top 10 spots on the Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks chart.
==YouTube==
Most of Rucka Rucka Ali's musical content pertains to parodies containing lyrics for shock value, often including ethnic stereotypes. His videos and YouTube channels are frequently removed (since he started creating music videos he has had 17 YouTube channels deleted for terms of service violations), but are reuploaded by his fans, who call themselves "Rucka's Nuckas". His active YouTube channels have over a million subcribers between them. The subject matter of at least two of his songs is his fellow YouTubers. He's written a comedic tribute song to Sargon of Akkad as well as a song attacking Philip DeFranco.
==Alter Egos==
*DJ Not Nice (Asian-American)
*Seymour Schwartz (Jewish)
*Toby Queef (White American redneck)
*Boris Anatsha (Russian)
*Fredrique Shampoo (French)
*Dali Llama
*Tickle Man
*R Dubs Rollin On Dubs
*Jihad Joe (Middle Eastern)
*Deejay Voorheis
*Jeffro
*Jon Kimble
*Lil NigNig
==Discography==
Studio Albums
Title 	Year 	Peak Chart Position(US Comedy)
Straight Outta West B 	2008 	—
I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies	2010 	6
A Very Rucka Christmas 	2010 	—
Probably Racist 	2011 	11
A Very Rucka Christmas: The 2nd Cumming 	2011 	—
Rucka's World 	2012 	8
Black Man of Steal 	2015 	7
Everything Is Racist 	2016 	—
The Fried Chicken 	2019 	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. 	"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.	"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
==Controversies==
In June 2010, three British students were reprimanded after publicly showing Rucka Rucka Ali's music video for his hit parody "Ima Korean" to their class while studying different countries' musical traditions. One South Korean student was "devastated, upset, very offended, and feeling very lonely", being the only East-Asian child in the class. An assistant headteacher, Len Idle, said the song was "probably racist". Rucka Rucka Ali subsequently picked the quote as the title of his next album, Probably Racist replying in kind within the music video "We're All Asian", sarcastically thanking Idle for his opinion, before mockingly stating that "he [Idle] was probably gay with AIDS".
On July 24, 2013, Rucka Rucka Ali released the song "Zayn Did 9/11" (a parody of Selena Gomez's "Come & Get It") to YouTube which mocked then-One Direction member Zayn Malik, jokingly saying he committed the September 11 terrorist attacks, a reference to his British-Pakistani background. The single cover features a silhouette of Malik in front of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center as they were attacked. The song, along with an accompanying music video released several days later, angered One Direction fans and others. Business Standard called the song "offensive" and a "racist attack" on Malik.
In the end of November 2013, he was involved in another controversy after his song "Only 17", a parody of "Just a Dream" by Nelly, was accidentally played uncensored over the speakers at a McDonald's company in Wales. Subsequently, McDonald's issued an apology to the offended customers. That same week, Rucka Rucka Ali responded to the controversy on his YouTube channel by jokingly demanding a personal apology from the restaurant.
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==Trivia==
*He is an objectivist.
*At the end of the music video for his parody song "Life Is Over" (a parody of "Closer"), released in October 2016, Rucka Rucka Ali revealed that he had attempted suicide in the summer of 2006. Noting that his death would have prevented the success of his later music career, he wished to send others "a message of hope".
*The deluxe version of his album I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies includes his 2008 album Straight Outta West B.
==References==
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Israeli YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2011
Category:One million subscribers