Raury

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Raury
Raury as support for the 'This Unruly Mess I've Made' tour in Dortmund
Raury as support for the 'This Unruly Mess I've Made' tour in Dortmund
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Genre (s) Hip hop
Current occupation
Raury

Raury Alexander Tullis , according to other sources Raury Deshawn Tullis , (* 10. June 1996 in Stone Mountain , Georgia ) is an American musician, rapper and singer-songwriter , who at the label Columbia Records , as well as the creative independent label LoveRenaissance (LVRN) is under contract. Raury himself describes his music as being genre-less . His sound is a mixture of hip hop , folk , funk , indie rock , rap , R&B and soul .

biography

Raury grew up with his mother in Stone Mountain , a small town near Atlanta . He has an older sister named Calvis and a brother ten years older than him.

According to his own information, he wrote his first rap lyrics at the age of eight and music was very important to him even at a younger age. In 2010 he finally decided to pursue a music career and gave up his second hobby , football . At the age of eleven, Raury had already taught himself to play guitar with the help of YouTube videos , in 2012 he joined the school band ADHD and founded a creative music group, the Tucker Music Club , at Tucker High School . His school friend Tipper Hilson, brother of R & B - singer Keri Hilson , allowed him free access to the professional recording studio Blue Room Recording in Atlanta . There he began to produce his own music in 2012 and met his current manager, the co-founder of the collective and music label LoveRenaissance , Justice Baiden. Together with LoveRenaissance , Raury continued to pursue his soft spot for music, tried to win fans, organized a so-called AntiTour in spring 2014 , as well as the RaurFest , his own huge birthday party including a debut concert in Atlanta. Despite the double burden, Raury completed his school education in May 2014 with the achievement of the high school diploma .

Music career

After releasing his single God's Whisper and the accompanying evocative music video, Raury gained a lot of attention in the music world in early 2014. Raury and his friends from LoveRenaissance were then taken under care by the Columbia Records label .

Just as his very own style of music is a diverse mix of different genres, so are his influences. According to him, his inspirations include OutKast , 2Pac , Kanye West , Kid Cudi , Frank Ocean , Lauryn Hill , Corinne Bailey Rae , Phil Collins , Bon Iver , Fleet Foxes , Father John Misty, Coldplay , Queen , Led Zeppelin , Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire .

2014: Indigo Child

In August 2014, his debut mixtape Indigo Child was released . Raury was hailed by numerous music magazines and radio stations as the Newcomer of the Year, which would usher in the new generation . He managed, among others, on the fourth place in the list Sound of 2015 the BBC and was for the American US by the music magazine XXL 2015 XXL Freshman Class selected.

Indigo Child - the name comes from the theory of the indigo children - also stands for a movement that Raury initiated. The movement postulates empathy, tolerance and self-awareness, and collaborates with the MSFTS movement , among others . Raury makes it clear that he wants to change the world with his music and the witty, optimistic lyrics:

“I really want my music to help imagination, embrace that idea that everything is one and the concept of love. I want to open the door of love. "

- Raury, July 2015

“We are the renaissance. We are here to provide the creative side of Atlanta's music and as we change the city Atlanta, we're gonna change the nation and then the world. I'm just a person who loves the world and wants to make the world better. I know this world already. I'm an indigo child. I've been here before. "

- Raury, August 2014

2015 until today: All We Need

On October 16, 2015, Raury released his debut album All We Need . Some of the songs from the album were created in collaboration with Big KRIT, RZA and Tom Morello , among others . EA Sports released the official soundtrack of the soccer simulation game FIFA 16 back in September , which also includes the song Crystal Express from the album All We Need .

Raury completed his first European tour together with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in spring 2016.

Discography

Mix tapes

  • 2014: Indigo Child
  • 2018: Welcome To The Woods

Albums

  • 2015: All We Need

Singles

  • 2013: "Bloom"
  • 2014: "Higher" ( SBTRKT feat. Raury)
  • 2014: "Forgotten" ( SBTRKT feat. Raury)
  • 2014: "Warm" ( The Neighborhood feat. Raury)
  • 2014: "Lost Souls" ( The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 )
  • 2015: "Windows" (Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment feat. BJ the Chicago Kid and Raury)
  • 2015: "The Color is Green" (Go Dreamer feat. Raury)
  • 2015: "Fly" (Raury feat. Malik Shakur)
  • 2015: "Dead People" ( Gucci Mane feat. Raury)
  • 2015: "Escape 120" ( Joey Badass feat. Raury)
  • 2015: "Demo 1: The Sea"
  • 2016: "Do You Remember (Remix)" ( Jarryd James feat. Raury)
  • 2016: "Home" (feat. Take A Daytrip)
  • 2016: "NEVERALONE"
  • 2016: "Losing Your Mind" (with Jaden Smith )

Web links

Commons : Raury  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kathryn Bromwich: Raury: Soundtrack of my Life . theguardian . September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Emilia Petrarca: Meet Raury, Willow and Jaden Smith's Favorite Teen Hippie Singer . wmagazine . November 4, 2015. Accessed November 6, 2015.
  3. ^ A b c Julian Riedel: Raury: Debut album "All We Need" in October . Ampya . September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 29, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ampya.com
  4. ↑ a b c d e Jazz Monroe: Raury: indigo Child . Dazed . 2014. Accessed September 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Harriet Gibsone: Raury: "This Generation is not hopeless" . theguardian . July 23, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  6. ^ A b Gavin Godfrey: Raury is Atlanta's Indigo Child . Creative loafing . June 19, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ Nadeska Alexis: 19 Things We Learned About Raury - Including The Origin Of The Raury Hat . mtv . October 8, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  8. ^ C. Vernon Coleman II: Raury helps Usher in the Leaders of the New Atlanta at Raurfest 2015 . Complex . July 1, 2015. Accessed September 29, 2015.
  9. ^ Brian Padilla: Raury Is All About Rebellion . massappeal . Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 7, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / massappeal.com
  10. ↑ a b Erika Ramirez: Raury releases Indigo Child . billboard . August 25, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  11. ^ Raury: Raury - God's Whisper (Official Video) . YouTube . April 11, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  12. ^ Dan Rys: Raury - 2015 Freshman Class . XXL . Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  13. ↑ Sarah Jane Griffiths: BBC Sound of 2015: Raury Interview . BBC . January 6, 2015. Accessed September 29, 2015.
  14. ↑ Tina Xu: Raury Draws from Those Who Speaks Towards Dreams . fuse . September 26, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  15. ↑ Erika Ramirez: Why Jaden Smith's Tweets Are Part of His Art . billboard . April 17, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  16. ↑ Franziska Niesar: Genre Hopper Raury: First Atlanta, then the USA and then the rest of the world . pulse . August 27, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  17. ↑ New album and additional track . pulse . October 16, 2015. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  18. ^ A b Danny Schwartz: Raury Announces Debut Album All We Need . hotnewHipHop . September 9, 2015. Accessed September 29, 2015.
  19. ↑ Andre left: FIFA 16 - Soundtrack with Disclosure, Beck & Co. . GameStar . September 14, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  20. ↑ Francesco Marano: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Add 2016 European Tour Dates with Raury: Ticket Presale Code Info . zumic . October 27, 2015. Accessed March 13, 2016.
  21. ↑ Rose Lilah: Raury - Indigo Child (New Mixtape) . hotnewHipHop . August 25, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Raury
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tullis, Raury Alexander (real name); Raury Allan Poe (former alias)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hip hop musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Stone Mountain , Georgia , USA