Ruff (rapper)

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From nothing to what!
  CH 23 09.09.2018 (1 week)

Ruff (born March 13, 1986 in Uster , Canton Zurich ; actually Raffaele de Pasquale ) is a Swiss rapper.

biography

Raffaele de Pasquale is the son of Italian parents and grew up in Uster near Zurich. After a broken apprenticeship as a plumber, he began to be interested in rap music at the age of 16. Under the name Ruff, he first made recordings with the rapper Despot and with the SRS crew , and performed jointly. In 2006 he won his first battle with his own song Liebi zu Stift . Further successes in various competitions followed. After completing his training as a painter, there was a longer collaboration with Sylo .

With the single Mir are alli Eis , he turned against xenophobia in 2013 and later named his own label after it. The accompanying album MSA1 also led to his first television appearance on the Joiz broadcaster . With the rapper Limmitt from Urdorf and the song Goldige Vorhang , he won another local competition in 2014 and also made several publications.

He then made his breakthrough in September 2018 with the solo album Vo Nüt zu Was! . It entered the Swiss charts at number 23.

Discography

Albums

  • MSA1 (2014)
  • From nothing to what! (2018)

Songs

  • Liebi zu Stift (2006)
  • I'm alli ice cream (2013)

swell

  1. a b Ruff in the Swiss hit parade
  2. a b Golden Curtain: They rap themselves to victory with critical words , Carla Stampfli, Limmattaler Zeitung, March 15, 2014
  3. Rapper Ruff: "Mir are alli ice cream" , Züriost, April 17, 2014
  4. Limmitt is anything but a “blatant gangster” , Anina Gepp, Limmattaler Zeitung, August 5, 2014

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