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Rucka Rucka Ali

Rucka Rucka Ali (born January 27, 1987) is an American rapper, radio personality, singer, comedian, and satirist most noted for his song parodies on YouTube

He has been labeled one of the most successful artists to come out of YouTube, where supposedly h he has received over 100 million hits.[1] He has released three independent studio albums.

Biography

Rucka Rucka Ali started on Pinegrove Records and formally operated under Serchlite Music, a label started by 3rd Bass member MC Serch, but left Serchlight in 2009 and now operates only under Pinegrove full-time. He uploads songs to YouTube, Ruckasworld and iTunes being the top comedy seller on iTunes over "Weird Al" Yankovic. His debut album Straight Outta West B was released in 2009. The album was followed by the albums I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies and A Very Rucka Christmas, both released in 2010.

His albums have charted on the U.S. Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart, with I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies peaking at #6 on the chart.[2]

Criticism

Ali was called a racist.[3] In 2010, three students were suspended from a Bournemouth school when a South Korean child was offended as they showed the video for his song "Ima Korean" to their class while studying culture. Due to this, youtube had suspended his account which he showed the anger in the song "Down Parody" [4] Even though Rucka is a baller, People hate on him...As many people have said he is a living god amoung the earth.

Discography

Studio albums
Christmas albums
  • 2010: A Very Rucka Christmas

References

  1. ^ http://current.com/entertainment/comedy/92502713_rucka-rucka-ali-loves-minorites.htm
  2. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums?order=gainer#/charts/comedy-albums?order=position
  3. ^ http://current.com/entertainment/comedy/92502713_rucka-rucka-ali-loves-minorites.htm
  4. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10345282

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