Rucka Rucka Ali
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Rucka Rucka Ali is an anonymous American rapper, radio personality
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...

, singer, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

, and satirist most noted for his song parodies on YouTube
YouTube
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. He has been labelled one of the most successful artists to come out of YouTube, where he has received over 100 million hits. He has released three independent
Independent record label
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 studio albums.

Biography

Very little is known about Rucka Rucka Ali's biography or personal life. He started his music career with Pinegrove Records and formally operated under Searchlite Music, a label started by 3rd Bass
3rd Bass
3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups.-Career:...

 member MC Serch
MC Serch
MC Serch is a Jewish-American hip hop MC and former member of 3rd Bass.-Biography:Serch grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens, attending Far Rockaway High School, and graduated from Music & Art High School...

, but left Serchlight in 2009 and now operates exclusively with Pinegrove. He is an American and uploads his songs to Ruckasworld.com, iTunes
ITunes
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, YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

, Amazon
Amazon.com
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, and Spotify
Spotify
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. 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
I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies
- Charts :...

and A Very Rucka Christmas, both released in 2010 and more recently "Probably Racist" (2011).

His albums have charted on the U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Top Comedy Albums chart, with I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies peaking at #6 on the chart.

Discography

Studio albums

Christmas albums
  • 2010: A Very Rucka Christmas
  • 2011 A Very Rucka Christmas:The 2nd Cumming
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