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“I was very good at the time -out,” says Raf Camora in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I have the feeling that the batteries are charged again.”
During a break, the rapper, born in Switzerland and living in Berlin, means the long forced break that he had to take – after five releases, three tours and two books within just two years. The result: hearing turrets, tinnitus and the realization of having to get out first. “I had the feeling,” says Raf, “that my career could really end if I don’t pull the emergency brake now.”
He did that very consistently. And is now back. “Forever”, his comeback album, will be released on September 5. In the Rolling Stone, he is already asking himself the questions of our reporter Dennis Sand. And tells how and why he has now recorded an album that promises a kind of permanent work in the title.
The young street rapper became one of the greatest stars in the Deutschrap
And Raf Camora surprises with insights into his past as a young musician when he actually wanted to found a heavy metal band, was a metallica fan and bumped into hip-hop.
So the young street rapper became one of the greatest stars in the German rap. Since “Anthracite” in 2017, all of its albums have been shot in the charts, and “Palm trees made of plastic” with Bonez MC is certainly the previous highlight of his career. 47 times gold, 16 times platinum, three times diamond; Eight number-one albums and 15 million units sold-the track record of the 41-year-old today. In the video accompanying the Rolling-Stone interview, RAF shows us his trophies and explains why the golden records mean more than any awards-namely, they are the hard currency of success and fans have real money for the recordings.
For months, RAF had taken himself out of the game until the beat of a Falco hit was back on track. “Out of the Dark” had grabbed him. “From this point on,” says Raf in the Rolling Stone, “I only focused on working on my new album.”
The whole interview and the complete story with RAF Camora read in the new edition of the Rolling Stone, which will be released on Friday, July 25th.