Rucka Rucka Ali
Israeli-American musician, comedian and YouTuber (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rucka Rucka Ali (born January 27, 1987) is an Israeli-American rapper, singer, radio personality, comedian, YouTuber, and parodist. He has released eight independent studio albums, four of which have charted on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums.[2] As of 2024, he has amassed 450+ million views and about 1.81 million subscribers on his music channel on YouTube.[3] Though his songs are parodies, he has been banned from YouTube multiple times for content deemed by the corporation to violate its hate speech policy.[4]
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| Also known as | ItsRucka, DJ Not Nice, Toby Queef, Seymour Schwartz, Fredrique Shampoo, Jack The Supreme, Ricola Volvos, Boris Anastasha, Jihad Joe, Mr Sheen, "Wierd Ali" Ruckavich | |||||||||
| Born | January 27, 1987 (age 38) Jerusalem, Israel | |||||||||
| Origin | West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, U.S. | |||||||||
| Genres | Parody, comedy, satire, comedy hip hop | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer, radio personality, comedian, YouTuber, parodist, satirist | |||||||||
| Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
| Labels | Straightsavage Records (current) Red Shoes Records (current) Pinegrove Records (former) | |||||||||
| Website | ruckasworld | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2007–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 1.83 million[1] | |||||||||
| Views | 475 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: April 22, 2025 | ||||||||||
Early life
Rucka Rucka Ali was born in Jerusalem on January 27, 1987, to an Orthodox Jewish family, though he has stated that he moved away from that lifestyle as he grew up.[5]
Career
Rucka Rucka Ali has released eight total albums, four of which have charted in the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart: I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies (No. 6 peak),[6] Probably Racist (No. 11),[7] Rucka's World (No. 8),[8] and Black Man of Steal (No. 7). During the weeks of July 31, 2010 through August 7, 2010, Rucka Rucka Ali held 5 of the top 10 spots on the Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks chart.[9][10] Despite his Dark humour Raps he also proved that he knows philosophy, making 3 videos about the history of philosophy, a rap battle between Plato and Aristotle and a rap battle between Immanuel Kant and Ayn Rand. These raps are part of a series he calls the school of ruck.
Controversies
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Perspective
In June 2010, three British students were reprimanded after publicly showing Rucka Rucka Ali's music video for his hit parody "Ima Korean" to their class while studying different countries' musical traditions. One South Korean student was "devastated, upset, very offended, and feeling very lonely", being the only East Asian child in the class. An assistant headteacher, Len Idle, said the song was "probably racist". Rucka Rucka Ali subsequently used the quote as the title of his next album, Probably Racist,[11] replying in kind within the music video "We're All Asian", sarcastically thanking Idle for his opinion, before mockingly stating that "he [Idle] was probably gay with AIDS".[12]
On July 24, 2013, Rucka Rucka Ali released the song "Zayn Did 9/11" (a parody of Selena Gomez's "Come & Get It") to YouTube which mocked then One Direction member Zayn Malik, jokingly saying he committed the September 11 terrorist attacks, a reference to his British-Pakistani background. The single-cover features a silhouette of Malik in front of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center as they were attacked.[13] The song, along with an accompanying music video released several days later, angered One Direction fans and others.[14] Business Standard called the song "offensive" and a "racist attack" on Malik.[15]
In the end of November 2013, he was involved in another controversy after his song "Only 17", a parody of "Just a Dream" by Nelly, was accidentally played uncensored over the speakers at a McDonald's company in Wales.[16][17] Subsequently, McDonald's issued an apology to the offended customers.[18] That same week, Rucka Rucka Ali responded to the controversy on his YouTube channel by jokingly demanding a personal apology from the restaurant.[19]
On August 13, 2024, German right-wing YouTuber Aron Pielka (known online as Shlomo Finkelstein) was charged and sentenced to prison for hate speech.[20] A contributing reason for his arrest, according to his podcast co-host, was when he played "What Does the Black Say" on a livestream.[21]
Personal life
Rucka Rucka Ali has stated that he is an objectivist, as in his 2017 interview with Dave Rubin on The Rubin Report.[22]
At the end of the music video for his parody song "Life Is Over" (a parody of "Closer" by the Chainsmokers), released in October 2016, Rucka Rucka Ali revealed that he had attempted suicide in the summer of 2006. Noting that his death would have prevented the success of his later music career, he wished to send others "a message of hope".[23]
Discography
Studio albums
- Straight Outta West B (2009)
- I'm Black, You're White & These Are Clearly Parodies (2010)
- A Very Rucka Christmas (2010)
- Probably Racist (2011)
- A Very Rucka Christmas: The 2nd Cumming (2011)
- Rucka's World (2012)
- Black Man of Steal (2015)
- Everything Is Racist (2017)
References
External links
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