RiFF RAFF recently spoke about his life, upbringing and goals in a XXL article. The publication allowed RiFF to tell his own story to Jeff Weiss and the piece was published using RiFF’s usual writing style: every letter is capitalized except for i.
“GROWiNG UP, i WAS ALWAYS AROUND EVERYBODY FROM SWiSHAHOUSE,” RiFF says in the piece. “i’VE KNOWN OG RON C FOR 14 YEARS, AND HE USED TO BE MY MANAGER. i KNOW PAUL WALL AND SLiM THUG—THEY’RE ON “HOW TO BE THE MAN” ON NEON iCON. i NEVER SAiD OR CLAiMED TO BE A GANGSTA. i NEVER DiD ANYTHiNG BUT FREESTYLE, AND NOW i’M WRiTiNG SONGS AND MAKING ALBUMS. i’VE NEVER CLAiMED OR SAiD THAT i’M FROM HOUSTON EVEN THOUGH i WAS BORN AND LiVED THERE. i’M NOT TRYING TO REPRESENT FOR ANYONE BUT MYSELF.
“i ALWAYS KNEW i WAS DESTiNED FOR GREATNESS BECAUSE GREATNESS iS WiTHiN,” he continues. “i MOVED TO L.A. FROM HOUSTON A FEW YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE HOLLYWOOD LiFE: FAST CARS, WHiTE SAND BEACHES AND BiKiNiS GALORE. i DiDN’T HAVE TO MOVE FROM HOUSTON TO BLOW UP. i JUST ALWAYS WANTED TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS AND BE A WORLDWIDE VERSACE GLOBETROTTER.”
Beyond speaking about himself as a “Versace globetrotter,” RiFF also considers himself a “worldwide icon,” which he addresses when speaking about his deal with Diplo’s Mad Decent.
“i SiGNED TO MAD DECENT BECAUSE THEY AREN’T A RAP LABEL,” he says. “THEY HAVE MORE OF A NEON GLOBAL OUTLOOK JUST LiKE ME. i DON’T WANT TO BE STUCK iN A RAP SCENE WHERE i’M NOT REALLY ACCEPTED (NOT THAT i CARE). BUT LET’S BE HONEST. i’M MORE OF A WORLDWiDE iCON THAN A ‘RAPPER.'”
RiFF goes on to explain that his relationship with Diplo goes beyond the music industry.
“ME AND DiPLO ARE FRiENDS,” he says. “THAT’S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU’RE DOING MUSiC; YOU DON’T WANNA BE AROUND PEOPLE WHO YOU DON’T GET ALONG WiTH. i MEAN, JUST RiGHT NOW, i SENT DIPLO A VERSE FOR OUR NEW SONG AND HE WAS LiKE, ‘DANG THIS iS THE BEST EVER.’ i WAS LIKE, ‘LET’S GO THROW PiZZA AT PEOPLE FROM THE HOTEL BALCONY.'”
RiFF RAFF’s debut album NEON iCON is in stores now. Critic Jesse Fairfax gave the album a 1 out of 5 in his review for HipHopDX. Despite this, RiFF RAFF earned a 3.8 out of 5 in the DX user rating for the album.
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That shirt he’s wearing is a bit fruity.
everything about him is a bit fruity, from the tattoos, the corn rows, the grill, hes dripping with fag swag
everything about him is a bit fruity. from the corn rows to the tattoos to the grill. his drippin with fag swag
GET THIS WHITE BOY JEW THE FUCK OUT OF HERE ..NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shitty rapper, but he’s entertaining as fuck
LOL this 36 yr old hebrew still at? People actually buy or bump his shit?
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this wigga sucks
its funny tho cause they copy his style in sping breakers
Damn, just looked up “poser” in the dictionary and this guy was pictured there.
riff raff is very misunderstood, hes a genius
LOL
this guy is hilarious
“TiP Toe’N My Jawwwwdinzzzz”
He looks like he has a small dick.
And for the record I’m an expert on dick sizes from sucking so many in my lifetime.
Lol. Every where I go there’s at least one Afrocan trynna sabotage a white guys plan.
raff riff sucks
Global icon for wiggers.
I just don’t get him….I hate his raps and the look of him he’s annoying
I don’t mind riff he don’t take himself that seriously n some his bars are actually funny as hell n pretty good. He never gon blow up big cause his look puts off lot of people.
But he 100 times better than MGK cant stand that fuck-boy he really thinks hes the best thing out n his fans are the fuckin worst emo’s in rap
ANDRES RETARDIO CAN EAT SHIT AND DIE SLOW
Neon Icon thousand times better than Yeezus!
THIS GUY IS A JOKE!!! WHOEVER SIGNED HIM NEEDS TO GO TO THE ROOF OF THEIR CLOSEST BUILDING AND JUMP! I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IDIOT REALLY BELIEVES THE SHIT HE SPEWS OR IS HE IN A NEVER ENDING BIPOLAR FIT!