RaRa,** ** real name Rodriguez Smith, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia who used to go by the name Young Capone. RaRa was a nickname give to him by his grandmother, but he see's it a bit differently, saying: "I really look at it as the Eye of Ra, the Sun God" ^[1]

RaRa was born in the Thomasville Heights district of Southern Atlanta. He started playing around with freestyles when he was ten and started seriously penning rhymes by age thirteen. He was raised by his grandmother for most of his young life and spent half of his time roaming the streets of Atlanta, from Zone 3 to Zone 6. ^[2]

2Pac is RaRa's favorite artist, but he also has a soft spot for Southern hip hop like Outkast, UGK and 8Ball & MJG. He threw some money in with his cousins and formed the label Art District Music Group. They rented a little bit of studio time and the rest is history. ^[2]

RaRa has a son and a daughter.

In 2014 RaRa launched his own clothing line, Dealers in Paris.

When it comes to have his own fashion style he takes after Young Dro and Young Jeezy, sporting polo collars and True Religion.

RaRa took his rapping career to the next level in 2004 when he was signed to Virgin Records and released "I'm Hot" with Daz Dillinger and Jermaine Dupri. He moved on to So So Def Recordings and released "What It Iz" in 2006, a song that reached the 68th spot on the Billboard charts. ^[3]

In 2008 he collaborated with Bow Wow on "Do not Know About", releasing a mixtape calledLook Who's Back not long afterwards. Over the next two years he released mixtapes and albums at a decent pace, droppingTha Life of A Youngsta in 2010 and a mixtape calledHigher that featured DJ Burn One and DJ Black Bill Gates in 2012. ^[4]

In 2014 he signed with T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records and released the mixtapeHighend Lowlife. RaRa explained RevoltTV how that deal came to be: ^[1]

"That happened through a bunch of people.

One of my great, great friends is K.P. (Kawan Prather) who kinda started Tip. One of my big homies in the game who’s really my patna-patna and an OG and a mentor to me, Killer Mike, played a big part in putting it together. And my other patna I know from the streets named Doc, he put it together. It took a lot of people."