Roll Rida

Rahul Kumar Velpula (born 26 Jan 1992), known professionally as Roll Rida, is an Indian rapper, songwriter and actor in Telugu films and music.

He became popular with his YouTube rap song on Sankranthi, Patang, was a huge hit with over 17 million views. His other popular songs are Kirana rap, Breaking news Kattif, Shankar Ka Beta, Ivvalane Dilkush, Ignite, Arupu etc. In 2018, he appeared as a contestant for Bigg Boss 2 and successfully reached the 15th week of the show and finished in 6th place.

Early life Roll Rida was born in Karimnagar, Telangana, India. He did his schooling at Johnson Grammar School in Hyderabad; intermediate at Narayana Junior College, Tarnaka and completed his BTech in computer science from CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad. He was popular for his singing in school and started a band in college with Syed Kamran.

Career Roll Rida initially worked at Google, Hyderabad and as Quality Analyst at Tech Mahindra.

He picked his professional name, Roll Rida, upon a friend's suggestion, after popular American rapper, Flo Rida, of Low song fame. He quit his job to pursue his successful singing career in 2017. His rap song ‘Arupu’ with Syed Kamran became popular. He was the first to do a rap song in Telugu language from Telangana State. In 2013, he debuted on Sankranthi with a single, Patang, on YouTube became a huge hit, with over 14 million views. He stayed in the house till the week before the finale of that season.

Artistry Roll Rida's rapping is a combination of Hyderabadi Telugu and Deccani slang spoken in Hyderabad old city.

Discography Singles/Music Videos

Year Track Lyrics Artist 2013 Patang Roll Rida Roll Rida The Kirana Roll Rida Roll Rida 2015 Dilkush Roll Rida Roll Rida Kattif Roll Rida Roll Rida Ivvalane Roll Rida Roll Rida 2017 Shankar ka Beta Roll Rida Roll Rida Baitikochi Chuste (RAP Version) Shree Mani Roll Rida & Dan Madhireddy 2018 Saava Kottethadi Roll Rida Roll Rida O Pilla Roll Rida Roll Rida KTR Birthday song Roll Rida Roll Rida Arupu Roll Rida Roll Rida Raadhu Roll Rida Roll Rida 2020 Don't ride rude Roll Rida Roll Rida Nagali Roll Rida

Film songs Year Work Song Composer Notes 2015 Bruce Lee Chiranjeevi Entry Rap Thaman Gopala Gopala Pawan Kalyan Intro Rap Anup Rubens 2016 A Aa "Anasuya Kosam" Rap Pieces Mickey J. Meyer 2018 Kumari 21F"Lets Party in Bangkok"Mahati Swara SagarHusharu "Kaboom", "Bad Boys" (Rap portions) Sunny M.R. 2019 Suryakantham "Friday Night Baby" (Rap) Mark K Robin 2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramloo "OMG Daddy" Rap Pieces

Other songs

Filmography 90ML (2019) as Kishore