Roll Rida

Rahul Kumar Velpula popularly known by his professional name Roll Rida, is a Telugu rapper, actor and songwriter. Rahul was born on the 26th of January 1989, in Karimnagar, Telangana India. Education wise Rahul attended Johnson grammar school ICSE, Hyderabad he then passed through Narayana Junior College until he finally went to CVR college of Engineering, Hyderabad, where he completed his B.Tech in Computer Science. Raul's influencers are American Hip Hop mcs 50 cent and Eminem and Rapper Linkin’ Park.

While he was still at CVR College, his seniors were ragging him and told him to sing a song by Linkin’ park, impressed by his performance the told him to be doing a song every day.

He became very popular in school, and he started a band with Syed Kamran, his friend. The name Roll Rida came by as a suggestion from a friend who derived it from the American rapper, Flo Rida. Roll Rida was the first Rapper to release a rap song in the Telugu Language in 2013. In 2015 and 2016 Roll Rida toured the USA to promote his Telugu rap songs and Hip Hop music. He then decided to quit his job in 2017 to fully pursue his musical career.

Last year because of his popularity he was selected to be part of the reality show 'Bigg Boss Telugu 2' because of his fame.