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Rahul Kumar Velpula, known professionally as Roll Rida, is an Indian rapper, songwriter and actor in Telugu films and music.

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==
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==
Artistry
Roll Rida's rapping is a combination of Hyderabadi Telugu and Deccani slang spoken in Hyderabad old city. ==Discography==
Discography
Singles/Music Videos Film songs Other songs == Filmography ==
Filmography
90ML (2019) as Kishore ==References==
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