Tattoo and barbershop

RAF Camora gives Salzburg a new look

RAF Camora will be in the city of Mozart at the weekend.

(Bild: APA/FLORIAN WIESER)

After his tattoo and barber store in Vienna, hip-hop star RAF Camora is also opening a store in Salzburg on Saturday. The day before there will be a big opening party with him in person.

He has broken several records with his music. He is now the most streamed musician in the German-speaking world. With no less than 4.5 billion streams on Spotify, RAF Camora even beats Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran. The Viennese artist has been awarded gold, platinum and diamond several times for his songs and albums. At the Donauinselfest 2023, 100,000 people attended his performance. He recently released his latest album "XV".

But Raphael Ragucci, as he is known by his real name, is much more than hip-hop music. At the end of December 2020, he opened his own business, R.Tattoo/Barber, in his native Vienna. Almost three years later, this Saturday, he plans to launch his second tattoo and barber store in the city of Mozart.

Fully booked until the end of the year
"We were actually already looking for stores in Salzburg during corona, but couldn't find any," explains Managing Director Moritz Sageder. The aim is to open a total of three stores in Austria in order to cover all customers in the best possible way. This year in May, the time had come and RAF Camora and his team found the perfect location. Planning began with the architect in July. The superstar himself was also involved: "Raf is always heavily involved in the design."

Tattoos will be engraved and hair will be cut in Wolf-Dietrich-Straße from Saturday. Speaking of tattoos: anyone who wants to get one will have to wait a long time. "We already have more than 300 requests. That's more than we can process by the end of the year," says Sageder, pleased with the high level of interest.

Opening party at City Beats
To celebrate the reopening in style, there will be a pre-opening party at Salzburg club City Beats on Friday. They are particularly looking forward to welcoming the 39-year-old. "We are really proud to have such an international artist with us," says club manager Konstantin Schmelz, overjoyed. "Preparations are in full swing. All of our lounges and tables have already been reserved and we will only be offering evening box office," clarifies Schmelz and reminds everyone to arrive very early. City Beats opens at 9 pm and it can be assumed that the premises will be fully booked within a very short time. "We're doing this on a first come, first serve basis. Admission is only from 19 years this time."

Two examples given by the club manager show just how much interest there is from guests: "We had a request from a 16-year-old who wants to come with her dad. And a mother in her late 30s has also asked us about admission." The audience will therefore be diverse. Musically, it will clearly go in one direction: Hip-hop. "If Raf wants to perform his songs live, we will of course give him his artistic freedom. Otherwise, there will certainly be some songs by him and other musicians from this genre."