Raz-ma-Taz   (USA)

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Latest Raz-ma-Taz news

28/01/2019 : Former E-rotic rapper Richard Smith aka Raz-ma-Taz co-founded a restaurant equipment manufacturer company in Loganville (Georgia, USA) called Bavaria Grill LLC. It is named after Bavaria, the Southern State of Germany, their food and life style.

22/07/2017 : Collaboration of former E-rotic member Raz-ma-Taz and Pappa Bear Hot In Here could be finally released on August 30th.

06/10/2014 : Ras-ma-Taz teamed with Pappa Bear to record single Hot In Here under the name Pappa.Ras.See. It premiered in Wiesnclub in Munich, Germany.

29/07/2014 : Raz-ma-Taz (former E-rotic rapper) produces young rapper Max Never who is about to release his first single Born in the 90s.

27/05/2014 : Discover the videoclip for DSQ feat. Ras-ma-Taz (ex E-rotic) Boom! I Got Your Girlfriend.

27/07/2012 : RasMa Taz's current project Dirty South Squad videoclip for forthcoming single Boom I Got Your Girlfriend will be shot in Munich (Germany) on August 11th. More infos here.

17/07/2012 : Ras MaTaz (E-rotic) recorded a new single entitled Boom I Got Your Girlfriend, to be released in Germany in September under project name Dirty South Squad. This is a collaboration with Tyree Smith aka T-Dog, produced by Swiss eurodance producer Domenico Livrano. A videoclip is planned too... Your help is needed to support the project and raise funds for the release.

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Raz-ma-Taz singles

Crazy World

22nd Nov 1999

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Featurings and collaborations

	Missing Heart - Wild Angels	29th Aug 1994	BUY X
	SEX Appeal - Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi	14th Mar 1996	BUY X
	Vienna ft. Rod D - Amadeus '97	1997	BUY X
	Johnny Right - I Wanna (Be With You Tonight)	1997	BUY X
	Magic Affair - Break These Chains	10th Mar 1997	BUY X
	Magic Affair - Night Of The Raven	26th Sep 1997	BUY X
	Pappa.Ras.See - Hot In Here	30th Aug 2017	BUY X

Songwriting

Magic Affair - Night Of The Raven

26th Sep 1997

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Raz-ma-Taz biography

Richard Michael (or Allen) Smith was born on the 29th of October 1970 in Sparta (Georgia) the South of the USA. He studied music (gospel) but also won many rap contests. Then he became a professionnal American football player : he played at Atlanta, at the Clemson Tigers (while doing his studies at Clemson University from 1985 to 1989) as free safety (the defensive quarterback), at the Dallas Cowboys. A shoulder injury forced him to rest in rehab during one year. In 1991, he ranked #22 in the NFL Europe, playing for London Monarchs, Frankfurt Galaxy and Barcelona Dragons. After he went back to America, he met a German girl. Then he came to Munich in the Thunders team. They were the first American football team in Munich to enter into Pan European play.

As Richard was hanging around at the club Park Cafe, he noticed a guy with a snake around his neck : Deon Blue, who told him he had some success with the project he was rapping for (Pharao) but he did raps for another project too and could not handle both. Deon introduced Ras to manager Heinz Gross from Joint Venture Concerts, one of the biggest concerts booking agencies in Germany. Heinz liked Ras' look but did not really talk about singing or rapping. He explained him that the first song of the project was already record, so Ras would just have to do the live shows. Later, maybe, he would be allowed to contribute to other songs.

This is how Ras became the first E-Rotic rapper. "I left E-rotic on my own, nobody kicked me out. I didn't like the business of the producer David Brandes. He took money from live shows and had no respect for the live group E-rotic. It was stupid to say 15 years later the true came out. I was playing football when Max was out on record. I came in the group as a live show artist first. I am a rapper. The producer wanted to do everything for himself, so he could keep all the money and continue to make silly songs. He was not growing, so I left".

Richard created afterwards S.E.X. Appeal with Lyane Leigh. The same year, he started working at Edition Boosballer. In 1997 he became Magic Affair's new rapper (he appears in the clip of Bohemian Rhapsody and rapped for the singles Break These Chains and Night Of The Raven). He contributed to writing and producing Johnny Right's single I Wanna (Be With You Tonight), including an appearance in the videoclip. With Rod D and Lori Glori, he contributed to eurorap project Vienna's single Amadeus '97 (a cover of Falco). He also entered the marketing business, helping for cross-marketing deals between sportswear breands such as Columbia, Echo or South Pole and bands such as N*Sync.

1998 : he founded the girls band Four Colourz after a radio casting in California, that he managed and produced till 2001, releasing singles such as ABCD and Dog Me Out.

1999 : Richard went back to Munich and released a solo single entitled Crazy World, that he composed, wrote and produced himself with Daniel Troha. He also founded International Music Link.

2003 : he contributed to project Cool Ade song 95 South which appeared on soundtrack of movie National Security.

2005 : he began working as a consultant at Bravo HipHop Magazin.

2007 : he came back to Germany

2017 : he released a single under project name Pappa.Ras.See, a duet with Pappa Bear

2019 : he co-founded a restaurant equipment manufacturer company in Loganville (Georgia, USA) called BavariaGrill LLC, the daughter company and operating trademark of the German company, KSF-Grillgeraete GmbH. They imported original rotisserie grill used for the Oktoberfest.

He lives in Munich, Germany and in Pendleton, USA. He still runs business development company International Link.Me

In private, Richard has a brother called Marcus, a sister called Renée and a daughter called Brittany. His hobbies are football, basketball and running. His favourite singer is Michael Jackson, and his favourite actors are Denzel Washington and Demi Moore. His preferred destination is Atlanta (US). He likes eating chicken and drinking Cola. His favourite colour is blue.

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Thanks to Tavi Meran and Richard Smith himself

Raz-ma-Taz biography was last updated Sat, March 2nd 2024

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