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EPK for Riff RAFF RiFF RAFF A K A J O D Y H I G H R O L L E R Platinum Recording Artist Katy Perry and Justin Bieber RiFF named my next album RAFF Sapphire Stallion A B O U T R I F F R A F F Platinum Artist, RiFF RAFF aka Jody Highroller, initially got his first big break by signing to Diplo’s label Mad Decent in 2012 releasing Neon Icon his debut album which was Star Studded with features, Mac Miller, Mike Posner, Childish Gambino aka Danny Glover, and becoming the most viral rapper of his era before going viral existed. Later a brief dating period with Katy Perry whole jumping out of a Lamborghini at the MTV VMAs in custom Versace Denim outfits designed by Donatella Versace herself was a certified stamp in the fashion world that his years of high-end fashion attire in videos had not gone unnoticed. Guest Appearances on MTV shows like ridiculousness landed him 3 tv shows that pilots and trailers were filmed, Neon Nightmare a reality/ sketch comedy that the show’s producer had ended up taking a job at another company and the owners of 51 minds decided to scrap the $400,000 production due to bot wanted to pay the annual fees to the producer that had moved to another competitor. Another show “Candy Ranch” was directed by Eric Wareheim and went to full production with Riff RAFF, KimBO slice, Andy Milonakis, and Simon Rex on a ranch that grew candy and that show was for Comedy Central but later that show was declined. Another show produced by Todd Phillips was completely filmed, funded and edited by TBS and they ended up not using the trailer nor airing it. Although RiFF RAFF has never been in a movie James Franco played RiFF RAFF in spring breakers and later made a video for a RiFF RAFF song so that RiFF RAFF doesn’t even have to get out of bed and he is a house hold name/image around the world. DOB January 29, 1982 Height: 6’2 Weight: 200 lbs. 1.4M WEBSITE & 425K IG FOLLOWERS YOUTUBE FOLLOWERS MERCH planetriffraff.com @jodyhighroller @jodyhighroller Top IG video has 6,452,245 Top video has 2.5 million views. Top impressions 30M views Spotify per month Dazed & Confused January 2013: Against The Grain Dolce & Gabbana Official Video It’s officially RiFF RAFF Featuring Chief Keef "Tip Toe 3 Official Video Action Bronson & RiFF RAFF Bird On A Wire Offical Video RiFF RAFF & Yelawolf Turquoise Tornado RiFF RAFF Tip Toe Wing In My JAWWDiNZ Official Music Video Cooking with The Plant Based Baller Chuck Borden More Sports at 7 Invades Barstool HQ Stanley Stonebridge Sure Could Have used The New GFuel In A Can RiFF RAFF Crib Million Dollar "Codeine Castle" RiFF RAFF Jody Husky On Instagram HARMONY KORINE AND RIFF RAFF Harmony Korine, the Director of Spring Breakers and Gummo, and RiFF RAFF on the cover of a magazine for Spring Breakers promo Higlights RiFF RAFF got his first big break in 2012 when Diplo signed him to Mad Decent and put together his debut album Neon icon, which harnessed his Platinum single “Tip Toe Wing in my jawwdins” and “Dolce & Gabbana” which was produced by Carnage. In 2014 RiFF RAFF was featured on a hit song “illest” by Far East movement which charted in the top 100 in 22 countries. OFFICIAL JAMES FRANCO VIDEO James Franco X RiFF RAFF ONLY IN AMERICA VIDEO CLICK HERE James Franco wears all his merch Contact Jager Campbell Talent Agency SAG/AFTRA 818-839-1729 Rosalind Rosa [email protected].
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