United StatesRas Kass is the #30,335 most-subscribed YouTube creator worldwide and #8,154 in United States, with 44K subscribers and 10.9M total views across 13,490 videos. Ras Kass is known as actor, musician and rapper.
Biography
John R. Austin II, better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an American rapper. He is a member of the hip hop supergroup The Hrsmn, along with Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt in 2014. He is also a member of the group Golden State Warriors with Xzibit and Saafir. About.com ranked him No. 30 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), while Pitchfork Media called him "one of the best rappers of all time".
Channel description
Truth has a voice. And it sounds like Ras Kass.
Born in Watts, raised in Carson, Ras Kass carved his legacy not with gimmicks, but with bars that cut deep and intellect that challenges the system. A scholar in the booth, he took his name from Ethiopian emperor Ras Kassa Mercha—signaling from day one that this was more than rap, it was a movement.
He stormed the underground with a pen sharp enough to earn double Hip-Hop Quotables from The Source and Rhyme of the Month from Rap Pages—twice in just six months. By 1996, Soul on Ice dropped like a thesis, crowned by the iconic “Nature of the Threat”—a seven-minute history lesson that split speakers and sparked conversations.
No industry filter. No compromise. Just bars, brilliance, and the real.
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“I Got That” 🎬 Teaser • Official YouTube Video • #RasKass feat #InspectahDeck & #CoastContra
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Ras Kass - Line 4 Line (The Evil That Men Do)
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Ras Kass - Line 4 Line (The End)
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Ras Kass - MISS ME YET? ft. Timothy Bloom
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Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Ras Kass have?
- 44K subscribers — #30,335 worldwide, #8,154 in United States.
- When did Ras Kass start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Jul 2009.