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Lesser known facts about Roll Rida, the evicted Bigg Boss Telugu 2 contestant

Last updated on - Sep 25, 2018, 14:01 IST
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Lesser known facts about Roll Rida, the evicted Bigg Boss Telugu 2 contestant

The latest episode of TV reality show Bigg Boss Telugu 2 witnessed its last eviction of the season. Telugu rapper Roll Rida got evicted after spending 105 days in the Bigg Boss house, making some friends and memories for lifetime. Here are a few lesser known facts about the engineer turned rapper.

Born Rahul Kumar Velpula, he was was raised in Hyderabad. He did his schooling at St. George’s Grammer High School, Class XII at Narayana Junior College, Tarnaka and completed his Bachelors of Technology from CVR college of Engineering, Hyderabad.

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Story behind 'Roll Rida'..

His professional name ‘Roll Rida’ was inspired from American rapper Flo Rida. He tweaked it considering the roll in his Telugu rap making it as ‘Roll Rida’.

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Mommy's boy..

Roll Rida describes himself as a ‘Mommy’s boy’. His mother initially said “NO” to sending him to Bigg Boss house. Her later had to convince her for letting him participate in the same.

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The night before eviction..

The night before the eviction, even Kaushal predicted that Roll Rida would make it into the Top 5. But when Roll Rida was evicted, Kaushal was shocked yet he was the first one to hug him.

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When the unimagined happens..

Roll Rida initially thought he would be evicted in just two weeks. He is quite surprised at surviving for 106 days in the house.

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Things he missed in the BB house..

Pen and paper to rap and mobile phones are the few things that he missed in the Bigg Boss house besides his family.

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Irony..

He determined not to lose his cool whatsoever before stepping into the house. Ironically, he was evicted for the same.

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Kirana.. his first taste of success

Roll Rida tasted his first success with Kirana, a rap song where he is seen placing an order in the grocery store in the form of a rap. According to him, the command over the language and keeping your eyes and ears open helps in rap.

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Eminem is his inspiration

Roll Rida claims to be a dreamer and dream-chaser. And English rapper Eminem is one of his biggest inspirations.

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