Paky
Paky, pseudonym of Vincenzo Mattera (born 28 November 1999), is an Italian rapper. Biography Growing up between Secondigliano and Fuorigrotta, at the age of 10 Paky moved to Rozzano, a town in the province of Milan. He discovered rapping by chance as a child when he witnessed the filming of a Co'Sang music video, and became passionate about it when, during high school, he started listening to Italian and international hip hop. The rapper made his debut in February 2019 with the single ''Tutti i miei fra'', under the pseudonym ''Pakartas'', a term that means "hanged" in the Lithuanian language and which he would later shorten to Paky for the release of his first single, ''Rozzi''. The song gained notoriety to the point of being certified platinum by the Italian Music Industry Federation with 70,000 units sold nationwide, bringing the artist to the attention of Island Records. In November 2019, he made his first entry on the Top Singles chart with ''Tuta Black'', a collaborati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Geolier
Emanuele Palumbo (born March 23, 2000), known professionally as Geolier (), is an Italian rapper. Career 2018–2021: Breakthrough and ''Emanuele'' Palumbo's stage name is derived from , French for "gaoler" translating in Italian as , which is also a slang demonym for his native Secondigliano district of Naples. His debut single, "P Secondigliano", was released in 2018 with Nicola Siciliano. In the same year, he released other singles including "Mercedes", "Queen" and "Mexico". In 2019, Geolier signed a contract with BFM Music, founded by the rapper Luché, with which he released in October his debut album, ''Emanuele''. The album features some of the main rappers in Italian hip hop, such as Luchè, Emis Killa and Gué Pequeno. The album was promoted with the singles "Como te", "Narcos" and "Yacht". 2022–present: ''Il coraggio dei bambini'' and Sanremo Music Festival 2024 On 28 October 2022, he released " Chiagne" with Lazza and Takagi & Ketra, as the lead single from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marracash
Fabio Bartolo Rizzo, better known by his stage name Marracash (), is an Italian rapper. Starting his career in the rap group Dogo Gang, he debuted as a solo artist rising in fame in the 2010s releasing six studio albums that reached the top ten of the Italian Albums Chart, including two top positions with ''Santeria'' (2016) and ''Persona'' (2019). The rapper has also released numerous successful singles and collaborations scoring seventeen times the top ten of the Italian Singles Chart. Thanks to his work he has sold over 5 million copies in Italy, becoming one of the top selling Italian rappers in the 2010s. In the course of his musical projects he has sung and written songs with numerous artists including rap artists like Gué Pequeno, J-Ax, Fabri Fibra, Emis Killa, Club Dogo, Baby K, and pop influences artist as Tiziano Ferro, Giusy Ferreri, Elisa, Federica Abbate and Elodie. In 2013, together with producer Shablo, he founded the independent record label Roccia Mus ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIMI Albums Chart
The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously existing Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani (AFI). During the following years, most of the remaining Italian record labels left AFI to join the new organisation. As of 2011, FIMI represents 2,500 companies operating in the music business. FIMI is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and of the Italian employers' federation, Confindustria. Its main purpose is to protect the interests of the Italian record industry. Starting in March 1995, the Italian Music Industry Federation began providing the Italian official albums chart. In January 1997, FIMI also became the provider of the Italian official singles chart. Due to the decrease of CD singles sales in Italy, FIMI replaced its physical singles chart with a d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ernia
Matteo Professione (born 29 November 1993 in Milan), better known as Ernia, is an Italian rapper. Together with fellow hip hop artist Ghali, he founded the crew Troupe D'Elite, also including Maite and producer Fawzi. The group released the eponymous extended play in 2012 under label Tanta Roba, and the album ''Il mio giorno preferito'' in free download under Honiro Records label, in 2014. After the group's dissolution, he moved to London. When he came back to Italy, he debuted as a solo artist in 2017, releasing the album ''Come uccidere un usignolo'', named after a literal translation of the title of Harper Lee's novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. One year later, his second studio album, ''68'', debuted at number one on the FIMI Italian Albums Chart. In 2020, he increased his fame with the album ''Gemelli'', which became his second number-one studio set in Italy, and spawned the chart-topping single "Superclassico", certified sextuple platinum by the Federation of the Italian Musi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Noyz Narcos
Noyz Narcos, stage name of Emanuele Frasca, also known as Noyz or White Zombie, (born December 15, 1979) is an Italian rapper, beatmaker and writer. He is also a member of the Italian hip-hop collective TruceKlan. Biography Beginnings, first crews and ''Non dormire'' (1996–2005) As a teenager he began playing basketball and cultivating a passion for Nike and graffiti so he joined the TBF crew and Savage Boys. He began his career in a grindcore group together with Metal Carter, but soon realized that his path was that of hip-hop. He entered the world of rap at 19 in the crew Erreaccanegativo, founded by Darko Fetz and Ricky Jd. They released their first album ''Calma apparente'' in 1996, but Noyz did not take part in it as he left the crew. Later in 2000 he worked with Truceboys in the creation of their first EP. He then joined the Roman crew on a permanent basis, contributing to the creation and release of the album ''Sangue'' in 2003. The next period, in which the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emis Killa
Emiliano Rudolf Giambelli, best known as Emis Killa (born 14 November 1989), is an Italian rapper. Biography and career Emis Killa was born in Vimercate to a Sicilian mother from Palermo who worked as a metalworker and a Lombard father who also performed as a musician. Emis Killa’s father struggled with bipolar disorder and died due to cardiac arrest in 2010. 2007–2010: The beginnings In 2007, at just 17 years old, he was the winner of an Italian freestyle competition called TecnichePerfette. Emis Killa cooperated with the independent company Blocco Recordz with which he published a mixtape, ''Keta Music'' (2009), followed by the album ''Champagne e Spine'' (2010). 2011–2012: ''The Flow Clocker Vol.1'' and ''L'erba cattiva'' In 2011 he published the mixtape ''The Flow Clocker vol. 1'', followed by the album ''L'erba cattiva'' (2012). The music video for his song "Parole di ghiaccio" (meaning Cold words), the third track from the album ''L'erba cattiva'', received 7.5 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Side Baby
Arturo Bruni (born 13 September 1994), known professionally as Side Baby, is an Italian rapper and former member of Dark Polo Gang. Biography Son of the Italian director and screenwriter Francesco Bruni, he played a role in the 2011 film '' Easy!'' and 2017 film ''Everything You Want'', both written and directed by his father. He was a member of the Roman trap group Dark Polo Gang from 2014 to 2018. The decision to leave the group comes in May 2018, when the artist's father announces his son's decision to leave the Dark Polo Gang to pursue a solo career. The following month he starts publishing content on social media, especially Soundcloud, under the name of Side Baby (or even as Arturo), thus removing the "Dark" prefix. In April 2019, he released his first album for Universal Music, which takes its title from his first name, ''Arturo''. His second studio album, ''Il ritorno del vero'', was released in 2021. Discography Solo ;Studio albums *''Arturo'' (2019) *''Il ritorn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tedua
Mario Molinari (born 21 February 1994), known professionally as Tedua, is an Italian rapper and actor. Initially also known as Duate, Tedua is known as one of the members of the collective Wild Bandana, along with Izi, Vaz Té, Sangue and Ill Rave. Biography Tedua, pseudonym of Mario Molinari, was born in Genoa. At the age of three he was entrusted to a family, with whom the young Mario stayed for a very short span of time. He later spent a few years with his maternal grandmother in Milan, before returning in his teens in the town of Cogoleto, in the suburbs of Genoa, where he grew up coming into contact with those who will then be members of ''Wild Bandana''. Aged 13 Mario met Vaz Tè at school, through whom he will meet Izi. The three, who will then be joined by other boys, will begin to devote themselves to musical activity, giving themselves soon stage names: Molinari chose ''Incubo'' (''Nightmare''), name which he later dropped in favor of ''Duate''. Musical style Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lazza
Jacopo Lazzarini (born 22 August 1994), known professionally as Lazza, is an Italian rapper and record producer. Biography Lazzarini was born in Milan, more precisely in the Calvairate district. From a young age, he cultivated a passion for music, which led him to study piano at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. He later moved into the world of hip hop, joining the Zero2 and Blocco Recordz collectives. In 2009, he took part in the annual Italian hip hop event Tecniche Perfette. On November 5, 2012 he released his first mixtape album ''Destiny Mixtape'', later followed by the second mixtape ''K1 Mixtape'', produced by DJ Telaviv of Blocco Recordz, released on December 29, 2014. In the same year, Lazza collaborated with Italian rapper Emis Killa on the singles "Bestie" and "Bella idea", contained in the latter's album ''Keta Music Vol. 2''. On April 14, 2017 he released his first studio album ''Zzala'' which, compared to the previous mixtapes, is characterised by a cr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luchè
Luca Imprudente (born 7 January 1981), known professionally as Luchè, is an Italian rapper and record producer. Life and career Born in Naples, in the Marianella suburb, Luchè started his professional career as a member of the hip hop duo Co'Sang. Following the disbandment of the duo in 2012, the same year he released his first solo work, the album ''L1''. As of February 2024, he released 5 solo albums, and his works have earned him 18 platinum discs and 9 gold discs. In May 2024, Co'Sang reunited and released a new album, ''Dinastia''. In 2019, Luchè founded a label, BFM Music. Artists on the label include Geolier, , and . In 2020, he released an autobiography, ''Il giorno dopo'' ("The day after"). He lives between Naples, London and New York, where he opened two pizzerias. Discography ;Album * 2012 – ''L1 '' * 2014 – ''L2'' * 2016 – ''Malammore'' * 2018 – ''Potere'' * 2022 – ''Dove volano le aquile'' References External links ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jake La Furia
Francesco Vigorelli (born 25 February 1979), better known by his stage name Jake La Furia, is an Italian rapper, record producer and radio host. He was formerly a member of the hip hop duo Club Dogo with rapper Gué Pequeno and producer Don Joe. He was also in " Sacre Scuole", a group consisting of him, Gué Pequeno, and Dargen D'Amico. Biography Sacre Scuole He is the son of Giampietro Vigorelli, a well-known artistic advertising director of the agency D'Adda Lorenzini Vigorelli BBDO. Vigorelli came into contact with Hip hop through Graffiti, which he started practicing around 1993. His first nickname was Fame, originating from his '' tag'' (graffiti signature). A little later he started rapping, becoming one of the best known MCs in the Milan area. Together with his companions Gué Pequeno and Dargen D'Amico he formed the Sacre Scuole, participating in albums and mixtapes by artists such as Chief, Solo Zippo, ATPC and Prodigio. In 1999 they released their first album, '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |