Luca Paolo Aleotti, known as Grido or Weedo (born March 30, 1979), is an Italian rapper and singer. Grido is a former member of the band Gemelli Diversi (1997–2014), and member of the crews Spaghetti Funk and TDK. He's also

J-Ax Alessandro Aleotti (; born 5 August 1972), known as J-Ax (), is an Italian rapper, formerly in the rap group Articolo 31 with his DJ Vito Luca Perrini (DJ Jad). He is the brother of Weedo (also known as Grido from boyband Gemelli DiVersi). On ...

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Biography

Beginnings

Born in

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, Grido grew up in

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. His nickname (Grido, "Scream" in Italian) has been apparently given to him by his brother Alessandro (aka

) because he always cried as a child. His first appearance was a collaboration with his brother J-Ax in the song ''Cavaliere senza re'', 1996. His second appearance was in the song ''Tutti Per Uno'' (Dj Enzo, 1997), when he was still part of his first band ''Rima nel Cuore'' along with Strano, now lead singer of Gemelli Diversi.

Gemelli Diversi

He then joined the group ''La Cricca'', with Thema, Strano and THG, thereby forming the group of Gemelli Diversi (he was the youngest member). With GDV he recorded seven albums since 1998. Grido has also participated with

Articolo 31 Articolo 31 is a band from Milan, Italy, formed in 1990 by J-Ax and DJ Jad, combining hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms. They are one of the most popular Italian hip hop groups. Band history Articolo 31 were formed by rap ...

in various songs including ''Il mio consiglio'', ''Buon sangue non mente'', ''Due su due'' and ''Cavalieri senza Re''. During 2006 Fabri Fibra dissed Gemelli Diversi and Grido in particular (with the song "Idee Stupide"). Grido responded with an online video making a ''Fabri Fibra'' parody called "Standing Ovation". Fabri Fibra then responded at '"MTV Day" 2006 in

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. ''Gemelli Diversi'' responded again in the song "B-boy band" contained in the album Boom!.

Solo career

In May 2011, Grido published a solo album called

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(I Scream), which was preceded by two singles, ''SuperBlunt'' (with ''Danti'', ''Tormento'' and ''Sud Sound System'') and ''Fumo e Malinconia'', presented at TRL Music Awards 2011. He finally left his band in 2014, changed his nickname in Weedo, before releasing his second solo album (''Happy EP!'').

Personal life

He has a son, called Davide, born in 2014.

Discography

With Gemelli DiVersi

* '' Gemelli DiVersi'' (1998) * '' 4x4'' (2000) * '' Come piace a me'' (2001) * '' Fuego'' (2002) * '' Fuego Special Edition'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Reality Show – Dual Disc'' (2005) * '' Boom!''(2007) * '' Senza fine'' (2009) * '' Tutto da capo'' (2012)

Solo albums

*2011 – ''

'' *2014 – ''

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References

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