Manuel Zappadu (born 14 May 1990), known as Hell Raton, is an

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. He is best known for his project Machete Empire Records and his crew Machete Crew, founded in 2010 with

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, Slait and En?gma (the latter having exited it in 2016); as well as for being one of the four judges in the fourteenth season of '' X Factor Italia'', which was won by who formed part of his category (Girls). He returned for the X Factor (Italian season 15) and won again with

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Biography

In 2020 he was engaged in some charitable projects such as Machete Aid on Twitch.tv for those working in the music industry and facing the crisis caused by the

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. On 9 June 2020 his participation as judge in the fourteenth edition of ''X Factor'' was announced, captaining the Girls category (which included Mydrama, and Cmqmartina) and winning the edition with . In 2021, he won ''X Factor'' again with his pupil

Judicial proceedings

In 2020 the newspaper reported that Zappadu was accused of the crime of complicity in aggravated

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, along with 11 other people. According to the accusation, the rapper was part of a group of 12 boys who in 2015 beat 3 young people in front of a nightclub in

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Discography

Mixtapes

* 2011 – ''Basura Muzik Vol. 1'' (published as El Raton)

EP

* 2014 – ''Rattopsy EP'' (published as El Raton)

Singles

; As El Raton * 2011 – ''Multicultural'' * 2013 – '' The Island'' (

feat. El Raton & Enigma) * 2014 – ''Paper Street'' (feat. DJ Slait) * 2014 – ; As Hell Raton * 2017 – ''Buganda Rock'' * 2017 – ''Hell Taxi''

Collaborations

* 2012 – Machete Crew – '' Machete Mixtape'' * 2012 – DJ Slait – '' Bloody Vinyl'' * 2012 – Machete Crew – ''

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'' * 2014 – Machete Crew – '' Machete Mixtape III'' * 2015 – DJ Slait – '' Bloody Vinyl 2'' * 2019 – Machete Crew – '' Machete Mixtape 4'' * 2020 – DJ Slait, Low Kidd, Tha Supreme e Young Miles – '' Bloody Vinyl 3''

References

External links

El Raton

Hell Raton
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, Zink Media. {{Authority control 1990 births Italian male rappers Italian record producers Living people People from Olbia