Kid Yugi

Francesco Stasi (born April 14, 2001), known professionally as Kid Yugi, is an Italian rapper.

Biography

Debut and ''The Globe''

Born in Massafra and raised between Massafra and Bari, Stasi began rapping in his early teens, publishing his first official single as Kid Yugi, ''Grammelot'', on Spotify in February 2022.

With the release of ''Grammelot'' he came to the attention of the Thaurus record label, with which he released various singles. A single named ''DEM'' was released in October 2022, in collaboration with rappers Tony Boy and Artie 5ive, that brought him more popularity.

In November 2022, his first album, ''The Globe'', was released and it certified gold. It contains three songs certified gold, namely ''Grammelot'', ''Il Filmografo'' and Il ferro di ''Čechov''.

2023–present: Commercial success and ''I nomi del diavolo''

On September 23, 2023, he opened the ''Marrageddon'' Festival by Marracash in Milan, with ''Grammelot'', ''Paradiso artificiale'' and ''Sintetico'', broadcast live by Amazon Music and Radio M2o. Around the same time, he was involved in Salmo and Noyz Narcos' collaborative album '' Cvlt'', contributing to the omonym track.

In 2024, in January and February respectively, he released the singles ''Paganini'' and ''L'anticristo'' before the release, in March, of the second album ''I nomi del diavolo'', which debuted directly at the top of the weekly FIMI Albums Chart and it received platinum certification, while also receaving positive feedback on television, with the Italian news program TG1 dedicating a short report to it. The album was also placed at the top of the Spotify Top Albums Debut Global chart, i.e. the chart of the most listened to new albums of the first days of March at a global level, excluding the USA. There is the participation of rappers Tony Boy, Artie 5ive, Tedua, Papa V, Noyz Narcos, Ernia, Simba La Rue, Geolier and Sfera Ebbasta and a sampling of the Taranto singer Fido Guido. ''I nomi del diavolo'', like the previous ''The Globe'', is a concept album, in this case inspired, among other references, by William Golding's novel ''Lord of the Flies''.

On April 4, Kid Yugi was featured as a guest artist on producer Mace's third album, ''Māyā''. He later also appeared on the albums '' Milano Angels'' by Shiva, ''Locura'' by Lazza and ''CONTAINERS'' by The Night Skinny.

Themes

Kid Yugi's rap is characterized by its references to theatre, cinema and literature. Frequent topics of his songs are the denunciation of the situation of Ilva in Taranto and the deaths it caused, love, guns and drug dealing.{{Cite web , date=2024-03-01 , title=Kid Yugi e il gran ballo di Satana dentro l’Ilva di Taranto {{! Rolling Stone Italia , url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/interviste-musica/kid-yugi-e-il-gran-ballo-di-satana-dentro-lilva-di-taranto/872841/ , access-date=2024-10-17 , language=it-IT

Discography

Albums

* ''The Globe'' (2022)
* ''I nomi del diavolo'' (2024)

EPs

* ''EP 5/3'' (2023, Real Talk)
* ''Quarto di bue'' (2023, with The Night Skinny)

Singles

* "Grammelot" (2022)
* "Sturm und drang" (2022)
* "Kabuki" (2022)
* "King Lear" (featuring Sosa Priority, 2022)
* "DEM" (featuring Artie 5ive and Tony Boy, 2022)
* "Minaccia" (2023)
* "Quarto di bue" (with The Night Skinny, 2023)
* "Massafghanistan" (with The Night Skinny, 2023)
* "Paganini" (2024)
* "L'anticristo" (2024)
* "Eva" (featuring Tedua, 2024)
* "64 barre da censura" (Red Bull 64 Bars, 2024)
* "Donna" (2024)

References

2001 births
Living people
Italian male rappers