Pierfrancesco Botrugno (born 25 July 1988), known professionally as Madman, sometimes stylized as MadMan, is an Italian rapper.

Biography

Early years, ''Escape from Heart''

Madman entered the world of

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by participating in the 2006 edition of Tecniche Perfette (a well-known italian freestyle competition), in

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, later won in

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by July B. In 2007 he made his debut with the self-produced

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''Riscatto mixtape'', made in collaboration with TempoXso, followed in the same year by ''Prequel'' (recorded together with Esse-P), and in 2008 by ''R.I.P. Street album.'' In 2010 Madman released the debut album ''Escape from Heart'', released for free through the Honiro Label.

Collaborations with Gemitaiz, ''MM Vol. 1''

Since 2011 Madman has embarked on a musical collaboration with rapper

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, with whom he has released the mixtape '' Haterproof'' (2011) and the EP '' Detto, Fatto.'' (2012), both released through the Honiro Label. On June 28, 2013 Madman made the

''MM Vol. 1 Mixtape'', consisting of 18 tracks. It was subsequently extracted from it as the only single "Come ti fa Mad", released by the label Tanta Roba of Gué Pequeno and DJ Harsh, with whom Madman signed a recording contract on September 25. In 2014 the rapper returned to collaborate with Gemitaiz for the realization of the album ''

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'', released on May 24. Anticipated by the videoclips of "Non se ne parla" and "Haterproof 2", the album met with great success in Italy, making its debut at the top of the Italian album chart and being certified

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by the Italian Music Industry Federation for over 25,000 copies sold in the country.

''Doppelganger'' and ''MM Vol. 2''

In July 30, 2015, through his

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page, the rapper announced the completion of the second studio album ''Doppelganger'', released on September 11 for Tanta Roba with

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distributio. On 27 October 2016 the mixtape ''MM Vol.2 Mixtape'' was released for

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, consisting of 16 tracks and anticipated by the

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of ''Bolla papale freestyle''.

''Back Home'' and ''MM Vol. 3''

On February 2, 2018 Madman releases his third studio album ''Back Home'', anticipated by the singles "Trapano" and "Centro" (with the collaboration of the singer

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). He also collaborates with rapper

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on the track called "O.K. Corral", from the album ''No Comment'', and with rapper

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in the track "Che roba è?!", contained in the album ''Shardana''. A year later the mixtape ''MM Vol.3 Mixtape'' was released for

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, promoted by the singles "7/8 Sour" and "Supernova".

''Scatola nera''

In 2019 Madman returned to collaborate with Gemitaiz for the creation of a new part of the ''Veleno'' series, materializing on June 7 with the release of ''

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''. The single achieved great success, debuting at the top of the Top Singles Billboard and beating the record of daily audience on Spotify Italy. The song also played the role of the lead single on an album by the duo, entitled ''

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'' and released on September 20 of the same year.

Discography

Albums

;Solo ;with

Mixtapes and EPs

Solo with Gemitaiz Others *2007: ''Riscatto mixtape'' (with TempoXso) *2007: ''Prequel'' (with Esse-P) *2008: ''R.I.P.''

Singles

Songs featured in

Other charting songs

External links

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Notes

{{Authority control 1988 births Living people Italian male rappers 21st-century male rappers