Rocco Pagliarulo (born 21 November 1994), known professionally as Rocco Hunt, is an Italian rapper from

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. He rose to fame after winning the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2014 with the song "Nu juorno buono"

Career

In 2014 he participated in and won the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2014 with the song "Nu juorno buono", for which he also won the ''Emmanuele Luzzati Prize'' and the ''Assomusica Prize''. Both the title of the song, and several verses of the lyrics were written in the Neapolitan dialect. He took part in the Big artists section of the 2016 festival with "Wake Up", a second song featuring the Neapolitan dialect, eventually placing 9th. On the third night of the festival he performed a cover of the classic Neapolitan song "

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. Hunt participated for a third time in

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in 2025. He placed 15th with the song " Mille vote ancora". Hunt participated for a third time with a song written partially in Neapolitan dialect. On the fourth night of the festival, alongside rapper Clementino, he performed a cover of the song ''Yes I Know My Way'' by

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. He has released five studio albums to date, with tracks including collaborations from other notable artists such as Noyz Narcos, Clementino,

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, Tiromancino,

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, and

Neffa Giovanni Pellino (born 7 October 1967), best known as Neffa, is an Italian singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He is a pioneer of Italian hip hop scene. Life and career Born in Scafati, at young age Pellino moved to Bologna with ...

. On 8 April 2025, he announced the title and tracklist of his upcoming his sixth album, ''Ragazzo di giù'', which is due to be released on 25 April 2025.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Extended play

Singles

Featured in

Other songs

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Rocco 1994 births Living people Italian male rappers 21st-century male rappers People from Salerno Sanremo Music Festival winners of the newcomers section 21st-century Italian male singers 21st-century Italian singer-songwriters Italian hip-hop musicians