Rossella Discolo (born 18 September 1995), best known as Roshelle, is an Italian singer-songwriter. Roshelle became popular after participating in the

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of ''

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'', where she finished fourth in the competition.

Early life

Born and raised in Lodi, she immediately approached music starting to sing at the age of three, also influenced and pushed by her parents who have always been very close to the world of entertainment and art. During her elementary school period she was recruited into the

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of the

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. Soon after, she began to study first

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and then

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which she will study for eleven years, first privately and then at the Accademia Franchino Gaffurio in Lodi, where she also continued her training in singing and choreutes. In her teenage years she became very passionate about American

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, developing during the high school years a predisposition for

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. In 2014, she opened together her boyfriend and former manager her

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channel thus giving life to the real musical project Roshelle, in the channel the artist proposed covers of famous pieces, in which she also demonstrates her skills in

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by rewriting or adding to

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rap rhymes written by herself in English.

Career

''X Factor'' and the record deal with Sony (2016)

In the summer of 2016, she auditioned for the tenth season of the Italian ''

''; at the same audition took part her younger sister Cristiana who unfortunately didn't pass the first step of the audition. At the auditions Roshelle presented a reinterpretation of "

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" by

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and

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, in which she also added her own freestyle in English, gaining the four yeses of the judges and the

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from the public. In the bootcamp phase Roshelle performed " Black Widow" by

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and

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, adding even this time an English freestyle in the performance. Passing all the initial steps of the program, the singer advanced to the live shows of the program taking part of the ''Girls'' category, led by rapper

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. During the live shows Roshelle had the chance to perform her debut pop and electronic single "What U Do to Me", produced by

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. She reached the final of the competition and finished in 4th position. Although she didn't win the talent show,

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decided to sign Roshelle after the popularity she gained during the show, and later the label decided to release her first solo EP and work on the debut album. Roshelle's debut single "What U Do to Me", released on December 9, 2016, first climbed at the top of the Italian

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singles charts and was later certified platinum after ranking 3rd position on the

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chart. In the same chart her cover of Animal, a song by

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, made for the show ranked at number 89.

The debut EP, first singles and collaboration (2017-2019)

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, " Cold Water" by

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and

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" by

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" by

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; the EP is now certified gold in Italy. At the beginning of 2017 Roshelle promoted her debut EP with a mini tour called ''Anymal Tour'' and soon after she was defined by

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as one of the new Italian artists to watch for 2017. In the same year Roshelle began working on her debut album: seen her predisposition for English music, her label initially aimed to create a project with international sounds and in English language. On 9 June 2017 was released her second single, a pop, trap and electronic song entitled "Body Ady": the song was written and composed between

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with the collaboration of the record company Pulse Music Group, the song is produced by

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, it's written by

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and

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. On April 13, 2018, the third single released entitled Drink, a single characterized by a pop, funk and disco sound, the single debuted at 67th position in the official Italian single chart FIMI. The video of the song is a

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, written by Roshelle herself and directed by Andrea Folino. In mid-2018, Sony changed the direction of Roshelle's recording project, abandoning the idea of an international and English-language album in favor of an Italian-language project with urban sounds. Roshelle thus began to work with Don Joe and from their collaboration was born the artist's first single in Italian, entitled "Tutti Frutty!" and was released on 31 October 2018. The single achieved an immediate success on the web, exceeding a million views in a short time and causing several controversies regarding a scene in which the singer appears naked on a white horse in a deserted Milan. 2019 was a year full of collaborations for Roshelle: she was chosen by Italian rapper Myss Keta for the remix of the single "Le ragazze di Porta Venezia" together with

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, La Pina, Elodie and Priestess and a few months later she collaborated with

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in the song Together we win for the Italian biscuits Ringo commercial. In August 2019, she released the single "Mama", in collaboration with Lele Blade, characterized by urban and Latin sounds, produced by Italian multiplatinum producer

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The signing with Island Records Italy and Universal (2020-present)

On January 9, 2020, the single "Rosa naturale" was released, which featured a collaboration with Italian rapper

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, the song is written by the same Roshelle and the Italian singer Mahmood. The single was Roshelle's last to be released through Sony Music Italy, it ranked at number 74th on the Italian official single chart of FIMI. Also in 2020, on the occasion of the re-release of his album ''Emanuele'', she collaborated with Italian rapper

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for the remix of the song "Na catena", which ranked at number 64th on the Italian official single chart of FIMI and which is now certified platinum. After meeting Jacopo Pesce and

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, the same team of Italian rapper

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, she signed with Island Records Italy and

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. On 7 October 2020 her first single with the new record company titled "00:23" was released: the single talks about the singer's fear of not being able to leave a mark in the world, but also of a relationship that the singer had with a woman and then ended; to confirm the relationship was the singer herself during an interview with

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. On November 11, 2020, the single "7 giorni" was released, which is an R&B midtempo. On April 30, 2021, Italian rapper

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released his third album entitled ''

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'' which reached the number 1 on the official Italian album chart of FIMI, one of the song of the album called ''Interlude'' seen the collaboration of Roshelle as featured artist. On May 12, 2021, Roshelle released her third single with Island Records Italy called ''Ti Amo, Ti odio'' featuring Gué Pequeno, Mecna and Shablo who also produced the record together Luca Faraone. On December 3, 2021, his first unreleased EP ′′ Sentimental Season ′′ is released on all Digital Stores, achieving good success for his listeners. After various feats. with Rizzo in "Forte Forte'' and with

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, Elodie and

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in "Luglio" in 2022 . In 2023 she disappeared from social networks to then return to TV as presenter and judge in the program "The Rap Game Italia'' and returned to the music scene after a year with the song "Nella tana del mostro" (2023).

Musical influences

Roshelle is very influenced by American

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and R&B music and among her main musical influences she cites

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, Rosalìa,

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and rapper

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to whom she dedicated a tattoo as she defined Mac Miller as the artist who bring her closer to hip hop music. In an interview for

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, the singer declared that she was also inspired by the Neapolitan song, as one of her first memories related to music concerns the song "E pazzielle" by

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that her mother made her and her brothers listen to.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

;As lead artist * 2016 – "What U Do to Me" * 2017 – "Body Ady" * 2018 – "Drink" * 2018 – "Tutti Frutty" * 2019 – "Mama" (featuring Lele Blade) * 2020 – "Rosa naturale" (featuring

) * 2020 – "00:23" * 2020 – "7 giorni" * 2021 – "Ti amo, ti odio" (featuring Gué Pequeno, Mecna,

) * 2021 – "Come fai, come fai" * 2023 – "Nella tana del mostro" * 2023 – "Melancholia" * 2023 – "Caffè e lacrime" ;Guest artist * 2019 – "Le ragazze di Porta Venezia – The Manifesto" ( Myss Keta featuring Elodie,

, Roshelle, La Pina, Priestess) * 2019 – "Dove inizia il cielo" (

featuring Roshelle) * 2020 – "Na catena (RMX)" (

featuring Roshelle) * 2020 – "Vernice" (Tommy Dali featuring Roshelle) * 2021 – "To the Stars" ( Jimmy Sax featuring Roshelle) * 2021 – "Paradiso vs. Inferno (Interlude)" (

featuring Roshelle) * 2021 - "Segreti" ( Young Kali featuring Roshelle) * 2022 – "Luglio" (

featuring Elodie,

, Roshelle) * 2022 – "Like a Melody" ( Serena Brancale featuring Roshelle) * 2022 – "Forte forte" (Rizzo featuring Roshelle) * 2024 – "Ex" (Vale Lambo featuring Roshelle)

Television

* ''X Factor Italy'', (

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2016)-competitor * ''Yo!MTV RAPS'', (

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2020)-guest * ''

'', (Italia 1 2020)-guest * ''Stanzadilego'', (Twich 2022)-guest * ''The Rap Game Italia'', (Raiplay 2023)- judge/host * ''Bar Stella'', (

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, 26 April 2023)-guest

References

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