Italian hip hop

Italian hip hop started in the early 1990s. One of the first hip-hop group that received attention from the Italian mainstream was Milan's Articolo 31, then and now produced by Franco Godi, who wrote the soundtrack to the animated TV series Signor Rossi in the 1970s.

In the early 1980s, hip hop spread to Italy, side by side with the Jamaican Raggamuffin. The first star was Jovanotti, took the rap in the otherwise traditional Italian pop. Nevertheless, some of his songs were pure hip-hop, such as " Il rap ", the Public Enemy's Chuck D samplete.

Articolo 31 began as a mainly influenced by East Coast hip-hop hip-hop duo, but switched to a more profitable style during her career and eventually developed into a punk / pop / crossover group. Other important groups and rappers are Bologna Camelz in Effect with their early hit " Slega la Lega ", Sangue Misto appeared with her 1994 album SMX, the political group 99 Posse, whose musical influences from world music to trip hop. Gangsta rap groups are Sa Razza, La Fossa from Sardinia, Colle of Fomento and Flaminio Maphia from Rome, Kaos One of Milan. Probably the most famous Italian rappers next to Articolo 31 are Sottotono from Varese, Neffa from Bologna and Piotta representing Rome and was made famous by an ironic interpretation of Coatto ( the stereotypical Italian boy). Caparezza is another well known rapper.

There are also some groups that rap in local dialects or languages ​​, such as La Famiglia and Almamegretta on neapolitan, being in this band, the transitions are fluid in reggae and other styles; Sa Razza (partially) in Sardinian and DLH Posse rap both in Friulian and Italian. 99 Posse also uses both the Italian and Neapolitan, while La Pooglia Tribe and Sud Sound System rapping both in Italian and dialects from the Apulian region.

In recent years, new groups emerged as Cor Veleno, Brusco, Gli Inquilini and La Squadra from Rome, Club Dogo, JTAG, and Vacca Emis Killa from Milan, Salmo from Sardinia, Co'Sang from Naples or Stokka & Madbuddy from Palermo in the Italian hip -hop on scene.