Massimo Pericolo

Based in Brebbia, Northern Italy, Alessandro Vanetti is a rapper who took the name Massimo Pericolo during a two-year prison sentence for drugs charges in 2014. His debut album 'Scialla Semper' (2019) took its name from the police operation that led to his arrest. Producing trap-influenced beats with a nihilistic and violent lyrical content that he terms 'emodrill', he released a series of YouTube videos linking his music with gang lifestyle evoked through imagery of guns, drugs and balaclavas. An anti-institution message is also prominent as he burns his electoral card at the beginning of the video for '7 Miliardi.' Before prison, he began rapping under the name Skinny Bitch, contributing two tracks to the album 'Cime di R-ep' (2011) by SpumaCru. Following his arrest and change of name, he began working on new material, releasing a video for the song 'Baklava' in 2017. He was featured on Ugo Borghetti's 2018 track 'Ansia,' produced by Phra Crookers and Nic Sarno. Working with the same production team, '7 Miliardi' (2019) brought him to much wider attention on the Italian rap scene, quickly gaining more than two million views on YouTube. His debut album 'Scialla Semper' was released in early 2019. © ©Copyright Music Story 2020