Emiliano Rudolf Giambelli (born 14 November 1989), known professionally as Emis Killa, is an Italian rapper.[1][2]
Emis Killa | |
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.jpg) Killa at the Verona Arena during the 2016 Wind Music Awards | |
| Born | Emiliano Rudolf Giambelli 14 November 1989 Vimercate, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Rapper |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Website | www |
Early and personal life
editEmiliano Giambelli was born in Vimercate, Lombardy, to a Sicilian mother from Palermo who worked as a metalworker and a Lombard father who also performed as a musician. His father struggled with bipolar disorder and died due to cardiac arrest in 2010.
Career
edit2007–2010: The beginnings
editIn 2007, at just 17 years old, Emis Killa was the winner of an Italian freestyle competition called TecnichePerfette.[3] Emis Killa cooperated with the independent company Blocco Recordz with which he published a mixtape, Keta Music (2009), followed by the album Champagne e Spine (2010).
2011–2012: The Flow Clocker Vol.1 and L'erba cattiva
editIn 2011 he published the mixtape The Flow Clocker vol. 1, followed by the album L'erba cattiva (2012).
The music video for his song "Parole di ghiaccio" (meaning Cold words), the third track from the album L'erba cattiva, received 7.5 million views on YouTube in less than two weeks, reaching 20 million in three months, breaking the record for Italian music.
2013–2015: Mercurio
editOn 12 July 2013, Emis Killa published Vampiri, as an anticipation of the rapper's second studio album. The video clip of the song was successfully released on 17 July.
2020: 17 with Jake La Furia
editOn 18 September 2020, Emis Killa released 17, an album in collaboration with Jake La Furia.
2024–present
editIn December 2024, Emis Killa was announced as one of the participants in the Sanremo Music Festival 2025.[4]
Awards and nominations
editOn 5 May 2012, Emis Killa won "Best emerging artist of 2012" at the TRL awards.[5]
On 12 December 2012, during the Hip Hop Awards in the category of Best New Artist and Best Collaboration he won along with Club Dogo, J-Ax and Marracash with his song "Se il mondo fosse".
In January 2015, Mercurio received a nomination for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award.[6]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Il peggiore (2011)
- L'erba cattiva (2012)
- Mercurio (2013)
- Terza stagione (2016)
- Supereroe (2018)
- 17 with Jake La Furia (2020)
- Effetto notte (2023)
References
edit- ^ "Sorrisi IT". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ^ MonrifNet (21 December 2013). "Emis Killa, da Vimercate al top: "Vengo dal nulla e lo canto a ritmo di rap" - Il Giorno - Milano". www.ilgiorno.it.
- ^ "Emis Killa". New Generation. Archived from the original on 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ^ Laffranchi, Andrea (2024-12-01). "Sanremo 2025, i cantanti in gara: la lista dei big del Festival, da Giorgia ed Elodie a Fedez e Achille Lauro" [Sanremo 2025, the competing singers: the list of the Festival's "Bigs", from Giorgia and Elodie to Fedez and Achille Lauro]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Vincitori | TRL Awards 2012 - MTV.it". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
- ^ "23 albums up for European Independent Album of the Year Award". IMPALA. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.