Clementino

Clemente Maccaro, better known as Clementino, was an Italian rapper and beatmaker born in 1982, who performed in both Italian and Neapolitan. After becoming ​​known through various freestyle competitions, he recorded his first album, entitled Napolimanicomio, in 2006 for the Lynx Records label. His second album, titled IENA (Io e Nessun Altro) (“I and No One Else”) from 2011, was preceded by the single “La Mia Musica” (“My Music”) and featured collaborations with several prominent rappers including the American R.A. the Rugged Man, becoming a great success with critics and audiences. In 2012, as half of the duo Rapstar with fellow rapper Fabri Fibra, he released the album Non È Gratis (“It’s Not Free”), and early in 2013, he delivered the “mixtape” CD Armageddon in collaboration with Dope One and beatmaker OLuWong, who had previously collaborated with other Italian rap groups, Sud Sound System, and NTO. A few weeks later came Clementino’s new single “’O Vient” (“The Wind”), which preceded his third solo album Mea Culpa, released on Fabri Fibra’s label Tempi Duri and distributed by Universal. ~ John D. Buchanan