Marracash

He has also released numerous singles and collaborations, seventeen of which reached the top ten of the Italian Singles Chart. He has sold over 5 million copies in Italy, becoming one of the top selling Italian rappers in the 2010s. He has sung and written songs with numerous artists including rappers like Gué Pequeno, J-Ax, Fabri Fibra, Emis Killa, Club Dogo, Baby K, and pop-influenced artists such as Tiziano Ferro, Elisa, Giusy Ferreri, Federica Abbate and Elodie. In 2013, together with producer Shablo, he founded the independent record label Roccia Music, which involves established figures and newcomers to rap, producers and DJs. From 2012 to 2014, he hosted MTV Italy's freestyle music TV program MTV Spit.

• Name — Marracash • Birth Name — Fabio Bertolo Rizzo • Alias — Yuza delle Nuvole • Born — 22 May 1979 • Origin — Nicosia, Sicily, Italy • Genre — Hip hop • Occupation — * Rapper • songwriter • Years Active — 1999–present • Label — Universal • Website — marracash.it

Fabio Rizzo Bartolo was born in Nicosia, Sicily, Italy, to a mother who worked as a custodian and a father who worked as a truck driver. He has a younger brother. His family moved from Sicily to Milan in a house in Bramante; when he was ten, he was expelled from his home with his family, who moved to the suburbs of Barona, where he grew up and still lives. After graduating as an electronical technician, Rizzo recorded his first verses under the pseudonym Yuza delle Nuvole, appearing on Prodigio's 1999 demo "The Royal Rumble", alongside Il Guercio, Fame, Aken and Corvo D'Argento. He adopted the stage name Marracash after his childhood nickname, jokingly because of his Sicilian origins), as a pun on the name of Marrakesh.

Marrakesh made his debut appearance in 2004 on the PMC VS Club Dogo mixtape, a collaboration between Club Dogo and the Massive Crew Portion. In the same year the collective Dogo Gang came into being. He also contributed to the Club Dogo album Regular and to Hashishinz Sound Vol. 1 by Gué Pequeno and Deleterio. In 2005, under the Contagion Area label, Marracash released "Popolare", a single produced by Don Joe and made available for free download. The song anticipated the release of the mixtape Roccia Music I, in which the Dogo Gang (Club Dogo, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi, Deleterio and Ted Bundy) collaborated along with guests such as Inoki, Co'Sang, Rischio, Shablo, Misa and Royal Mehdi. In June 2008, his first solo album Marracash was released by Universal Music. It reached number 9 on the Italian Albums Chart, receiving a gold certification. Gué Pequeno, J-Ax, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi and Jake La Furia made guest appearances. Two singles were released from the album: "Badabum Cha Cha", which becomes the singer's first top ten hit, and "Estate in città". In 2009, he participated together with 55 other Italian singers on "Domani 21/04.2009", a charitable release to remember the victims of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake. Towards the end of the year he released the song "Cani pazzi", ahead of his second album Fino a qui tutto bene, which came out on 13 July 2010. It included collaborations with Giusy Ferreri ("Rivincita") and Fabri Fibra ("Stupidi"). It met with less success than his previous album. In September 2011, Marracash released the song "King of Rap", ahead of his eponymous album released in October. The album debuted at the number 3 on the FIMI chart, receiving platinum certification. Later in 2012 he released the collaboration "Giusto un giro" with Emis Killa and announced the launch of his own record label, La Roccia Music. On 22 December, Marracash presented the first episode of MTV Spit, a television program covering rap battles between artists of the underground scene. He worked on the collective album Genesis with the artists of the Rock Music of 2013. On 20 January 2015, he released his fourth album Status, which reached number 2 on the Italian Albums Chart and 32 on the Swiss charts. From the album he released the single "Status", which peaked at number 2 on the Italian Singles Chart, "Senza un posto nel mondo" with Tiziano Ferro, "In radio", and "Niente canzoni d'amore" with Federica Abbate. In June 2016 the rapper released a studio album with Gué Pequeno. Titled Santeria and comprising fifteen tracks, it became his first number one album. The forerunner single "Nulla accade", released on 7 June, was certified double platinum and reached number 16 on the Italian Singles Chart. He released an album collecting his hits for the 10th anniversary of Marracashs release. On 12 June 2019, he released a collaboration with singer Elodie, "Margarita", which peaked at number 9 on the Singles Chart and sold over 100,000 copies in Italy. On 31 October 2019, Marracash released his sixth album, Persona. It peaked at number one on the FIMI Chart and received double platinum certification. It was supported by several hit singles, including "Marylean", with Salmo and Nitro, "Crudelia - I nervi" and the number one song" Supreme - L'ego". On 6 March 2020 he released a new track, "Neon - Le Ali", featuring the Italian songwriter Elisa, which peaked at number five on the Italian Singles Chart. In 2020 the rapper collaborated with Dardust on "Defuera" and the third lead single from Persona "Sport - I muscoli", which peaked at number three on the Italian chart. On 17 November 2021, Marracash announced on Instagram a studio album Noi, loro, gli altri ("Us, Them, The Others"), which was released two days later. The album, consisting of fourteen tracks, was entirely produced by Zef and Marz and features three guests: Gué Pequeno, Calcutta and Blanco. The first track released from the album was "Crazy Love", which was accompanied by a music video starring his ex-girlfriend Elodie. On 13 December 2024, Marracash released another album È finita la pace. It features a song with the same title as the album, which became a certified Gold track by the end of 2024 and currently sits at Double Platinum. The track was written entirely by Marracash and was produced by his trusted associates Marz and Zef. With the release of È finita la pace, certain critics have described Marracash as having his own genre: the "Marracash genre." The album was nominated for the Rockol Awards 2025. The album has been described as dark, one that "absorbs truth and spits it out" while also being a true and personal manifesto in an age where copy-and-paste models of music and industrial productions predominate.

Between 2019 and 2021, the rapper was in a relationship with singer Elodie.

List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Certifications • ITA — SWI • Marracash — *Released: 13 June 2008 *Label: Universal *Format: CD, digital download — 9 — — — *FIMI: Gold • Fino a qui tutto bene — *Released: 13 July 2010 *Label: Universal *Format: CD, digital download — 7 — — — *FIMI: Gold • King del Rap — *Released: 31 October 2011 *Label: Universal *Format: CD, digital download, streaming — 3 — — — *FIMI: 2× Platinum • Status — *Released: 20 January 2015 *Label: Universal *Format: CD, digital download — 2 — 32 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum • Santeria (with Gué Pequeno) — *Released: 24 June 2016 *Label: Universal *Format: CD, LP, digital download — 1 — 12 — *FIMI: 5× Platinum • Persona — *Released: 31 October 2019 *Label: Island *Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — 1 — 48 — *FIMI: 9× Platinum • Noi, loro, gli altri — *Released: 19 November 2021 *Label: Island *Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — 1 — 16 — *FIMI: 7× Platinum • È finita la pace — *Released: 13 December 2024 *Label: Island *Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — 1 — 9 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum

• Title — Album details • Santeria Live (with Gué Pequeno) — *Released: 31 March 2017 *Label: Universal *Format: CD, DVD, digital download

• Title — Album details • Roccia Music I — *Released: 2005 *Label: independent *Format: digital download • Roccia Music II — *Released: 2011 *Label: Roccia Music *Format: digital download • Double Dragon Mixtape (with Gué Pequeno) — *Released: 28 May 2016 *Label: Universal *Format: digital download

List of singles as main artist, with chart positions, album name and certifications • Single — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album • ITA • "Badabum Cha Cha" — 2008 — 9 — *FIMI: Gold — Marracash • "Estate in città" — — • "Non confondermi" — — • "Tutto questo" — 2009 — — • "Stupido" — 2010 — — — Fino a qui tutto bene • "Rivincita" (featuring Giusy Ferreri) — 100 • "Parole chiave" — — • "King del Rap" — 2011 — 36 — *FIMI: Gold — King del Rap • "Didinò" — 63 • "Sabbie mobili" — 2012 — — • "Giusto un giro" (featuring Emis Killa) — 65 — *FIMI: Gold • "Se il mondo fosse" (with Emis Killa, Club Dogo and J-Ax) — 2 — *FIMI: Platinum — rowspan="2" • "La tipa del tipo" (with DJ Tayone) — 2013 — 32 • "Status" — 2014 — 2 — *FIMI: Platinum — Status • "In radio" — 2015 — 59 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Nella macchina" (featuring Neffa) — — • "Vita da star RMX/Playboy" (with Fabri Fibra) — — • "Senza un posto nel mondo" (featuring Tiziano Ferro) — — • "Catatonica" — — — Status (Vendetta Edition) • "Niente canzoni d'amore" (featuring Federica Abbate) — 2016 — 54 — *FIMI: 3× Platinum • "Nulla accade" (with Gué Pequeno) — 16 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum — Santeria • "Insta Lova" (with Gué Pequeno) — 24 — *FIMI: 4× Platinum • "Ninja" (with Gué Pequeno) — 62 — Santeria (Voodoo Edition) • "Scooteroni RMX" (with Gué Pequeno featuring Sfera Ebbasta) — 62 — *FIMI: 3× Platinum • "Maserati" (with Il Profeta) — 2017 — — • "Business class" (featuring Rkomi) — 2018 — 19 — *FIMI: Gold — Marracash (10 anni dopo) • "F.A.K.E." (with Don Joe and Jake La Furia) — 2019 — 32 • "Marylean" (with Salmo and Nitro) — 3 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum — Machete Mixtape 4 • "Non ci sto" (with Shablo and Carl Brave) — 7 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Bravi a cadere - I polmoni" — 8 — *FIMI: 3× Platinum — Persona • "Neon - Le ali" (featuring Elisa) — 2020 — 5 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Sport - I muscoli" (featuring Luchè) — 3 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum • "Crazy Love" — 2021 — 2 — *FIMI: 4× Platinum — Noi, loro, gli altri • "Laurea ad honorem" (featuring Calcutta) — 2022 — 8 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum • "La pioggia alla domenica" (with Vasco Rossi) — 11 — *FIMI: Gold • "Importante" — 13 — *FIMI: Platinum — Noi, loro, gli altri • "Un altro mondo" (with Merk & Kremont and Tananai) — 2023 — 17 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum • "Gli sbandati hanno perso" — 2024 — 1 — *FIMI: Platinum — È finita la pace • "Lei" — 2025 — 5 — *FIMI: Gold • "Casini" (with Gué) — 2026 — 57

List of singles as supporting artist, with chart positions, album name and certifications • Single — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album • ITA • "Come la" (The Bloody Beetroots featuring Marracash) — 2009 — 63 — Romborama • "Qualcuno normale" (Fabri Fibra featuring Marracash) — 2011 — — — Controcultura • "Noi siamo il club" (Club Dogo featuring Marracash) — 2012 — — — Noi siamo il club • "Non cambierò mai" (Baby K featuring Marracash) — 2013 — 72 — *FIMI: Gold — Una seria • "Come ieri" (Giuliano Palma featuring Marracash) — 63 — Old Boy • "Milano Bachata" (Rkomi featuring Marracash) — 2017 — 9 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum — Io in terra • "Pensare troppo mi fa male" (Federica Abbate featuring Marracash) — 2018 — — — In foto vengo male • "Margarita" (Elodie featuring Marracash) — 2019 — 6 — *FIMI: 3× Platinum — This Is Elodie • "Barona" (Young Rame featuring Marracash) — 2020 — — — Le jeune Simba • "Defuera" (Dardust featuring Marracash, Ghali and Madame) — 33 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Fantasmi" (DJ Tayone featuring Geolier and Marracash) — 2021 — 18 — *FIMI: Platinum — Djungle • "Solo lei ha quel che voglio 2021" (Sottotono featuring Marracash, Gué Pequeno and Tiziano Ferro) — 51 — Originali • "Le pietre non volano" (Luché featuring Marracash) — 2022 — 11 — *FIMI: Platinum — Dove volano le aquile • "Adrenalina" (Baby Gang featuring Blanco and Marracash) — 2024 — 14 — *FIMI: Platinum — L'angelo del male • "Volevo capire" (Madame featuring Marracash) — 2026 — 10 — *FIMI: Gold — Disincanto

List of selected non-single songs, with chart positions, album name and certifications • Single — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album — Notes • ITA • "Salvador Dalí" (with Gué Pequeno) — 2016 — 25 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum — Santeria • "Cosa mia" (with Gué Pequeno) — 44 — *FIMI: Gold • "Money" (with Gué Pequeno) — 50 — *FIMI: Gold • "Senza Dio" (with Gué Pequeno) — 58 — *FIMI: Gold • "Ca$mere" (with Gué Pequeno) — 52 — *FIMI: Platinum — Santeria (Voodoo Edition) • "Valentino" — 2018 — 47 — Marracash (10 anni dopo) • "Body Parts - I denti" — 2019 — 9 — *FIMI: Platinum — Persona • "Qualcosa in cui credere - Lo scheletro" (featuring Gué Pequeno) — 6 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Quelli che non pensano - Il cervello" (featuring Coez) — 4 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Appartengo - Il sangue" (featuring Massimo Pericolo) — 5 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Poco di buon - Il fegato" — 13 — *FIMI: Gold • "Non sono Marra - La pelle" (featuring Mahmood) — 11 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Supreme - L'ego" (with Tha Supreme and Sfera Ebbasta) — 1 — *FIMI: 3× Platinum • "Da buttare - Il cazzo" — 15 — *FIMI: Gold • "Crudelia - I nervi" — 2 — *FIMI: 6× Platinum • "G.O.A.T. - Il cuore" — 12 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Madame - L'anima" (featuring Madame) — 7 — *FIMI: 3× Platinum • "Tutto questo - Gli occhi" — 19 — *FIMI: Gold • "Greta Thunberg - Lo stomaco" (featuring Cosmo) — 18 — *FIMI: Gold • "64 barre di paura" (with Marz) — 2021 — 38 — *FIMI: Platinum — Red Bull 64 Bars, The Album • "Loro" — 6 — *FIMI: Platinum — Noi, loro, gli altri • "Pagliaccio" — 7 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Infinity Love" (with Gué Pequeno) — 1 — *FIMI: 5× Platinum • "Io" — 3 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Cosplayer" — 9 — *FIMI: Gold • "Dubbi" — 5 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum • "Noi" — 10 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Noi, loro, gli altri skit" — 16 • "Gli altri (Giorni stupidi)" — 11 — *FIMI: Platinum • "Nemesi" (featuring Blanco) — 4 — *FIMI: 2× Platinum • "Cliffhanger" — 12 — *FIMI: Gold • "Power Slap" — 2024 — 2 — È finita la pace • "Crash" — 4 • "È finita la pace" — 3 • "Detox / Rehab" — 7 • "Soli" — 10 • "Mi sono innamorato di un AI" — 16 • "Factotum" — 17 • "Vittima" — 6 — *FIMI: Gold • "Troi*" — 19 • "Pentothal" — 14 • "Happy End" — 22

• Title — Year — Other artist(s) — Album • "Hustelbound" — 2005 — Grand Agent, Don Joe, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi, Ask — Regular • "Che nessuno si muova" — Gué Pequeno — Hashishinz Sound Vol. 1 • "Boss!" — Gué Pequeno, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi, Jake La Furia • "Il giustiziere della notte" — 2006 — Rischio, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi, Jake La Furia — Reloaded - Lo spettacolo è finito Pt. 2 • "D.O.G.O." — Club Dogo — Penna capitale • "Briatori" • "Mentalità da clan" — 2007 — Noyz Narcos — Verano Zombie • "La gente fa…" — EnMiCasa, Club Dogo, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi — Senza respiro • "Puro Bogotà" — Club Dogo, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi — Vile denaro • "Pallottole nelle lettere" — Space One, Club Dogo, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi — Il ritorno • "Motolov Cocktail" — Ted Bundy — Motolov Cocktail • "Chi ci ferma" — Montenero, Gué Pequeno, Jake La Furia — Milano spara • "Popolari" — 2008 — Vincenzo da Via Anfossi — L'ora d'aria • "Domani 21/04.09" — 2009 — Artisti Uniti per l'Abruzzo • "Meglio che morto" — Club Dogo — Dogocrazia • "Il commercialista" — J-Ax — Deca Dance • "Rap Stallions" — Gué Pequeno, Izio Sklero — Fastlife Mixtape Vol. 2 - Faster Life • "Nun me parla 'e strada" — CoSang, El Koyote — Vita bona • "Grand Guignol" — 2010 — Noyz Narcos — Guilty • "Ciao proprio" — Club Dogo — Che bello essere noi • "Bla Bla" — Emis Killa — Champagne e spine • "Big!" — 2011 — Gué Pequeno, Jake La Furia, Nex Cassell, Ensi, 'Nto — Il ragazzo d'oro • "Voglio fare i $" — Entics — Soundboy • "Blues" — Fedez, Gué Pequeno — Il mio primo disco da venduto • "Il mondo dei grandi" — 2012 — Emis Killa — L'erba cattiva • "La prova vivente" — Rapstar — Non è gratis • "Rockstar" — Luchè — L1 • "Dalle palazzine" — 2013 — Clementino, Noyz Narcos, Francesco Paura — Mea Culpa • "Brivido" — Gué Pequeno — Bravo ragazzo • "Esercizio di stile" — Jake La Furia, Gué Pequeno — Musica commerciale • "Genesi" — Corrado, Fred De Palma, Achille Lauro, Luchè, DJ Tayone — Genesi • "Real Royal Street Rap" — 2014 — Achille Lauro — Achille Idol immortale • "Dal centro all'hinterland" — 2015 — Clementino, Noyz Narcos — Miracolo! • "Ora lo so" — Achille Lauro — Dio c'è • "XDVRMX" — Sfera Ebbasta, Luchè — XDVR Reloaded • "Relaxxx" — 2017 — Gué Pequeno — Gentleman • "Modalità aereo" — 2018 — Gué Pequeno, Luchè — Sinatra • "Pepita Bluemoon" — Cor Veleno — Lo spirito che suona • "Occh1 purpl3" — 2019 — Tha Supreme — 23 6451 • "Fiori" — Gemitaiz, Madman, Gué Pequeno — Scatola nera • "Street Advisor" — Night Skinny, Noyz Narcos, Capo Plaza — Mattoni • "Milano ovest" — 2020 — Shiva — Routine • "Tardissimo" — Gué Pequeno, Mahmood — Mr. Fini • "Tik Tok" — Sfera Ebbasta — Famoso • "La chiave" — 2021 — Salmo — Flop • "No Wallet" — 2022 — Paky — Salvatore • "K.O." — Gemitaiz, Coez — Eclissi • "Noia" — Fabri Fibra — Caos • "Free Solo" — Ghali — Sensazioni ultra • "Free" — 2023 — Gué Pequeno — Madreperla • "Il male che mi fai" — Geolier — Il coraggio dei bambini - Atto II • "Diluvio a luglio" — Tedua — La Divina Commedia • "Yalla" — Drillionaire — 10 • "Respira" — Salmo & Noyz Narcos — Cvlt • "15 piani" — Sfera Ebbasta — X2VR • "Nato per questo" — 2024 — Club Dogo — Club Dogo

• Illustration — Marracash performing in 2007 In an interview with AllMusic in July 2008, Marracash said he regularly listened to Metallica and 883 as a child. He takes inspiration from American artists such as Jay-Z, Drake, Kanye West, DJ Khaled, Nas, Kendrick Lamar and Wu-Tang Clan. From Italy, he cites Frankie Hi-NRG MC. Marracash described his writing and writing process for the 2019 album Persona in an interview with Rolling Stone Italy: "It develops over time, in the sense that I mature stuff, it's something I do on an introspective level, I do it without writing. I just take notes and then at a certain point I throw them out, and when I started writing the pieces flowed out like blood from a wound." He then describes his feelings and the way he analyzes the situations he reports in the texts: "I exercise a constant self-consciousness that leads me to experience emotions very intensely. [...] But each time I tend to pull the rope a bit to its extreme and it is perhaps also a way to feel alive, a search for adrenaline, because in the end I detach myself enough to find them stronger than before."

In 2006, when Marracash criticized Nesli's way of rapping through the song "Popular", a rivalry between the two began. The following year, in fact, Nesli responded to Marracash with the song "Life is just one", accusing him of making neighborhood rhymes and being a chatterbox. Marracash's response came in 2008 with the song "Dritto al punto", in which he reversed the quotations made by the opposing rapper, who replied with "Riot", closing the debate. On 14 January 2017, six months after the release of Santeria, Marracash and Gué Pequeno gave an interview to Corriere della Sera, in which they criticized the musical style adopted by their colleagues Fedez and J-Ax, ahead of the release of their studio album Comunisti col Rolex. Fedez responded by accusing the two rappers of criticizing them to achieve visibility, as well as calling Marracash a coward for not meeting him during Moschino's fashion show. Marracash, referring to Fedez as a "dwarf with Napoleon complex", denied Fedez's claim.