Martel89 26 points27 points 4 months ago

I haven't seen that before (not italian)- are those guys just trolling/trying to piss people off, or is it like a trenchant satire about what italians think about migrants? It's fucking hilarious in the darkest possible way. Jesus.

i_forgot_my_catItaly 21 points22 points 4 months ago

I mean, it depends on how you look at it. I was a big fan growing up because his songs were just absurd. It was also a bit of a parody of the Italian rap scene at the time in a sense that the scene was primarily focused on things like love and bragging about being the best rapper and occasionally weed. Every once in a while they'd rap about making it from the streets (think streets like being poor and maybe selling drugs, not like gang violence, shooting and stabbing streets) and yadda yadda, but generally it was very sentimental. What he did was basically introduce early 2010s trap music turned to 11, to the point of pirating most of his beats. Not exactly: think less violence and more Versace by Migos or Pretty Boy Swag by Soulja Boy. It was loud, it was in your face, and it played towards black stereotypes of being lazy, entitled, not speaking properly, being hung (he literally has a song called "Io ce l'ho grosso" = "My dick is big"), the classics. He'd made politicalish songs before, like Swag Berlusconi or Matteo Renzi where he'd sort of boast about being powerful or rich like them, but Non Pago Affitto is what propelled him to a household name since it basically stated all the stereotypes about immigration and did it in a way that made him seem proud. I'm personally of the opinion that it's somewhat a persona, from that song onwards, since he hit all the right buttons to gain attention in a way that showed he had at least a superficial understanding of politics at the time. His flow, rhyming and delivery also showed signs of getting better for a time in a way that makes me believe he could actually pull off a proper, serious trap song if he spent more than a dayish on the lyrics. I've also seen him live and he's a great performer and knows how to work a crowd, as well as the fact he turned his YouTube success into actually touring Italy. I outgrew his music since I feel like it got a bit stale and formulaic, but I don't consider him a bad artist, as he consistently put out bangers for years, cranking out songs every few days.

Zerella001 2 points3 points 4 months ago

Are you even Italian bruh? Your language skills are on point.

i_forgot_my_catItaly 1 point2 points 4 months ago

Hahaha, Italian on my Dad's side (proper born and raised Italian), but raised outside of Italy where I went to an international school and currently studying in Scotland. Still spent a significant chunk of my life in Italy and grew up multilingual.

RajaImtiazBangladesh/Italia 26 points27 points 4 months ago

its both,he even pissed of musollinis niece on a talk show with this song

Martel89 49 points50 points 4 months ago

Man Italy is fucking WILD

She even does the big voice and the sweeping hand gestures, can't tell if that's as Benitoesque as I think it is or if that's just how Italians are.

Imagine if that was Hitler's niece was on TV complaining about migrants in Germany.

Mordred_85 6 points7 points 4 months ago

They exist, that’s true: after WWII they hid in the background of the political face-off between communists and catholic liberals. Their numbers shrunk during economic booms and cheap credit. But they lurked and survived until today: now economic conditions have worsened and berlusconi keep them on the limelight. They are in the hype! This sentiment is catalyze by the ever growing migration issue - more properly racism

DickBentleyUnited States of America 4 points5 points 4 months ago

Hell she even resembles the guy, look at the jaw.

ParyscopeItaly 17 points18 points 4 months ago

Sort of both, maybe neither. I don't think it really matters. Maybe he just wants to trigger the right (and he is incredibely good at that). Maybe he just enjoys shitposting. Maybe it was a plan to become viral. We can be sure he is not serious, at least.

Check out the legendary dab (minute 6:00) he made 3 years ago against Mussolini's niece.

[deleted] 1 point2 points 4 months ago

he is trolling populists and fascists irl