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Shade (rapper)

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Shade
Background information
Birth nameVito Ventura
Born (1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 (age 36)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
GenresHip hop
Pop rap
Occupation(s)Rapper, singer
Years active2005–present
LabelsWarner Music Italy

Vito Ventura (born 10 December 1987), known professionally as Shade, is an Italian rapper, singer and voice actor.[1][2]

In 2013 he won the second edition of the freestyle battle show MTV Spit[3] and debuted with the studio album Mirabilansia (Warner Music Italy) in 2015.[4]

Together with Federica Carta, he participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2019 with the song "Senza farlo apposta".[5][6]

As a voice actor, he dubbed in Italian several films, TV series and anime, most notably Sonny Wright in Inazuma Eleven: Ares, Ugly Dog (Pitbull) in UglyDolls, and L (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) in the live-action film Death Note and its sequels.[7][8]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Mirabilansia (2015)
  • Clownstrofobia (2016)
  • Truman (2018)

Singles

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  • "Cambiare stato" (2014)
  • "Mai una gioia" (2015)
  • "Se i rapper fossero noi" feat. Fred De Palma (2015)
  • "Stronza bipolare" (2016)
  • "Odio le hit estive" (2016)
  • "Bene ma non benissimo" (2017)
  • "Irraggiungibile" feat. Federica Carta (2017)
  • "Amore a prima insta" (2018)
  • "Figurati noi" feat. Emma Muscat (2018)
  • "Senza farlo apposta" with Federica Carta (2019)
  • "La hit dell'estate" (2019)
  • "Allora ciao" (2020)
  • "Autostop" (2020)
  • "In'un ora" (2021)
  • "Tori seduti" with J-Ax (2022)
  • "Pendolari" (2023)
  • "Lunatica" (2023)

References

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  1. ^ "Biografia Shade". Rockit (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ Fasano, Giusi (25 January 2018). "Shade, rapper innocente diviso tra il doppiaggio e il Po" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ Pasqui, Giulio (29 May 2013). "Mtv Spit 2013: vince Shade, al 2º posto Nitro, al 3º Fred de Palma, ecco cosa è successo". Blogo (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ^ Shade: scaricate il mio album MIRABILANSIA in free download!. Radio 105 (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Senza farlo apposta SHADE E FEDERICA CARTA" (in Italian). RadioDate. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Sanremo 2019, Federica Carta e Shade a Blogo: "Senza farlo apposta è canzone terapeutica"". Soundsblog (in Italian). 8 February 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Shade ci racconta come è stato doppiare Ugly Dog nel film "Pupazzi Alla Riscossa"". Mtv.it (in Italian). 6 November 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  8. ^ Simonetti, Patrizia. "Sanremo: Shade, cantante e doppiatore" (in Italian). voci.fm. Retrieved 14 June 2020.