Rocco Hunt coexists Gigi D’Alessio and maximum danger

A title that is already a declaration. “Boy down” It is Rocco Hunt’s new album, released on April 25th. A 14 songs trip – The more the “Yes I Know My Way” bonus feat. Clementino – where the original artist of Salerno combines the realism of urban rap with modern and versatile sounds. “It is an album that talks about my story, of my identity. It is a very personal and identity job that comes after the positioning speech of “A thousand vote again” in Sanremo And that talks about my roots “.

The return to the origins

After years of experiments, musical and non -musical trips, The Down boy embarks on the most important journey on this album, that of returning home understood as his roots, his way of being and doing. “Behind there is a return to my origins, in some songs There is the pure and raw rap that distinguished me at the beginning and a return to the Neapolitan Melodic Melodica Melodica melody that I brought to the Campania rap when it was solely comic or gangsta“. A wave that has been further renewed in 2020, with a series of certified songs with platinum records. From there he wants to emphasize his identity in pieces such as “cchiu good and me” with Irama. “When I met him in the studio he told me that he would please sing with me following this Neapolitan line and I imagined Irama who listens to Spotify “Stu core to belong” – He says smiling. We took this possibility on the fly and I raised the mail by inviting him to sing in Neapolitan. ” “Gura”, the song with Gigi D’Alessiowhich combines trap rhythms with Neapolitan melodies.

New collaborations

In the album there is also an experimental part that led the artist to broaden the boundaries and horizons. “In songs like” What do I love you to do? ” I explored a new genre like Country Pop, in “I hope God do not take it away” I sing on a very intimate ballad, while “Tomorrow who knows”, written with Olly, has a more songwriting approach“. Many collaborations with very different artists, from Gigi D’Alessio at maximum danger. “Every collaboration always leaves you something, I learned from each of them and I was pleased to stay in the studio because from everyone steal A way of doing and seeing music. I am an admirer of collaborations because playing with other artists is always a big opportunity And for this I always let myself be guided by the person in front of me. ”

Influences

Between returns to the origins and new experiments, the Neapolitan scene always acts as a background. From the musical one – just think of Pino Daniele – to the theatrical one with the tribute to Eduardo De Filippo in “A ‘night”. “Definitely Naples was an inspiration since the first day I started making music. I was born in Salerno, but my father was a radio speaker in a radio of Neapolitan songs and I grew up with this strong input. Congoing to let myself be fascinated by the Neapolitan culture, so much so that in the last period I have brought together to the enormous artistic legacy that we have like the poems of Eduardo, the music of Pino Daniele – with which I had the pleasure of collaborating – and the cinema of Massimo Troisi. A repertoire that we young people should never take for granted and we must not forget “.

Culture, but also language. Throughout the album the Neapolitan dialect It alternates with Italian not only as a stylistic choice, but also as an identity act that strengthens the message. “It has been fundamental since I put the pen on the sheet for the first time. In 2014 I brought “Nu Juorno good” on the stage of Sanremo and I have always maintained this desire to represent my languagebecause I am convinced that the use of dialect amplifies the concept and allows me to turn direct to my audience and my people directly “.

The boy down, on tour

On June 20, the “Boy of Down Tour 2025” will start. A tour in the main summer venues that anticipates the two live events, already announced for this 2025: on 11 September at the Royal Palace of Caserta and 6 October at the UNOLULO FORUM in Milan. “For me, live is the real musical expression, a moment where I enjoy and where I bring my music at 360 degrees. I will start with this tour with a zero date in Campobasso and then touch all of Italy and end with the two event dates in Milan and at the Royal Palace of Caserta. A wonderful location that I want to enjoy, after all it does not happen every day “. And then? What to expect again? “I would like to continue having fun with music, to see her like a passion and never get tired of what I do. I feel proud and make my family proud. These are the things that make me alive“.