Who is the rapper Faneto: the lyrics, the accusations, the controversies

On Spotify his music has over 110 million streams: a popularity that Faneto has built through collaborations with colleagues such as Artie 5ive, Astro, Kid Yugi and Rrari dal Tacco (“1234 Posse”), Nerissima Serpe (“Così non va bene”), Glocky (“Pink Molly”). Among his most viral songs is “Lamelo”, whose lyrics read: “She’s a slut, but she’s not more of a slut than me, no / She claims to be a slut, but she’ll be treated worse.”

Who is Faneto

This is who Faneto is, the rapper who has recently ended up at the center of a media storm after his girlfriend accused him of harassment, showed the bruises from the alleged beatings on the web and received over a million views. Real name Valentin Antonio Segura, 21 years old, the Italian-Dominican rapper did not respond to the accusations but closed his public accounts.

The single “Lamelo”

It was precisely with “Lamelo”, a title inspired by the American basketball player LaMelo Ball, explicitly mentioned in the lyrics of the song (“LaMelo Ball, on a slut we jump”) that the rapper born in the Dominican Republic but raised in Lombardy – between Cusano Milanino, Cinisello Balsamo and Desio: his stage name derives from the homonymous song by Chef Keef, whose title is a mispronunciation of the “finished” Italian – last year he made himself noticed online. The song on Spotify has exceeded 2.5 million streams:

The record company

Also in 2024 he released his debut album “No pressure, no diamonds”. After the controversy of recent days, his record company, Trenches Records, published a post in which it dissociates itself “from any type of violence against women” announcing that “the proceeds from the Faneto editions will all be donated to associations against violence against women”.