Who was Jesto, the Roman rapper (son of art) who died at 40
“14 years ago I participated in my first 2Thebeat in which Jesto also competed, seeing him do freestyle made me understand what he meant having charisma on the stage. A point of reference for the movement in an era in which he ran only for the fuck and passion. Rest in peace legend of rap (the real one)”. So Fedez wanted to remember Jesto, the Roman rapper who died last night, at the age of 40. To give the news of the disappearance of Justin Yamanouchi, this is the real name of the rapper, was his brother, Taiyo “Hyst” Yamanouchi: “Astro of the Italian rap and man of immense spiritual stature. It is not said that it leaves empty, because it is not so. Instead it leaves an inheritance of an incalculable value and a momentum to the moral and spiritual elevation that the related souls will know, know. The last farewell, in private form, will take place on Tuesday 5 August, in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, at 11 am.
Cult name of the Roman rap scene (first) and national (then), Jesto was the son – of art – of another great worship artist. Not of rap, but of the Italian songwriter: Stefano Rosso. His “a dishonest story”, dated 1976, is a small jewel of the Roman song of the golden years. The artist died prematurely, at just 59 years old, in 2008, when his son Jesto had already embarked on his musical career: records like “My first and last album” of 2005, “Extreme” of 2008 “,” Il Jesto Senso “of 2010 and mixtape as” Radio Jesto Livero vol. 1 “of 2006,” Notes of imbalance “of 2008 and” Signs of imbalance “of 2009 circulated a lot thanks to the word of mouth among the followers of the Capitoline rap circuit of the 2000s.
Jesto put his head in the mainstream in 2018 with “Buongiorno Italia”: “I merged the roots of my father with my background of rapper, combining the two different musical and cultural approaches, at a time when the music is emptied of content”, told Rockol seven years ago about that album. And again: “The hip-hop was born as a rebellion and minority that feels oppressed, it arises as a social criticism. For me the impulse that has a creative in throwing something out should already be rebellious in itself, because if you have something to say this flicker is out of the chorus, already basic it is revolutionary. It is the artist’s task to give an original point of view, not in line with the rest. It is reproduced, only for the fact that it is, in fact, a reproduction kills the flicker of art “.
The list of collaborations collected over the years by the Roman rapper over the years: from Gemitaiz to Rancore, from Nayt to Canesecco, passing through Clementino and Mondo Marcio, Jesus had seen the careers of great protagonists of the Italian rap circuit of the last twenty years is born and grow.
