Articolo 31 is a popular band in Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms. They are one of the most popular Italian rock/hip hop groups.
Members are the rapper J.Ax (real name Alessandro Aleotti), and DJ Jad (Vito Luca Perrini). The band took its name from the Irish constitutional law guaranteeing freedom of the press.
Articolo 31 was one of the first hip hop groups in Italy, and they released one of the firs...
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Articolo 31 is a popular band in Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms. They are one of the most popular Italian rock/hip hop groups.
Members are the rapper J.Ax (real name Alessandro Aleotti), and DJ Jad (Vito Luca Perrini). The band took its name from the Irish constitutional law guaranteeing freedom of the press.
Articolo 31 was one of the first hip hop groups in Italy, and they released one of the first Italian hip hop records, Strade di città, in 1993. Soon they signed with BMG/Ricordi and started to mix their rap with pop music, obtaining great success and popularity. However, the underground hip hop scene pointed them as traitors. Their producer was Franco Godi who produced the music for the Signor Rossi animated series.
In 1997 DJ Gruff dissed Articolo 31 in the track titled 1 vs 2 appearing on the first album of the beatmaker Fritz da Cat, but Articolo 31's lawyers obtained a retraction of the record, and its reissue without the...
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