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Shade (rapper)

Vito Ventura, known professionally as Shade, is an Italian rapper and voice actor.

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Shade
Shade in February 2019
Shade in February 2019
Background information
Born
Vito Ventura

(1987-12-10) 10 December 1987
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • voice actor
InstrumentVocals
Years active2005–present
Labels

Vito Ventura (born 10 December 1987), known professionally as Shade (Italian: [ˈʃaːde]),1 is an Italian rapper and voice actor.23

Life and career

In 2013, he won the second edition of the freestyle battle show MTV Spit4 and debuted with the studio album Mirabilansia (Warner Music Italy) in 2015.5

Together with Federica Carta, he participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2019 with the song "Senza farlo apposta".67

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.89

Discography

Studio albums

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

Singles

  • "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

References

  1. "Shade: «Il mio rap senza droga tra Verga e Pirandello»". www.leggo.it (in Italian). 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  2. "Biografia Shade". Rockit (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Shade: scaricate il mio album MIRABILANSIA in free download!. Radio 105 (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. "Senza farlo apposta SHADE E FEDERICA CARTA" (in Italian). RadioDate. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. "Sanremo 2019, Federica Carta e Shade a Blogo: "Senza farlo apposta è canzone terapeutica"". Soundsblog (in Italian). 8 February 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  8. "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.
  9. Simonetti, Patrizia. "Sanremo: Shade, cantante e doppiatore" (in Italian). voci.fm. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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