THE 21st CENTURY ONLINE AWARDS NOMINEES FOR THE BEST ITALIAN ARTISTE OF THE DECADE.

Gionata Boschetti aka Sfera Ebbasta

Born - Gionata Boschetti 7 December 1992 (age 28) Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy

Musical career - Genres

• trap

• Pop rap

• Latin trap

Occupation(s)

• Rapper

Years active - 2011 present

Labels

• BillionHeadz Music Group

Associated acts

• Charlie Charles

• Ghali

• Tedua

• Gué Pequeno

• Drefgold

• Quavo

• Afroludi

• Rich the Kid

• Lacrim

• Tinie Tempah

• Offset

• Lil Mosey

• J Balvin

• Future

Website - sferaebbasta.com

Sfera Ebbasta rose to prominence after the release of the XDVR album, recorded with the collaboration of the record producerCharlie Charles, which achieved commercial success in Italy. This success was replicated with releases Sfera Ebbasta (2016), Rockstar (2018), and its re-issue Popstar Edition (2018), Famoso (2020)

Since November 2014, he has produced several pieces in collaboration with Charlie Charles and published them on YouTube with their videos. After the release of the song Panette he began to be contacted by some record labels.

On 11 June 2015 he made his debut with the first studio album XDVR (standing for "per davvero", "for real" in English), made up by some of the singles published in the previous months, as well as other unpublished ones. Initially released as a free download, the album was reissued in a reloaded version on 23 November through Roccia Music, an independent record label of Marracashand Shablo, and distributed in the national sales circuits; in addition to the songs already present in the original, the tracklist included the unreleased XDVRMX (with Marracash and Luchè), Ciny(referring to his hometown Cinisello, of which video clip was also shot) and Trap Kings. The album received a good success in the underground musical scene and greatly increased the popularity of trap music in Italy, also receiving excellent feedback from the specialized critics; however it was also the subject of numerous criticisms as various songs spoke of life in suburbanneighborhoods (mainly inspired by the street reality of his city, Cinisello Balsamo), including criminal activities and consumption of drugs such as codeine and marijuana.

On 20 January 2016 the video of the unreleased track Blunt & Sprite was published on YouTube, while during the same year Sfera Ebbasta featured in a track of the album Anarchie by the French rapper SCH, positively impressed by listening to the rapper's pieces during a stay in Italy: he also made the track Cartine Cartier, produced by Charlie Charles and DJ Kore, extracted as a promotional single of the album.

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