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James Lazzarini aka Lazza

Born - August 22, 1993 (age 27 years), Milan

Record labels - Universal Music Italia, 333 Mob

Italian rapper , musician and record producer, Lazza was born in Milan in 1994; raised in the Calvairate district , since he was a boy he cultivated a passion for music, which led him to study piano at the Giuseppe Verdi conservatory in Milan. He later decides to devote himself almost entirely to the world of hip hop , doing apprenticeship in the crews Zero2 and Block Recordz. Lazza began his career by participating in the Perfect Techniques 2009. Subsequently, on November 5, 2012 he publishes the self-produced mixtape Destiny Mixtape for free download , which contains the track Putas created in collaboration with Giaime. The album was made during the period of militancy in the Zero2 crew. On 29 December 2014 he released K1 Mixtape , made with the production of DJ Telaviv of the Bloc Recordz label: the album also sees the participation of rapper Emis Killa in the track #NSSAUC .Later, he collaborates with Emis Killa in the mixtape Keta Music Vol. 2 [6]and takes part in the hip hop Real Talk Radio radio show On 12 and 30 December 2016 he publishes the singles DDA and Super Santos Freestyle.

On March 20, 2017, Lazza releases the cover and tracklist of his first studio album, Zzala , which features Nitro and Salmo on the MOBtrack . The album is released the following April 14, produced by 333 Mob, distributed by Universal Music. Unlike previous works, Zzala approaches trap music themes . The album is promoted in the summer of 2017 through two tours, the Zzala Tour and the Zzala Winter Tour .

In the following months, he devoted himself to the production of pieces for Ernia ( Disgusting ), Nitro ( Passepartout ) and Salmo ( Monday ). Fabri Fibra participates in his song Lario RMX . Furthermore, Zzala is certified gold as well as the songs DDA , MOB while the song Lario is certified platinum.

In July 2018 he released the single Porto Cervo , subsequently certified gold Anticipated by the singles Gucci Ski Mask (which sees the collaboration of Gué Pequeno ) and Netflix , on March 1, 2019 his second studio album, Re Midas , which sees the collaboration of Tedua , Izi , Fabri Fibra , Luchè , Giaime and Kaydy Cain .The album constitutes a further evolution of Lazza's musical style, which almost totally embraces trap musicality. The album, produced by 333 Mob and Universal, debuts in first position in the FIMI ranking .On October 3rd two reissues of the album come out: Re Mida (Aurum) and Re Mida (Piano Solo). The first contains some unreleased and new collaborations, while the second several pieces rearranged for solo piano and reinterpreted by Lazza.The albums were anticipated by the release of the single Ouver2re .

On 6 July 2020 announces the publication of the J Mixtape , later released on 17 July. J Mixtape contains 10 tracks in collaboration with Capo Plaza, Tha Supreme , Pyrex by the Dark Polo Gang collective and Gué Pequeno in Moncler, Shiva , Rondodasosa, Tony Effe, Geolier and Gemitaiz.