Bello FiGo

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Bello FiGo
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Paul Yeboah during an exhibition in Rieti in 2022
Personal information
Born
Paul Yeboah

(1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 31)
Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian, Italian
Occupation(s)YouTuber, singer
Website www.youtube.com/user/TheGucciboy1992
YouTube information
Also known asBelloFiGo, BelloFiGo Gu
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genre(s) Comedy music, trap music
Subscribers677.00 thousand [1]
Total views187.06 million [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 20 Jul 2024
Paul Yeboah
Born4 August 1992
Origin Accra, Ghana
Genres comedy music , parody music
Years active2010–present
Labels Warner (2024-present)
Website www.youtube.com/user/TheGucciboy1992

Paul Yeboah (born 4 August 1992), known online by his nicknames Bello FiGo and Bello FiGo Gu, and in the past also as Bello FiGo Gucci and Gucci Boy, is a Ghanaian-Italian YouTuber and singer, known in Italy for his numerous songs parodying topics like racism, sexism and politics, some of which caused controversy.

Life and career

Born in Accra, Bello FiGo moved to Italy in Parma with his family in 2004. [2] In 2007 he started to publish self-produced music videos on his own YouTube channel. [3] At first he did that under the name "Gucci Boy", but after the company Gucci sent him a letter, he says, he changed it to "Bello Figo". [4]

Bello FiGo's songs are done in an intentionally poor style called "trash rap" because of the low technical-stylistic quality of his rap music accompanied by bizarre, surreal, satirical and often grammatically incorrect lyrics. [5] [6] His music videos, published only on YouTube, have totaled millions of views (for example, the song "Non Pago Affitto" has as of January 2021 over 30 million views) [7] [8] and have made Bello FiGo a phenomenon of the Internet in Italy.

After the first songs, characterized mainly by topics of vulgarity and sexism, Bello FiGo took over from 2016, with the songs "Sono bello come profugo" (I'm handsome like [a] refugee), "Non Pago Affitto" ([I] Don't Pay [the] Rent) and "Referendum Costituzionale" (Constitutional Referendum), a more political role, applying his style and its self-irony to the stereotypical arguments inherent in immigrants in Italy, described as being mostly nasty and delinquent. He also mocked, besides these stereotypes, various political figures. For this reason in 2016 he was defined by Rolling Stone music magazine as "the most politicized artist in Italy", [9] and between the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017, it suffered several disputes and threats of violence, even of racist background, by groups and subjects close to the far-right, that led to the cancellation of some of his concerts for fear of public tensions and disorders (in Brescia, in Borgo Virgilio, in Legnano, and in Rome). [10] [2] [11] [12]

In December 2019 Bello FiGo was sued by the University of Pisa and its rector, Paolo Mancarella, that declared, after being contacted by the AGI, that the University would have done everything to defend its honour and reputation, because of a song about sex Bello FiGo has published on his official YouTube channel on 6 December 2019, "Trombo a facoltà", that was recorded inside the classes of economics of the University, which declared that its staff didn't know anything about it and didn't give its authorization to record the video. [13] [14] [15] In February 2020 he released the song "CoronaVirus" that got over 5 million views on YouTube. On May 11, 2020, he released his third musical album on Spotify and YouTube. The album is called "Terra Transsese in estate".

On May 2024, Warner Music Italy announced the signing of Bello FiGo. [16]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Fulloni, Alessandro (14 January 2017). ""Se canti qui finisci in ospedale" I tre concerti negati a Bello Figo, il rapper immigrato dal Ghana". Corriere della Sera.
  3. ↑ "Bello Figo, chi è il rapper che sta facendo impazzire il web (e Alessandra Mussolini)?". Soundsblog.it. 3 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bello Figo: "Voi ridete, io faccio milioni... di view"". Giornale di brescia. 6 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ascoltare Bello FiGo per capire i tic della politica (e il referendum)". Il Foglio.
  6. ↑ Grasso, Aldo (12 May 2016). "Il fraintendimento dei testi satirici del rapper ghanese Bello FiGo". Corriere della Sera.
  7. ↑ Bello FiGo (23 October 2016). "Bello FiGo ft The GynoZz – Non Pago Affitto (SwaG NeGri) Stai Li A Pagare!!! ASSGARAA" – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ Bello Figo (Ft. The GynoZz) – Non pago affitto , retrieved 7 May 2020
  9. ↑ "Bello Figo è l'artista più politicizzato in Italia". 22 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Il rapper Bello FiGo sfida i nostri stereotipi sull'immigrazione". February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Una mattina mi son svegliato / O Bello Fi, Bello Fi, Bello Figo Gu". 18 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Minacce di morte al rapper Bello Figo Annullato il concerto di Capodanno". 27 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Bello Figo denunciato dall'Università di Pisa per il video di 'Trombo a facoltà' | Rolling Stone Italia". 12 December 2019.
  14. ↑ "Bello Figo cerca lo scandalo con "Trombo a facoltà". Sesso e modelle, l'università di Pisa lo denuncia".
  15. ↑ ""Trombo a facoltà": Bello Figo gira VIDEO sconcio all'Università di Pisa". 11 December 2019.
  16. ↑ "La campagna acquisti di Warner Music Italy continua con Mambolosco e Bello Figo". 21 May 2024.
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