Ernia

Ernia
Ernia in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Matteo Professione
Born	(1993-11-29) 29 November 1993 (age 31) Milan, Italy
Genres	Hip hop pop rap conscious hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	2011–present

Matteo Professione (born 29 November 1993), known professionally as Ernia, is an Italian rapper. ^[1] Together with fellow hip hop artist Ghali, he founded the crew Troupe D'Elite, also including Maite and producer Fawzi. ^[2] The group released the eponymous extended play in 2012 under label Tanta Roba, and the album Il mio giorno preferito in free download under Honiro Records label, in 2014. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

After the group's dissolution, he moved to London. ^[6] When he came back to Italy, he debuted as a solo artist in 2017, releasing the album Come uccidere un usignolo, named after a literal translation of the title of Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird . ^[6] One year later, his second studio album, 68, debuted at number one on the FIMI Italian Albums Chart. ^{[7] [8]} In 2020, he increased his fame with the album Gemelli, which became his second number-one studio set in Italy, and spawned the chart-topping single "Superclassico", certified sextuple platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. ^{[9] [10]}

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		ITA [11]	SWI [12]
Come uccidere un usignolo [A]	Released: 2 June 2017 Label: Thaurus, Universal Format: download, 2× CD	5	—	FIMI: Platinum [14]
68 [B]	Released: 7 September 2018 Label: Thaurus, Island Format: download, CD, 2× CD	1	—	FIMI: 2× Platinum [14]
Gemelli [17]	Released: 19 June 2020 Label: Island, Universal Format: download, CD	1	61	FIMI: 5× Platinum [14]
Io non ho paura	Released: 18 November 2022 Label: Island, Universal Format: download, CD	1	32	FIMI: 3× Platinum [14]
Per soldi e per amore	Released: 19 September 2025 Label: Island, Universal Format: download, CD	1	23

External links

• Ernia at AllMusic

Notes

1. The album Come uccidere un usignolo was re-released on 3 November 2017 as Come uccidere un usignolo / 67. ^[13]
2. The album 68 was re-released as 68 (Till the End) on 5 April 2019. ^{[15] [16]}

References

1. Giulia Sbaffi (26 July 2020). "Ernia, alias Matteo Professione: tutto sul rapper colto". DonnaGlamour.it. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
2. Marco Beltramelli (21 June 2017). "Ernia, il cavaliere oscuro del rap italiano" (in Italian). Rockit.it. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
3. "Troupe D'Elite EP" (in Italian). Rockit.it. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
4. "Le scelte imbarazzanti delle major: Troupe D'Elite" (in Italian). RapBuger.com. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
5. "Troupe D'Elite – Il mio giorno preferito" (in Italian). Honiro Records. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
6. Marta Bluni Tripodi (12 November 2017). "Ernia, tra Harper Lee e Stephen King". Rolling Stone (in Italian).
7. "L'album di Ernia 68 debutta a primo posto in classifica Fimi-Gfk" (in Italian). AskaNews.it. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
8. Marta Blumi Tripodi (10 September 2018). "Ernia: In 68 canto De André in versione hip hop". Rolling Stone (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
9. "Ernia, chi è il rapper in cima alle classifiche" (in Italian). Sky Italia . Retrieved 29 January 2021.
10. "Italian single certifications – Ernia – Superclassico" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 20 September 2021.
11. "Italian Charts - Ernia - Albums". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
12. "Swiss Charts - Ernia - Albums". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
13. Marco Beltramelli (2 November 2017). "Ernia torna con un doppio album: Esce domani Come uccidere un usignolo/67". Rockit.it. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
14. "Italian certifications – Ernia" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 24 March 2023.
15. Simone Zani (6 September 2018). "Videointervista a Ernia: ci sarà un prima e un dopo 68. Speriamo di prendere il bus per il centro!" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
16. "68 (Til the end), Ernia si diverte" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
17. Stefano Fisico (20 June 2020). "Ernia: Con Gemelli gioco sulla dualità del mio carattere e della musica". Billboard (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2021.