Piotta (singer)

Piotta
Background information
Born	Tommaso Zanello (1973-04-26) April 26, 1973 (age 52) Rome, Italy
Genres	Hip-hop rap Pop Rap
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	1994–present
Website	www.piotta.net

Tommaso Zanello (born 26 April 1973), known by his stage name Piotta, is an Italian rapper. Piotta, which in Roman dialect means "100 liras", became famous with his song "Supercafone" which describes the Coatto (Roman suburban impolite, politically incorrect chav).

Piotta's single "La Mossa del giaguaro" hit #15 on the Italian charts in 2000. ^[1]

Now considered a "veteran" of Italian hip hop, Piotta set up a record label, La grande onda, with a focus on emerging Italian musicians. In 2015, he worked with Afrika Bambaataa for his album "Nemici". ^[2]

Discography

• Comunque vada sarà un successo, 1998
• Comunque vada sarà un successo '99, 1999
• Democrazia del microfono, 2000
• La Grande Onda, 2002
• Tommaso, 2004
• Multi Culti, 2007
• S(u)ono Diverso, 2009
• Odio gli indifferenti, 2012
• ...senza Er, 2013
• Interno 7 (Lato A) EP, 2018

References

1. Search for "piotta" performed at Italiancharts.com database on August 19, 2008.
2. Ferrari, Paolo. "Er Piotta, cafone pensante Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine ", La Stampa , 2007-03-16. Retrieved on 2008-08-19.