Rondodasosa

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Rondodasosa
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Rondo live, December 2023
Background information
Birth nameMattia Barbieri [1]
Also known asRondo [2]
Born (2002-04-29) 29 April 2002 (age 22) [3]
San Siro, Milan, Italy [4]
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • singer
Years active2020present
Labels Warner Records [5]
Member ofSeven 7oo

Mattia Barbieri born 29 April 2002 in Milano, known professionally as Rondodasosa, is an Italian rapper and singer. Born in San Siro, Milan, he began his musical career in 2020, releasing his debut EP Giovane Rondo the same year.

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Early life

Mattia Barbieri was born on April 29, 2002, in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy. As he reported in an interview for GRM Daily. [4] In order to prevent himself from being sentenced to juvenile prison, he would get a job at McDonalds in 2020, later working as a waiter at a restaurant for €600 a month. [6]

Career

In January 2020, Mattia released his debut song, "Free Samy", which was dedicated to a friend in prison. [3] By February 2021, the song had over 3 million streams on Spotify. But He began to acquire an important notoriety only in May of the same year, with the remix of Exposing Me, Chicago's Drill track belonging to King Von and Memo600, entitled by the Milanese rapper as Face to Face, which is still his most successful single on youtube. He also released "Louboutin" alongside Vale Pain, which resulted in Rondodasosa being compared to Pop Smoke. [7] It would peak at number 22 in Italy and was certified platinum by the FIMI.

In October 2020, Rondodasosa released his debut EP, Giovane Rondo, which included features from Capo Plaza and Shiva. [8] The EP peaked at number 6 and was certified gold by the FIMI. [9]

In February 2021, Rondodasosa released "Movie", which featured Central Cee; [2] the single peaked at number 26 in Italy and was certified gold by the FIMI. In May, Rondodasosa would appear on a remix of "Body" by Russ Millions and Tion Wayne alongside Capo Plaza. [10] He would also release "Dubai" (peaked at number 27), "Shawty" (peaked at number 36) and "Chinga" (peaked at number 49) in the same year.

In 2022, Rondodasosa would appear on Central Cee's "Eurovision", which was featured on 23 . [11]

On November 4, 2022, Rondodasosa released his debut album, Trenches Baby. The album peaked at number 1 in Italy.

In 2020, Mattia was reported to police for jumping on the hood of a police cruiser in San Siro. [12]

On 20 August 2021, he received a DASPO from Milanese police for 2 years following riots at a disco; the order prevented him from entering bars, discos and public places in the city. [13]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected details
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
ITA
[14]
Trenches Baby
  • Released: 4 November 2022
  • Label: Real Music, Warner Music Italy
1
Blue Tape
  • Released: 4 April 2024
  • Label: Trenches, Warner Music Italy
6
[15]

EPs

List of EPs, with selected details
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
[14]
Giovane Rondo
  • Released: 16 October 2020
  • Label: Warner Music Italy
6

Charted singles

As lead artist

List of charted singles as lead artist
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
[14]
"Louboutin"
(with Vale Pain)
202022
  • FIMI: Platinum [16]
Non-album singles
"Slime"
(with Lazza)
49
  • FIMI: Platinum [16]
"Baby"97Giovane Rondo
"Youngshit"
(featuring Shiva)
41
"Slatt"
(featuring Capo Plaza)
10
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [16]
"Trap"92
"Movie"
(with NKO featuring Central Cee)
202126Non-album singles
"Dubai"
(with NKO)
27
"Shawty"
(with Sacky)
36
"Chinga"
(with NKO featuring Simba La Rue)
49
"Sturdy"
(with NKO)
202246Trenches Baby
"Autostop"52
"Fashion Nova"65
"Blue Cheese"
(with NKO featuring Lazza)
11
"Outside"
(with Miles)
57
"Yamaha"
(with NKO)
91
"Trenches Baby"
(with NKO)
71
"Tonight"
(with NKO featuring Vale Pain)
59
"Drillmoon"
(with NKO featuring Tha Supreme)
35
"Sin Cara"
(with NKO, Miles, and Low Kidd)
39
"Cell"
(featuring Rose Villain and Ghali)
89
"Playa"
(with Miles)
73
"No Luv"
(with NKO featuring Capo Plaza)
53
"Killy Demon"
(with NKO featuring Gazo and Russ Millions)
95
"Tokyo"
(with NKO)
24
"SSG"202373
[17]
Non-album singles
"Face to Face 2"202451
[18]
List of charted singles as featured artist
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumCertifications
ITA
[14]
"Seven 7oo"
(RM4E featuring Rondodasosa, Sacky, Vale Pain, Neima Ezza, Keta and Killmoney)
202112Non-album singles
  • FIMI: Platinum [16]
"Boy"
(Baby Gang and Bobo featuring Rondodasosa)
76
"Eurovision"
(Central Cee featuring Rondodasosa, Baby Gang, A2 Anti, Morad, Beny Jr, Ashe 22 and Freeze Corleone)
202257 23
"Birkin"
(Trenches Baby featuring Rondodasosa)
42Non-album singles
"Rap"
(Seven 7oo featuring Neima Ezza, Rondodasosa and Sacky)
82
"LEI"
(Neima Ezza featuring Rondodasosa)
60Giù
"C!ao"
(Tha Supreme featuring Rondodasosa
7Carattere speciale

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