Shiva (rapper)

Shiva
Background information
Birth name	Andrea Arrigoni
Born	27 August 1999 (1999-08-27) (age 25) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Genres	Hip hop trap
Occupations	Rapper singer
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Columbia Sony

Shiva, stage name of Andrea Arrigoni (born 27 August 1999) is an Italian rapper and singer. ^[1]

He debuted with the studio album Tempo anima in January 2017. ^[2] In 2020 his single "Auto blu" featuring Eiffel 65 peaked number 1 of FIMI's single chart for three weeks. ^[3]

Career

Judicial trials and Milano Angels (present)

On 10 January 2024 the single Milano Shotta Freestyle was released, while Shiva was in prison. On May 22 Athe single First Day Out was released during house arrest. ^[4]

On 28 August 2024, thanks to the judge's permission, he published the single Take 5 after the judge originally did not allow him to release music during his sentence. On 3 September he announced the release of his sixth studio album called Milano Angels which came out only three days later, on 6 September, with both international and Italian collaborations, such as Paky, Tedua, Geolier, Mondo Marcio, NLE Choppa, Lil Tjay, Tony Boy and Kid Yugi and many other rappers.

Judicial proceedings

On the evening of 11 July 2023 Shiva was attacked in the courtyard of his record company by two young people belonging to the rapper Rondodasosa's crew: ^[5] after suffering a blow with a brass knuckle that fractured his jaw, Shiva fired four gunshots towards the attackers, wounding them in the legs. ^{[6] [7]} On 26 October 2023 Shiva was arrested for attempted murder, illegal possession of weapons (including two machetes and a compressed air gun) and receiving stolen goods. ^[8] On 21 February 2024, after four months of detention at the San Vittore prison, the judge, after preliminary investigations, relaxed the precautionary measure, granting him house arrest. ^[9] On 10 July he was sentenced at first instance by the Court of Milan to a sentence of 6+1⁄2 years in prison. ^[10]

Discography

Studio albums

• Tempo anima (2017)
• Solo (2018)
• Dolce Vita (2021)
• Milano Demons (2022)
• Santana Season (2023)
• Milano Angels (2024)

EPs

• Routine (2020)
• Dark Love (2022)

References

1. "Chi è Shiva, il rapper di 'Auto blu'". Rockit (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
2. "Esce oggi 'Tempo Anima', l'album d'esordio di Shiva" (in Italian). 27 January 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2002.
3. "Shiva & Eiffel 65 - Auto blu". Ultratop . Retrieved 13 June 2020.
4. "Shiva, ai domiciliari pubblica First Day Out con foto segnaletica". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
5. "Trapper Shiva, il pm di Milano chiede condanna a 7 anni: è imputato di tentato omicidio". La Repubblica (in Italian). 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
6. "Milano, il rapper Shiva arrestato: "Ha sparato a due giovani che lo avevano aggredito"". Il Giorno (in Italian). 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
7. "Il rapper italiano Shiva è stato arrestato con l'accusa di tentato omicidio". Il Post (in Italian). 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
8. "Shiva arrestato per tentato omicidio: sparatoria fuori dalla casa discografica, due feriti". MilanoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
9. "Shiva esce dal carcere e va ai domiciliari: aveva reagito sparando a due giovani esperti di arti marziali". Leggo (in Italian). 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
10. "Il trapper Shiva condannato a sei anni e mezzo per tentato omicidio: nella sparatoria di un anno fa rimasero feriti due rivali". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2024-07-10. Retrieved 2024-10-17.