Willie Peyote

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Willie Peyote
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Willie Peyote at FAQ Live Music Club in Grosseto (2018)
Background information
Birth nameGuglielmo Bruno
Born (1985-08-28) 28 August 1985 (age 39)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Genres Alternative hip hop
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2004–present
Labels Virgin Records

Guglielmo Bruno (born 28 August 1985), known professionally as Willie Peyote, is an Italian rapper and singer-songwriter. [1] [2]

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His stage name is a pun on the cartoon character Wile E. Coyote and the entheogenic cactus peyote. [3]

He participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 with the song "Mai dire mai (La locura)", winning the Mia Martini critics award. [1] [3] In December 2024, he was announced as one of the participants in the Sanremo Music Festival 2025. [4] He placed 16th with the song "Grazie ma no grazie". [5]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles and EPs

References

  1. 1 2 "Chi è Willie Peyote: età, carriera e biografia, canzone Sanremo 2021". The Italian Times (in Italian). 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. Marta Blumi Tripodi (6 October 2017). "Willie Peyote: "Nessuno vuole essere lo stupido di qualcun altro"". Rolling Stone (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 Claudio Pizzigallo (19 December 2020). "Chi è Willie Peyote, il cantante torinese (e del Toro) che parteciperà a Sanremo 2021". Torino Today (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. Laffranchi, Andrea (2024-12-01). "Sanremo 2025, i cantanti in gara: la lista dei big del Festival, da Giorgia ed Elodie a Fedez e Achille Lauro" [Sanremo 2025, the competing singers: the list of the Festival's "Bigs", from Giorgia and Elodie to Fedez and Achille Lauro]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  5. "Sanremo 2025: vince Olly! Classifica finale e premi assegnati" [Sanremo 2025: Olly wins! Final ranking and prizes awarded] (in Italian). Radio 105. 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  6. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 41 (dal 09.10.2017 al 15.10.2017)". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  7. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 44 (dal 28.10.2019 al 03.11.2019)". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  8. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 19 (dal 06.05.2022 al 12.05.2022)". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  9. "Single – Classifica settimanale WK 10 (dal 08.03.2021 al 14.03.2021)". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 2024-04-28.