Achille Lauro (rapper)

Achille Lauro
Achille Lauro at the 2019 Venice Film Festival
Background information
Birth nameLauro de Marinis
Born (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990
Verona, Veneto, Italy
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active2012–present
Labels

Lauro de Marinis (born 11 July 1990), known professionally as Achille Lauro, is an Italian rapper and singer.[1][2] He gained popularity in the Italian hip hop scene and he competed in at the Sanremo Music Festival 2019 with the song "Rolls Royce"[3] and at the 2020 edition with the song "Me ne frego".[4]

Musical style

On several occasions, Lauro has declared that he is not very close, in terms of tastes, to Italian rap, as he does not like to be homologated to the well-known stereotype of the street rapper.[5] In fact, he has always deviated from the canonical look of hip hop artists, causing a scandal for his eccentric aesthetics in terms of clothing.[6]

He said he was happy to follow his compatriot Ghali, but above all the Americans Travis Scott, 6lack and Young Thug.[7] Lauro said he is a huge fan of Vasco Rossi, Kurt Cobain, Elvis Presley and The Beatles.[8][9] Among his influences, he cites to have been inspired by singer-songwriters Lucio Battisti and Rino Gaetano in reference to his rock turning point.[10]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Achille Idol immortale (2014)
  • Dio c'è (2015) (re-released with all the tracks from Young Crazy EP as bonus tracks)
  • Ragazzi madre (2016) (re-released one year later with 8 bonus tracks)
  • Pour l'amour (2018)
  • 1969 (2019) (re-released one year later with 6 new tracks and a different tracklist order)
  • Lauro (2021)

Cover albums
  • 1990 (2020)
  • 1920 - Achille Lauro & The Untouchable Band (2020)

EP
  • Young Crazy (2015)

Mixtapes
  • Barabba (2012)
  • Harvard (2012)

References
  1. "La recensione di 1969 di Achille Lauro, la trap si rinnova con un disco che non innova". Optimagazine. 13 April 2019.
  2. "Achille Lauro, da venerdì 8 giugno il nuovo singolo Ammò feat. Clementino e Rocco Hunt". socialartist.it. 7 June 2018.
  3. "Chi è Achille Lauro tra droga, tatuaggi e "samba trap"". La Stampa. 8 February 2019.
  4. "Festival di Sanremo 2020, Amadeus svela: "Ecco chi sono i cantanti in gara". Poi conferma: "Rula Jebreal? Le ho chiesto di esserci"". il Fatto Quotidiano. 31 December 2019.
  5. "Anna Tatangelo, Achille Lauro e il sesso tre volte alla settimana" (in Italian). Le Iene. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. "Perché ad Achille Lauro piacciono i vestiti da donna?" (in Italian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. "Achille Lauro: "La trap mi ha rotto i cogl****"" (in Italian). Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  8. "Verso il festival 2019 - Achille Lauro a Sanremo: «La trap? Stupirò tutti col rock»" (in Italian). Il Secolo XIX. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  9. "Sanremo 2019, intervista a Achille Lauro: «Vasco Rossi è il mio idolo»" (in Italian). TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. "The Achille Lauro Experience" (in Italian). Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 July 2021.


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