Tedua
Mario Molinari (born 22 February 1994), known professionally as Tedua, is an Italian rapper.[1]
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Birth name | Mario Molinari |
Born | Genova, Liguria, Italy | 22 February 1994
Genres | Italian rap, trap, drill |
Occupation(s) | Rapper |
Labels | Universal Music, Sony Music |
Initially also known as Duate, Tedua is known as one of the members of the collective Wild Bandana, along with Izi, Vaz Té, Sangue and Ill Rave.[2][3][4]
Biography
Tedua, pseudonym of Mario Molinari, was born in Genoa. At the age of three he was entrusted to a family, with whom the young Mario stayed for a very short span of time. He later spent a few years with his maternal grandmother in Milan, before returning in his teens in the town of Cogoleto, in the suburbs of Genoa, where he grew up coming into contact with those who will then be members of Wild Bandana. Aged 13 Mario met Vaz Tè at school, through whom he will meet Izi. The three, who will then be joined by other boys, will begin to devote themselves to musical activity, giving themselves soon stage names: Molinari chose Incubo (Nightmare), name which he later dropped in favor of Duate.
Musical style
The musical style of Tedua approaches essentially to the drill. From this point of view, the critics haven't been unanimous regarding the style of Tedua, expressing sometimes satisfaction, sometimes disapproval of the artistic innovation of the rapper. Drill sounds, however, respond to the flow of consciousness that underlies the music of Tedua, which is always a verbal expression of thoughts and experiences of life.
Tedua has often claimed to have been stylistically inspired by the Italian rapper Dargen D'Amico, from whom he inherited the vision of music as a stream of consciousness: not surprisingly, in the Mowgli disc is contained a piece, Acqua (malpensandoti), whose refrain is a resumption of D'Amico's Malpensandoti.
In addition to the Milanese rapper, Tedua's sources of inspiration include Chief Keef and Fedez.
Discography
As a soloist
Studio album
- 2017 – Orange County California
- 2018 – Mowgli
Mixtape
- 2014 - Medaglia d'Oro (feat. Vaz Tè)
- 2015 – Aspettando Orange County
- 2016 – Orange County Mixtape
- 2020 – Vita Vera Mixtape
- 2020 - Vita Vera Mixtape - Aspettando La Divina Commedia
Singles
- 2016 – "Pugile"
- 2017 – "Bimbi" (Charlie Charles feat. Izi, Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta, Tedua & Ghali)
- 2017 – "Wasabi 2.0"
- 2017 – "La legge del più forte"
- 2018 – "Burnout"
- 2018 – "Acqua (malpensandoti)"
- 2018 – "Fashion Week RMX"
- 2018 – "Vertigini"
- 2019 - "Elisir"
With the Wild Bandana
- 2017 – Amici miei
- 2020 - ‘’Manhattan (single from Vita Vera Mixtape)
References
- "Tedua «La mia vita come un telefilm»". Rolling Stone Italia. 18 February 2018.
- Andrea Laffranchi (25 June 2020). "Tedua, rap vincente: «Musica di strada pensando a Dante»". Corriere della Sera.
- "Un'intervista tra Milano e Genova con Tedua". Noisey.
- "Tedua: da Cogoleto, il riscatto del rap con radici liguri". la Repubblica. 14 January 2017.