Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap (2015)

7.7/10 91 min Documentary

Overview

In the eighties comes from overseas powerful, unstoppable, the wave of hip hop. Few years later the rap music begins to take roots in Italy with the firts album in 1990. Thus began a golden age that from the undergrowth of the counterculture reaches a diverse audience, passing through the masterpiece of Sangue Misto, the evergreen Kaos and Colle Der Fomento, until the commercial success of Neffa, Frankie Hi-Nrg, Sottotono, Articolo 31 and the debut of a young Fabri Fibra. Then, suddenly, the dark at the dawn of the new millenium. Why? An epic, unique season of musical creativity narrated by its big players and accompanied by the voice of a talented and renowed freestyler grown up with those great musicians: Ensi. - Written by Bisi, Enrico

Cast

Ensi

Sé stesso / Narratore

Nicola Peressoni

Himself

Kaos One

Sé stesso

Ice One

Sé stesso

Neffa

Sé stesso

Simone Eleuteri

Sé stesso

Massimiliano Dagani

Sé stesso

Tormento

Sé stesso

Fabrizio Tarducci

Sé stesso

Frankie hi-nrg mc

Sé stesso

J-Ax

Sé stesso

Fritz da Cat

Sé stesso

El Presidente

Sé stesso

DJ Double S

Sé stesso

Militant A

Sé stesso

Albertino

Sé stesso

Frankie Hi-Nrg

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