Neffa

Biography

"been born 7 October 1967, Neffa, marked to the registry office with the name of Giovanni Pellino, esordisce in music towards ending of years ' 80, with one vocation for the instruments to percussion.
Been born like drummer, in fact, it expresses its spontaneous ritmico talent playing, with the pseudonym of Jeff Pellino, with to some groups the Italian hard-Cores between which it is worth the pain remembering the ""Negation"", popular formation punk that, in the apex of the career, it even succeeded to open a passage in the classifiche Americans.
With years ' 90 to the doors, the musical passions of Giovanni meet a resolutive change, and its contacts with Italian the Rap scene transform of the common interests in one sweeping passion.
Become Neffa, epiteto acquired from the last name of a player of the Cremonese admired from the artist, it begins a fruitful collaboration with friend DJ Gruff, with to which it will give to life to the group Island Posse All Star, that it will soon become a name of cult in underground the Hip Italian Hop.
In 1994, melted Island Posse, Neffa and DJ Gruff they catch up the Deda colleague with which they constitute the historical formation of the mixed Blood, that fortunate miliare stone entitled ""SMX"" will record one.
Although the promising debut of the Mixed Blood, Neffa chooses to undertake an independence distance and, in 1996, it realizes with its ""Messengers of the Dopa"" a album omonimo that it will carry it for before the time to the attention of the great public, thanks also to the happened one of the single one ""Waiting for the Sun"".
Two later years, it exits ""107 Elements"", according to album of its solista career.
Then, in 2001, an other change of route takes part to determine the composition of its last job, "" Arrivals and departures "", where the musician abandons the Rap in order to dedicate itself to the shape-song, to a kind sure more fruibile, but equally complex.
In 2003 it exits with the Mercury label cd ""the multiple worlds of Giovanni"", 15 brani characterizes from one variety to you of styles: from the blues to the reggae, the funky to the lounge music, from the soul to the bossanova."