Rancore

Rancore (born Tarek Iurcich on 19 July 1989) is an Italian rapper proficient in freestyle.[1] The rapper's father is from Croatia and his mother from Egypt.

Rancore
Birth name	Tarek Iurcich
Born	(1989-07-19) July 19, 1989
Origin	Rome, Italy
Genres	Hip hop, alternative rap, conscious rap, underground hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Sony Music Italy (2017-2018) , Universal Music Italy (2019-) , Polydor (2019-)

Career

Iurcich was born in Rome in 1989 to a Croatian father and an Egyptian mother; began his musical career in Rome in 2004, at the age of fourteen. During his first year of infrequent writing the Roman hip hop scene and realizes the first texts without confrontation, relying only on the little he has been able to listen to occasionally. Get to know the hip hop environment thanks to Phat Roma, an improvisation event that he attends on a weekly basis. Here he has the opportunity to perform his first songs live, in front of a critical audience, to try the first freestyle, accompanied by Andy, with whom he will record his first song "Tufello talenti" and introducing himself as Lirike Taglienti.[2]

Rancore's first album, entitled Segui me, was released in August 2006 and achieved some success thanks also to the winnings that Rancore obtained in freestyle battles, at the Underground Skillz 2006, in the continuous presence at Jam sessions, at concerts in high schools and participation in the TRL Hip-Hop Session organized by Piotta. "Tufello"'s music video from the album is presented.[3]

Rancore's Logo

In early 2010 he released the track "Lo spazzacamino", included in the album Hocus Pocus by DJ Myke. At the end of 2010, the Acoustic EP with DJ Myke was released for free download, containing seven unreleased tracks (plus the Squarta skit), while on April 15, 2011, Elettrico was released, an album created together with DJ Myke. In October the mixtape Roccia Music II by Marracash was released, in which there is the song L'albatro, made in duet with Dargen D'Amico and Rancore himself. Towards the end of 2011 it is made available for free download on the Nill Forum Exclusives, a collection containing, in addition to various extras such as the complete discography and biography, five traces of Grudge plus the ghost track The death of RINquore, the true last trace of the Tarek's alter ego, or RINquore, which was thought to be "dead" in 2008. Also at the end of 2011 he participated in the MTV Spit Gala, anticipation of the program officially started in March 2012, which wins on a tie with Clementino unlike the first season where he was beaten in the semifinal by Ensi.[3]

In October 2012 he released a second album with DJ Myke entitled Silenzio.[4][5][6]

He participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020 with the song "Eden".[7] He finished tenth and won the Sergio Bardotti prize for best lyrics.[8]

Discography

Albums

• 2006 – Segui me
• 2011 – Elettrico (with DJ Myke)
• 2012 – Silenzio (with DJ Myke)
• 2018 – Musica per bambini

Extended plays

• 2008 – S.M.S. (Sei molto stronza)
• 2010 – Acustico (with DJ Mike)
• 2015 – S.U.N.S.H.I.N.E.

Singles

• 2018 – "Underman"
• 2018 – "Depressissimo"
• 2019 – "Giocattoli"
• 2020 – "Eden"
• 2020 – "Luce (tramonti a nord est)" feat. La Rappresentante di Lista

References

1. ""Spit Gala", Rancore e Clementino vincitori pari merito". December 23, 2011.
2. "Rancore".
3. "Biografia RANCORE & Dj MYKE". Rockit.it.
4. "News Mtv Italia - Le Notizie di MTV Italia". News Mtv Italia.
5. http://www.outsidersmusica.it/recensione/Musica/rancore-e-dj-myke-silenzio/#
6. La Stampa, ed. (2012-10-16). "Rancore: "La mia musica è un silenzio assordante"" (in Italian). Retrieved 2012-12-18.
7. "Sanremo 2020: Ecco chi sono i 22 Big in gara della 70esima edizione del Festival". Coming Soon. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
8. "Rancore vince il premio Sergio Bardotti per il miglior testo a Sanremo 2020".