Ghemon

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Ghemon
Background information
Birth name	Giovanni Luca Picariello
Born	(1982-04-01) 1 April 1982 (age 42) Avellino, Campania, Italy
Genres	Conscious hip hop Pop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, singer-songwriter
Years active	1996–present

Ghemon (born 1 April 1982) is an Italian rapper and singer-songwriter.

His stage name is a tribute to the character Ishikawa Goemon XIII from Monkey Punch's manga series Lupin the Third.^[1] His debut album La rivincita dei buoni was released in 2007.^[2] In 2017 his single "Adesso sono qui" was included in the soundtrack of the videogame NBA 2K17.^[3]

Ghemon participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2019 with the song "Rose viola"^[4] and at the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 with "Momento perfetto".^[5]