Biography

Gemelli Diversi formed in 1997 in Milan

Milan

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 when two Italian rap crews, La Cricca and Rima Nel Cuore, merged. Their first single was 1998's "Un Attimo Ancora", rapped over a sample

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 of Pooh

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's "Dammi Solo un Minuto". The song and the accompanying album were hits in Italy, and the group subsequently made an appearance in a Coca-Cola

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 commercial. 4x4, their sophomore release, followed in 2000, and the group toured with Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti , known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti is enormously popular in Italy, and is well known in most non-English-speaking European countries and in the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both...

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In 2002, they returned with the album Fuego and the single "Mary", which became a massive hit in Italy, charting for eight months. In 2003, the group was named Best Italian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

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. They appeared at Live 8

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 in Italy in 2005 and starred in their own MTV Italy show called Pimp My Wheels, based on Pimp My Ride

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. In 2007 they released the album Boom! and in 2009 they released Senza Fine : Greatest Hits 98-09, featuring all their singles along with four new songs.

Members

• Alessandro Merli (THG) - DJ
• Francesco Stranges (Strano) - vocals
• Emanuele Busnaghi (Thema) - rapping
• Luca Aleotti (Grido) - rapping

Discography

• Gemelli DiVersi (1998)
• 4x4 (2000)
• Come piace a me (2001)
• Fuego (2002)
• Fuego Special Edition (2xCD) (2003)
• Reality Show (2004)
• Boom! (2007)
• Senza fine '98 -'09 (2009)(ITA: Gold)