Mr. Rain’s real name is Mattia Belardi. Born in Desenzano, in the province of Brescia, in 1991, he became passionate about music during his high school years. His idol is Eminem, but starting from the American rapper he starts to discover all the greatest names of international and national hip hop.
In 2009 he started writing his first songs and using his pseudonym, Mr. Rain. He produces his first mixtape in 2011, and two years later he participates in X-Factor. Initially eliminated at the auditions, he is fished out for direct entry into the program, but refuses to participate. His first official record, Memories, is released in May 2015, totally self-produced. The single that brings him success is Carillon.

Other famous songs include “Superoi”, “I grandi non piangono mai” and “Ipernova”.

Nel 2019 decise ti prendersi una pausa, affermando…

“I had personal problems and I stopped. Music helps me get through the dark times.”

Back in March 2020 with the single “Fiori di Chernobly”, an intimate song about himself.

“is a song that I wrote last November, I tell how after every catastrophe, with a little time, you always manage to get up and be reborn “Fiori di Chernobyl” is my rebirth. For me music is therapeutic, I use it to throw out what I have inside and that I can’t say, it helps me to overcome dark periods… I write first of all for myself but I hope to help others too, to give my small contribution.”

As far as his private life is concerned, not much is known, in fact, he’s very private.

Curiosity about Mr. Rain

• He can play the piano and the guitar.
• He prefers to work alone both in writing lyrics and music and producing videos.
• He admitted that he would gladly go to Sanremo, considering it an important showcase.
• He’d be against talent because they don’t leave much room for talent, forcing him to do certain things.

Personal Judgement

Mr. Rain is one of my favorite singers, he can convey many emotions to me.
I always listen to his songs, especially when I’m locked in my room, I put them in the background because they relax me and make me happy, one of my favorite songs of Mr. Rain is the latest release or “Fiori di Chernobyl”, of this song I really like the lyrics and the variation of the rhythm that happens in the chorus.

Things you didn’t know about music

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Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a cultural movement born in the Bronx in the first half of the ’70s, the “day zero” of Hip Hop can be identified on August 11, 1973: a little girl decides to organize a party at home, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue and allows her older brother to perform as a DJ for the first time (it was something incredible the possibility to loop the most rhythmic parts of the songs).
His name is Clive Campbell, aka Dj Kool Herc, recognized worldwide as the first pioneer of Hip Hop, and at that event were present two other individuals fundamental to the history of this culture: Afrika Bambaataa, who helped lay the foundations of the ethical principles of the movement, and Grandmaster Flash, creator of several techniques fundamental to the musical development of the genre.

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