Rancore

Rancore is an Italian rapper whose work sits within hip-hop, alternative hip-hop and the underground. This London concert brings the artist to Colours Hoxton, a venue on Hoxton Square.

Rancore, a rapper from Italy, was born in Rome in 1989. From the age of 14, the artist performed at jam sessions, school concerts and freestyle contests, and went on to release several independent records, including the debut album Segui me in 2006. From 2009 Rancore worked with DJ Myke, issuing the EPs Acustico and Elettrico, before that partnership ended with the EP S.U.N.S.H.I.N.E. in 2015.

A wider audience followed in 2012, when Rancore competed on MTV's freestyle programme Spit and won its opening episode alongside Clementino. The same year brought the album Silenzio. Collaborators include Marracash, Dargen D'Amico and Big Fish. Rancore coined the term HermeticHipHop for a personal approach to rap, which was also the subject of lectures and workshops in Italian schools and creative writing programmes. The 2018 album Musica per bambini was followed by a national tour, and in 2019 Rancore performed at the Festival di Sanremo with Daniele Silvestri on the song Argentovivo. The 2022 album Xenoverso came after a trilogy of singles.

Colours Hoxton is a concert venue on Hoxton Square in London, and this show offers a chance to hear the project's rap material in a live setting.