Max Pezzali - 6⧸1⧸sfigato 2012 ft Two Fingerz (videoclip)

What this video is

Released 20 July 2012 as the second single from *Hanno ucciso l'Uomo Ragno 2012*, a project celebrating the 20th anniversary of 883's debut album by reimagining its tracks in a contemporary Italian rap register. The track pairs Max Pezzali — the defining voice of 1990s Italian youth pop — with Two Fingerz, representatives of 2010s Italian underground rap. The video's central satirical conceit — using Photoshop to…

Why it matters

A landmark example of Italian pop-rap crossover, this video documents the successful mainstreaming of Italian rap aesthetics through collaboration with a legacy pop act. The 883/Two Fingerz pairing models a generational handoff that would become a recurring strategy in Italian popular music…

The director

Sicilian videomaker from Catania who studied Letteratura, Musica e Spettacolo at university in Rome. Co-founded the Vincent Vega Prod.Action collective, specialising in rap and hip-hop music videos, with work broadcast on MTV and other Italian music…