Nicolas Fantini, better known as Evergreen, abbreviated to Egreen or E-Green (June 19, 1984), is an

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born in Bogotà,

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Biography

Born in Bogotà to an Italian father and a Colombian mother, he lived in

for three years and later moved to the

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. For a short time he also lived in

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and in 1999 he arrived in

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, settling in

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. The numerous trips during childhood allow him to learn 4 languages (

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and

) and to get in touch with very varied cultures and musical styles. Arrived in Italy he immediately began his career as a rapper, participating in jam and coming into contact with the Hip-Hop scene first in

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and then in

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. He made his first demo in 2002, together with Toni Alti and dj Sen, ''F.U.R.S.'' (Frustrated Unreleased Rap Shit), as a collection of unreleased tracks in 2006 and two mixtapes between 2010 and 2011: I Spit Vol.0 and I Spit Vol.1. Over time he became known and began to record the first EPs and mixtapes, until in 2011 he joined the Unlimited Struggle label. In this period he publishes the EPs ''Entropia'' and ''Bricks & Hammers'', as well as his first official album, ''Il cuore e la fame'', which collects extensive critical acclaim. Later, in 2014 he released a 7-track EP entitled ''Entropia 2''. After the collaboration with the collective for professional reasons, he decides to publish an album independently, relying on the crowdfunding platform Musicraiser, through a campaign that ended with a record number of 1818 subscriptions for a collection of over 69,000

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, surpassing any other similar project ever attempted in Italy. The result of the campaign is the record ''Beats & Hate'', Egreen's second official work.

Discography

Albums

* 2013 - ''Il cuore e la fame'' * 2015 - ''Beats & Hate'' * 2016 - ''More Hate'' * 2018 - ''Entropia 3'' * 2019 - ''LO VE'' (with Nex Cassel) * 2019 - ''OG’S'' (with

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and The WZA) * 2020 - ''Fine Primo Tempo'' * 2022 - ''Nicolás''

Mixtapes

* 2009 - ''I Spit Vol. 0'' * 2010 - ''I Spit Vol.1'' * 2015 - ''I Spit Vol. 1.3'' * 2017 - ''Bengala Mixtape'' (with Attila) * 2020 - ''I Spit Vol. 2''

EPs

* 2008 - ''F.U.R.S. (Frustrated Unreleased Rap Shit)'' * 2010 - ''Byters - The Unautorised Remixes'' (with DJ Yodha & L-Blixxx) * 2011 - ''Entropia EP'' * 2012 - ''Bricks & Hammers'' * 2014 - ''Entropia 2'' * 2016 - ''A.F.A. EP''

Collaborations

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& Shablo feat.

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References

External links

''Egreen''
on ''

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''Official site''
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