"Salvador Dalì" is a song released by Italian rappers,

Marracash Fabio Bartolo Rizzo (born 22 May 1979), known professionally as Marracash (), is an Italian rapper. Starting his career in the rap group Dogo Gang, he debuted as a solo artist rising in fame in the 2010s releasing six studio albums that reache ...

and Guè Pequeno, from the studio album '' Santeria'', released in 2016.

The song

Composed and recorded in

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, Spain, this is the first song created for the album. Originally titled "Illegali", the two rappers decided to change the title of the song paying tribute to the figure of the Spanish painter

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( ; ; ), was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, ...

, as they have found a similarity in the lifestyle of the painter with the

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...

stereotype. Although it was not extracted as a single, the song was certified double platinum by

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for selling over 100,000 copies.

Music video

The music video was filmed in

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and

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, under the direction of Andrea and Corrado Folino Perria with the rapper

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as assistant director. It was created with images and suggestions recalling the works of the famous surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, and was released on October 6, 2016.

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* {{Salvador Dalí 2016 songs Marracash songs Italian hip-hop songs Trap music songs Universal Music Group singles