Hell Raton

Manuel Zappadu (born 14 May 1990), known as Hell Raton, is an Italian rapper and record producer. He is best known for his project Machete Empire Records and his crew Machete Crew, founded in 2010 with Salmo, Slait and En?gma (the latter having exited it in 2016); as well as for being one of the four judges in the fourteenth season of X Factor Italia, which was won by who formed part of his category (Girls). He returned for the X Factor (Italian season 15) and won again with Baltimora.

Biography In 2020 he was engaged in some charitable projects such as Machete Aid on Twitch.tv for those working in the music industry and facing the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On 9 June 2020 his participation as judge in the fourteenth edition of X Factor was announced, captaining the Girls category (which included Mydrama, and Cmqmartina) and winning the edition with . In 2021, he won X Factor again with his pupil Baltimora.

Judicial proceedings In 2020 the newspaper reported that Zappadu was accused of the crime of complicity in aggravated personal injury, along with 11 other people. According to the accusation, the rapper was part of a group of 12 boys who in 2015 beat 3 young people in front of a nightclub in Ortacesus.

Discography

Mixtapes

2011 – Basura Muzik Vol. 1 (published as El Raton)

EP

2014 – Rattopsy EP (published as El Raton)

Singles

As El Raton

2011 – Multicultural 2013 – The Island (Salmo feat. El Raton & Enigma) 2014 – Paper Street (feat. DJ Slait) 2014 –

As Hell Raton

2017 – Buganda Rock 2017 – Hell Taxi

Collaborations

2012 – Machete Crew – Machete Mixtape 2012 – DJ Slait – Bloody Vinyl 2012 – Machete Crew – Machete Mixtape Vol II 2014 – Machete Crew – Machete Mixtape III 2015 – DJ Slait – Bloody Vinyl 2 2019 – Machete Crew – Machete Mixtape 4 2020 – DJ Slait, Low Kidd, Tha Supreme e Young Miles – Bloody Vinyl 3