Jake La Furia

Francesco Vigorelli (born 25 February 1979), known professionally as Jake La Furia, is an Italian rapper. He is also a member of the hip hop group Club Dogo with fellow rapper Guè and producer Don Joe. He was also in "Sacre Scuole", a group formed by him, Guè, and Dargen D'Amico.

Biography Sacre Scuole He is the son of Giampietro Vigorelli, a well-known artistic advertising director of the agency D'Adda Lorenzini Vigorelli BBDO. Vigorelli came into contact with Hip hop through Graffiti, which he started practicing around 1993. His first nickname was Fame, originating from his tag (graffiti signature).

Solo career In October 2012, in an interview with Italian magazine Panorama, Jake La Furia announced that he had started working on his solo album. On 10 September 2013, the video clip to the song "Musica commerciale" (lit. "Commercial Music") was published on YouTube, while the opening track of the album of the same name was released on 29 October of the same year. Ten days later, the single "Inno Nazionale" ("National Anthem") was released on the iTunes Store, peaking at number 14 on the Italian singles chart. Musica commerciale debuted at the second position of the Italian album chart and, in May 2014, it was certified gold for having reached the threshold of 25,000 copies sold. The album's track "Esercizio di stile" ("Exercise in Style") debuted at number 92 of the Italian singles chart.

On 7 March 2016, the rapper announced the release of the single "El Chapo", released the following day for digital download. On the 18th of the same month a further single was released, entitled "Testa o croce" ("Heads or Tails") and recorded in duet with Egreen, while at the end of the month his second studio album Fuori da qui ("Out of Here") was announced. It was released on 22 April and promoted by the single of the same name. The latter is a duet with Luca Carboni. The singles "Me gusta" (in collaboration with Alessio La Profunda Melodia) and "Non so dire no" ("I Can't Say No") were subsequently extracted from the disc. They were released respectively on 20 May and 7 October.

Since February 2017, Jake La Furia has started the activity of radio host with the program Jake Hit Up, broadcast on Radio 105. In the same year he collaborated again with Alessio La Profunda Melodia on the single "El party", released on 9 June for digital download; it was subsequently certified quadruple platinum for selling over 200,000 copies. On 23 February 2018, the single "MMMH", produced by Big Fish, was released. During that year he collaborated as a guest artist on singles "Barracuda" by Boomdabash and "Amore zen" by Le Vibrazioni. On 29 June 2018, the single "Bandita" was released. He collaborated with Don Jon on the single "F.A.K.E.". The following 28 June he released the single "6 del mattino" ("6 am"), made in collaboration with Brancar from Il Pagante. He collaborated with Big Fish on the single "Soldi dal'inferno" ("Money from Hell"), which was released on 10 June 2020.

On 17 July 2020, he announced the release of the album 17 in collaboration with Emis Killa, which was promoted by the single "Malandrino" ("Rascal").

On 26 August 2022, the single "Senza niente da dire", in collaboration with Ana Mena and taken from the rapper's third studio album, was released.