Tony Effe

Nicolò Rapisarda (born 17 May 1991), known professionally as Tony Effe, is an Italian rapper. He was a member of Dark Polo Gang.

Early years

Nicolò Rapisarda started his career as a child actor at the age of 4. He starred in the film Viaggi di nozze in 1995, Paparazzi in 1998, L'ombra del gigante in 2000 and Prigionera del cuore in 2000. His TV debut was in a Rai show called Tutti per uno in which he played a young boy named Tony, forced to give up his dream of becoming a footballer due to illness.

Music career

Dark Polo Gang

Tony Effe met the other members of Dark Polo Gang - Wayne Santana, Pyrex and Dark Side - when he was a child, and they started to make music together professionally after meeting producer Sick Luke. In 2015 they released the mixtape Full Metal Dark. The following year, Tony and Dark Side released the album Crack musica in collaboration with Sfera Ebbasta, Izi, and Traffik.

Solo

He debuted as a solo artist in 2021 with the studio album Untouchable, which featured collaborations from artists such as the American Gucci Mane, and the Italians Gué Pequeno, Tedua and Lazza, which topped the Italian album chart. In the following months, he released several singles, including "Balaclava" in collaboration with Capo Plaza, "Mi piace" with Sfera Ebbasta, and a remix of the track "Colpevole" with Geolier.

In 2024, he peaked at number 1 again with his second album Icon, which became the best-selling album of the year in Italy.

In February 2025, he competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2025 with the song "Damme 'na mano", placing 25th. On the fourth night of the festival, dedicated to covers, he duetted with Noemi to perform the song "Tutto il resto è noia" by Franco Califano.

On 13 March 2026, he released a new mixtape CRACK MUSICA II. It debuted at the top of the album charts and the best-selling vinyl charts on the week of its release, in the week calculated from March 12 to March 19. It is a sequel to the first mixtape, CRACK MUSICA, released ten years prior in 2016 by Dark Polo Gang. The release of this sequel mixtape also led to the first CRACK MUSICA mixtape reaching rank twelve on the charts and third among vinyls.

Discography Studio albums +List of solo studio albums, with chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications ITA SWI Untouchable Released: 4 June 2021 Label: 777 Ent, Universal Music Italia Format: CD, LP, digital download 1 19 FIMI: 2× Platinum Icon Released: 15 March 2024 Label: Island Records, Universal Music Italia Format: CD, LP, digital download 1 9 FIMI: 5× Platinum Label: Island Records Format: CD, LP, digital download1—

Singles — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist +List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album ITA "Marmellata" (Wayne Santana feat. Rosa Chemical, Tony Effe and Radical) 2021 — Succo di zenzero vol. 2 "Il doc 2" (VillaBanks feat. Tony Effe and Guè)2022 35 FIMI: Gold Filtri"#Si" (MamboLosco feat. Tony Effe) — "Michelle Pfeiffer" (Rose Villain feat. Tony Effe)2023 32 FIMI: Platinum Radio Gotham"Il doc 3" (VillaBanks feat. Tony Effe, Slings and MamboLosco) 33 FIMI: Platinum VillaBanks"Hoe + Hard" (Icy Subzero feat. Tony Effe) 42 FIMI: Gold "Nati bastardi" (Capo Plaza feat. Tony Effe) 2024 25 Ferite (Deluxe Edition)"Victoria's Secret" (Rose Villain feat. Tony Effe)2025 24 Radio Vega "Non basta mai" (Capo Plaza feat. Bresh and Tony Effe) 7FIMI: Gold "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Other charted or certified songs +List of other charted songs, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album ITA "Scarafaggio" (Guè feat. Tony Effe and Il Profeta) 2017 11FIMI: Platinum Gentleman – Red Version"Claro" (Guè feat. Tony Effe and Pyrex) 2018 2 FIMI: Gold Sinatra"Pass" (Tedua feat. Tony Effe)2020 26 Vita vera mixtape: Aspettando la Divina Commedia"Clean" (Lazza feat. Tony Effe) 26 J"Tony Montana" (feat. Gucci Mane)2021 32Untouchable"Colpevole" 28 FIMI: Platinum "Escort Love" (feat. Guè) 30 FIMI: Platinum "È trap" 36"Ke lo ke" (feat. Lazza and Gazo) 14 FIMI: Platinum "Piazza" 58"Romolo e Remo" (feat. Pyrex) 43"Lacrime" (feat. Tedua) 41"Skyline" (feat. Wayne Santana) 62"Oh cazzo" 50"Luce a Roma" (feat. Side Baby) 26"Diverso" 63"Hentai" (Sick Luke feat. Ghali and Tony Effe)2022 14 X2"Cadillac" (SLF feat. MV Killa, Geolier and Tony Effe) 92FIMI: 2× Platinum We the Squad vol. 2"Fottiti" (Bresh feat. Tony Effe) 73 Oro blu"Mala" (Fred De Palma feat. Tony Effe, Lazza and Juli) 79 FIMI: Platinum PLC Tape 1"Marciapiede" (The Night Skinny feat. Tony Effe, Ernia and Rkomi) 27Botox"Coki" (The Night Skinny feat. Tony Effe, Noyz Narcos, Ketama126 and Guè) 24"BTX Posse" (The Night Skinny feat. Fabri Fibra, Ernia, Lazza, Tony Effe, Coez, Geolier, Guè, Paky and MamboLosco) 16FIMI: Gold "Fashion" (Drillionaire feat. Anna, Lazza, Tony Effe and Benny Benassi)2023 17 FIMI: Platinum 10"3uphon" (Sfera Ebbasta feat. thasup and Tony Effe) 9FIMI: Platinum X2VR"Paura e delirio a Milano" (Ghali feat. Tony Effe, Side Baby and Pyrex) 27 Pizza kebab Vol. 1"Vero Tony vero Sosa"2024 22Icon"Pillole" (feat. Sfera Ebbasta and Geolier) 7 FIMI: Platinum "Carrara" (feat. Simba La Rue) 14 FIMI: Gold "Honey" (feat. Lazza and Capo Plaza) 10 FIMI: Platinum "GTA" (feat. Ghali) 28"Dopo le 4" (feat. Bresh and Tedua) 2 FIMI: 2× Platinum "Icon" 23FIMI: Platinum "Maison" 48"Lap Dance" (feat. Pyrex and Side Baby) 30"Demon Time" (feat. Guè) 33"Balenciaga" (feat. Rose Villain) 34"P" 62"Sorry" 46 FIMI: Gold "Mulan" (Anna feat. Tony Effe) 56 Vera Baddie"Convoglio" (Side Baby feat. Tony Effe) 44 Leggendario"Nella trap" (The Night Skinny feat. Artie 5ive, Capo Plaza and Tony Effe) 6Containers"T.O.N.Y." (The Night Skinny feat. Tony Boy and Tony Effe) 30"Kalispera" (Guè feat. Ghali and Tony Effe)2025 28 Tropico del Capricorno"Money Machine" (Sick Luke feat. Tony Effe and Lazza) 10 Dopamina"Le donne" (Sick Luke feat. Tony Effe) 55"Calda" (Emis Killa feat. Tony Effe)82Musica triste"Business Boy" (Pyrex feat. Tony Effe)202686King of Dark"Modalità dark" (with Side Baby)49Crack musica II

Filmography Film YearTitleRole(s) Notes 1995 Viaggi di nozze Boy at Wedding Uncredited 1998 Paparazzi Little Boy Cameo appearance 2000 L'ombra del gigante Ottaviano 2026 Agata Christian - Delitto sulle nevi One Shot

Television YearTitleRole(s) Notes 1999 Tutti per uno Tony Fornari Two-parts television movie 2000 Prigioniere del cuore Filippo Television movie 2002 Ma il portiere non c'è mai? Tommy Recurring role 2018 Dark Polo Gang – La serie Himself Docuseries