Netflix Announces the Arrival of 'Rhythm + Flow Italy'

The rap show in 8 episodes with FABRI FIBRA, GEOLIER and ROSE VILLAIN only on Netflix in 2024

June 7, 2023 - Netflix announces today the arrival of “Rhythm + Flow Italy”, the music competition in the world of rap, produced by Fremantle, with Fabri Fibra, Geolier and Rose Villain, in search of the protagonists that will leave their mark on the Italian rap scene, with a prize for the winner of 100,000 euros.

“Rhythm + Flow Italy”, a show in 8 episodes that will be available only on Netflix in 2024, will follow Fabri Fibra, Geolier and Rose Villain’s quest for the best talent of the next generation, starting from the most representative cities for Italian rap - Rome, Naples and Milan.  During the competition, the young rappers will prove themselves with their freestyle skills, rap battles, and production of original songs, guided by their desire to make their dream come true.

Throughout the show, the three judges will be joined by the main representatives of the Italian rap scene, who will help define the outcome of the competition.

“Rhythm + Flow Italy”, written by Dino Clemente, Matteo Lenardon, Paola Papa, Antonio Vicaretti and Chiara Guerra, directed by Alessio Muzi, lands in Italy after the success achieved in the USA and in France, becoming the first Italian adaptation of a Netflix original format.

THE 3 JUDGES

FABRI FIBRA: In twenty years of career FABRI FIBRA has contributed first to create and then to consolidate the rap scene making rap the most important genre of the Italian music scene in recent years. From the first album (“Turbe Giovanili”, 2002) passing through a revolutionary album like “Tradimento” (2006) to his latest work, “Caos” (2022, double platinum certified), FABRI FIBRA showed in two decades and with 10 albums (that were curated in every respect by Fibra himself as artistic director) that technique and sound can travel hand in hand, making rap a genre able to conquer all the charts and at the same time speak for a complex, often misunderstood, and controversial reality. Consistency and determination, together with a unique and highly original talent in continuous evolution, are the sharp weapons that Fibra has chosen to always carry with him, on a journey that has brought him from the Italian province to revolutionize the beating heart of Italian music tout court, undoubtedly leaving an indelible mark that has marked and will mark, now and in the future, the art of expressing oneself in rhyme over a beat: Fibra is a national monument of the Italian music scene.

Among his commitments, after the FABRI FIBRA LIVE ESTATE 2023 tour, Fibra will be on the stage of the Marrageddon Festival on September 23, and he’s the guest, together with Bresh, of the new single by ERNIA “PARAFULMINI” (track produced by ZEF and already available in all digital stores and for radio programming).

GEOLIER: A talent with few equals, multifaceted but with a strong and well-defined identity, capable of never repeating himself but, at the same time, of showing himself to his constantly evolving audience, as only great artists can do. GEOLIER is undoubtedly one of the most striking musical phenomena that Italy has seen and experienced in recent years. Strengthened by his roots and always striving to overcome any geographical and musical limit, in just a few years he has managed to become a reference point for Italian urban music, as well as one of the most requested names on the whole scene, collecting, in such a short time, important certifications - 28 platinum records and 21 gold records - and over 1.4 billion audio/video streams. After his debut album “Emanuele” and 3 months after the release of “Il Coraggio dei Bambini”, Geolier’s second awaited album, double platinum record certified by FIMI/Gfk Italia and still stable at the top of the Fimi Top Album chart, the Neapolitan rapper wrote another piece of history with “Il Coraggio dei Bambini - Atto II”. After the sold out of his indoor tour, Geolier will also be among the undisputed protagonists of the Italian live summer with “IL CORAGGIO DEI BAMBINI - SUMMER TOUR”, a tour of twenty dates in which the rapper will inflame the stages of the best festivals in the whole peninsula.

ROSE VILLAIN: Born in Milan and then moved to New York, the singer, author and director has millions of streams to her credit. Rose Villain has all the credentials to overturn the current music scene, personally curating the creation of each artistic project that involves her (for example, the artistic direction and realization of the videoclip for “Cartoni Animati”). The consecration, which has come in recent years from high-level features with artists who have strongly wanted her by their side, has led Rose to the desire of expressing herself even more. In January 2023 her first record work, “Radio Gotham” (gold certified by FIMI/GfK Italia), was released, an explosive, unexpected album, full of personal themes in which the artist lays bare, which thrilled audiences and critics and debuted in the top 5 positions of the FIMI Top Albums weekly chart and at the eighth place of Spotify’s Top Albums Debut Global. After performing on the stage of the Concert of the First of May in Rome, Rose Villain’s voice is heard in all the radio stations thanks to Achille Lauro’s single “Fragole”, which sees her as co-protagonist.

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