Diego Germini (born 30 July 1995), known professionally as Izi, is an Italian rapper and actor.
His studio albums Pizzicato (2017) and Aletheia (2019) peaked number 1 of FIMI's albums chart.
Biography
Early years and Fenice
Born in province of Cuneo, he grew up in Cogoleto, in province of Genoa. At the age of 17 he abandoned school and ran away from home, starting to experience a period of wandering during which he also had to deal with a diabetic coma. At the same time, he began to write songs and perform them, inspired both by Italian and international rappers and by songwriters on the Italian scene.
In the first years of activity he went by various pseudonyms, such as Eazyrhymes and then Izi Erre. Furthermore, he joined the crew Wild Bandana and adopted the definitive pseudonym Izi for the assonance with the English term "easy". In 2015 he appeared, together with Tedua, in the song Mercedes nero by Sfera Ebbasta and Charlie Charles, taken from the album XDVR. The following year he collaborated with Tedua on the song Circonvalley, from Orange County Mixtape.
In 2016 he was chosen by director Cosimo Alemà as the protagonist of the film Zeta - Una storia hip-hop, in which he plays a young rapper in search of fame. Following the release of the film, Izi released his first studio album Fenice, preceded by the single Scusa.
