| Rosa Chemical | |||
| Birth Name: | Manuel Franco Rocati | ||
| Birth Date: | 1998 1, df=y | ||
| Birth Place: | Rivoli, Piedmont, Italy | ||
| Instrument: | Vocals | ||
| Years Active: | 2015–present | ||
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Manuel Franco Rocati (born 30 January 1998), known professionally as Rosa Chemical, is an Italian rapper, singer, songwriter, graffiti artist and model.
Rocati was born in Rivoli and grew up in Alpignano, in the metropolitan city of Turin. His pseudonym is a portmanteau of the terms "Rosa", his mother's first name, and "Chemical", from the American band My Chemical Romance.[1] [2] Before becoming interested in hip hop music, he was a graffiti artist, as visible in the programme YO! MTV Raps, around Europe.[3]
After a few independent releases, under the pseudonyms Ekios or Kranyo, his music career began in 2018, when he released the single "Kournikova", becoming at the same time model for the Italian fashion label Gucci.[4] [5] In February 2019, he began a collaboration with Italian rapper Greg Willen, releasing the single "Rovesciata", which anticipates the release of the EP Okay Okay !!. From the EP the single "Tik Tok" was extracted, in collaboration with Radical, which reaches Spotify Italy's Viral 50.
In 2020, he released the singles "Alieno", in collaboration with UncleBac, and "Polka", which anticipated the release of the first studio album Forever, released on May 28, of the same year. On March 25, 2021, the album was reissued under the title Forever and Ever, containing five bonus tracks, which was preceded by the single "Britney", in collaboration with MamboLosco and Radical.[6]
On 4 February 2022, he was a guest on the cover night of the Sanremo Musica Festival, where he performed alongside Tananai a rearrangement of the song "A far l'amore comincia tu" by Raffaella Carrà, entitled "Comincia tu". On 4 December of the same year, it was officially announced that Rosa Chemical will participate in the Sanremo Music Festival 2023.[7] "Made in Italy" was later announced as his entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2023.[8] In the final of the competition, he came in 8th place. On the final night of the competition, during his performance, he approached the rapper Fedez in the audience and the two mimed having sexual intercourse. The two were denounced for indecent acts in a public place,[9] but the courts did not uphold the complaint.[10]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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| ITA [11] | ||||
| Forever |
| 8 |
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| Caos calmo |
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| Okay Okay !! |
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| Paranoise Mixtape |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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| ITA [13] | |||||
| "Latte +" | 2015 | — | Paranoise Mixtape | ||
| "C.A.S" | 2016 | — | |||
| "Acqua Panna" | 2017 | — | rowspan="6" | ||
| "Punk 'a piana" | 2018 | — | |||
| "Lil Peep" | — | ||||
| "Rosa Chemical" | — | ||||
| "Kournikova" | — | ||||
| 2019 | — | ||||
| "Rovesciata" | — | Okay Okay ! | |||
| "Long Neck" | — | rowspan="4" | |||
| "Scolapasta" | — | ||||
| "Pantone 17-3930" | — | ||||
| "Fatass" | — | ||||
| "Tik Tok" | — | Okay Okay ! | |||
| "Alieno" | 2020 | — | |||
| "Polka" | — |
| Forever | ||
| "Lobby Way" | 87 | ||||
| "Boheme" | — | ||||
| "Britney" | 2021 | 52 | Forever and Ever | ||
| "Marmellata" | — | rowspan="6" | |||
| "Comincia tu" | 2022 | — | |||
| "Polka 3" | — | ||||
| "Non è normale" | — | ||||
| "Made in Italy" | 2023 | 6 [14] | |||
| "Bellu Guaglione" | 2023 | — | |||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released. | |||||