Articolo 31 was a popular band from Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms.

Articolo 31 was one of the first hip hop groups in Italy, releasing one of the first Italian hip hop records, Strade di città, in 1993.

In 1997, DJ Gruff dissed Articolo 31 in a track titled 1 vs 2 appearing on the first album of the beatmaker Fritz da Cat, but Articolo 31's lawyers obtained a retraction of the record, and its reissue without the song.

In 2001, Articolo 31 collaborated with the American old school rapper Kurtis Blow on the album XChé SI !.

With Domani smetto, Articolo 31 left the world of hip hop and moved to rap with many influences ; even more so than previously, this album found them rapping and singing to rock and pop tracks.

One of the first hip hop crews to catch the attention of the Italian mainstream was Milan's Articolo 31, then and still today produced by Franco Godi, who had written the soundtrack to the animated TV series Signor Rossi in the 1970s.

Articolo 31 started out as a mainly East Coast rap-inspired hip hop duo, but changed to a more commercial style during their career and eventually evolved into a punk / pop / crossover group.

Articolo 31 split up and J-Ax, the singer, has begun a solo career.

Probably the most famous Italian rappers apart from Articolo 31 are Sottotonoand Otierre from Varese, Neffa from Napoli and Piotta who represents Rome and became famous through an ironic interpretation of the coatto ( The stereotypical Italian boy with an attitude ).

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