Luciano (rapper)

Luciano (born Patrick Großmann in Bautzen on January 28, 1994 ) is a German rapper from Berlin .

Life

Luciano grew up as the son of a Mozambican father and a German mother, mostly in the Schöneberg district of Berlin . He is a member of the Loco Squad Gang rap crew. He published his first pieces on the YouTube channel Locosquad . The first mixtape 12812 followed a little later . He achieved his breakthrough with the play Jagen die Mio , which he published with his friend Nikky Santoro. This was followed by another mixtape called Banditorinho .

In November 2017, Universal Urban released his first studio album entitled Eiskalt . It reached number 4 on the German album charts. Mitchell Weiser , Valentino Lazaro , Davie Selke and Sinan Kurt , then football players at Hertha BSC , appeared in the music video for the single Progress . In November 2018 his second studio album LOCO was released, It also reached number 4 in the German album charts. The third studio album, Millies, followed in August 2019 . This album also took 4th place in the German album charts and was awarded gold in Switzerland .

Discography

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Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2017	Ice cold Locosquad, Universal Music	DE4 (11 weeks) DE	AT14 (1 week) AT	CH15 (1 week) CH	First published: November 17, 2017
2018	LOCO Locosquad, Universal Music	DE4 (25 weeks) DE	AT6 (17 weeks) AT	CH4th platinum (17 weeks)CH	First published: November 23, 2018 Sales: + 20,000
2019	Millies Locosquad, Universal Music	DE4 (12 weeks) DE	AT5 (12 weeks) AT	CH4th gold (10 weeks)CH	First published: August 30, 2019 Sales: + 10,000
2020	Exot Locosquad, Universal Music	DE6 (... weeks) DE	AT3 (... weeks) AT	CH3 (... weeks) CH	First published: July 24, 2020

Web links

• Luciano at Discogs (English)
• Interview at laut.de
• Interview with Luciano

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Elena Witzeck: “I kept my composure”. FAZ.net , July 28, 2020, accessed on July 28, 2020 . 
2. ↑ hitparade.ch
3. ↑ Luciano releases his new mixtape "Banditorinho" on March 31, 2017, accessed on March 28, 2019
4. ↑ Luciano Has a Master Plan for German Rap: Global Domination. highsnobiety.com, January 31, 2020, accessed June 30, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Luciano: Deutschrap steam roller // Feature. juice.de, December 1, 2017, accessed June 30, 2020 . 
6. ↑ This is how it's done: Newcomer Luciano throws everything upside down. hiphop.de, August 31, 2016, accessed December 7, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Locosquad from Berlin - Die Straßenrap-Newcomer 2016. (No longer available online.) Berlinmusic.tv, October 17, 2016, archived from the original on December 5, 2017 ; accessed on December 7, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Chantal Freyer: Luciano signs at Universal Urban. rap.de, September 4, 2017, accessed November 30, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Chart data ice cold . GfK Entertainment , accessed December 7, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Marcel Braune: Video with rapper Luciano - These four Herthaners are now real rap stars. Berliner Zeitung , December 23, 2017, accessed on January 31, 2018 .