Cor Veleno

Cor Veleno is an Italian hardcore hip hop music group, made up of the producer Squarta and rappers Grandi Numeri and Primo Brown, the latter of whom died in 2016.

History of the group

First years

The first nucleus of the collective was born in 1993 made up of Primo Brown and Grandi Numeri who play at the Zulu Party, a Roman hip hop event held at the Palladium festival.

Primo Brown, Grandi Numeri and Detor (DJ and composer of the first beats of the group, which Squarta later took over), released in 1998 their first single, 21 Tyson, in the mixtape La banda der trucido. The track gets a notable underground response and is included in other compilations. The next piece is Incompatibile, a piece made in collaboration with Piotta in memory of his friend MC Giaime. After these singles that get a good critical success, they open the lives of American groups like De La Soul and Wu-Tang Clan.

Debut

In 2001 they debuted with their first album Rock 'n' Roll, some of which were published for the soundtrack of the film Ultimo Stadio, by director Ivano De Matteo. In 2004 they come out with Heavy metal, an ideal continuation of their first work. Participates in the disc as a guest Tormento ex Sottotono. The same year they won the MC Giaime award for two categories: best text for Un mestiere qualunque and best song for Le guardie, I pompieri and L'ambulanza. In the same period Bomboclat was also released, published under the name Primo & Squarta and which was attended by Grandi Numeri, Amir, Danno (Colle der Fomento), the Club Dogo, Turi and Tormento.