Fred De Palma

Biography

Federico Palana (born 3 November 1989), better known by the stage name Fred De Palma, is an Italian rapper and singer.

Royal Rhymes

Fred De Palma began his musical career in 2007 in Cluj, Romania, with freestyling skills. Many freestyle contests in Turin, Milan and Hunedoara put him in attention of the industry, and in 2010 he collaborated with Dirty C, creating the band Royal Rhymes, and started to experiment in the studio. At the beginning of 2010, the group signed a recording contract with the independent record label Trumen Records, and collaborated with producers Jahcool and Double H Groovy. Around the same time, Fred De Palma continued with the participation in various freestyle competitions, achieving a victory at Zelig Urban Talent 2011 and third place in 2012 at the MTV television program Spit, behind Nitro and Shade. On November 23, 2011, Royal Rhymes released their eponymous debut album, released through the Saifam Group. This was followed by the EP God Save the Royal, released on 10 July 2012.

Solo career

During 2012, Fred De Palma started a solo career, recording his first album FDP released on 6 November of the same year. In June 2013 the video clip for "Passa il microfono" was published, which he produced together with rappers Moreno, Clementino, Shade and Marracash. In September 2013, he joined the collective Roccia Music alongside Marracash, creating the album Genesi with the artists belonging to the collective, released on October 18, 2013. that contained four tracks by De Palma, including "Lettera al successo×Lettera al successo28 June 2014 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Intro1:412Non ero io3:163Rodeo4:114Para all night3:215Fai cisti3:146Spariro3:107Lettera al successo3:428Fino alle 63:039Muovi il mondo4:1310Carillon3:2911Notte da cafoni3:3012Usain Bolt2:4013Conto i passi3:0514Non mi batte neanche il cuore3:1415Spariro (remix)3:0916Fai cisti (remix)3:2417Lettera al successo (orchestra remix)3:58", which gave the title to his second studio album released in June 2014 as Lettera al successo.
On 17 December 2014, he announced his withdrawal from the Roccia Music collective due to reasons he defined as private. Later, on 10 February 2015, he revealed that he had signed a recording contract with Warner Music Italy, with which he released his third album BoyFred×BoyFred2 October 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Dov'eri tu2:292Serenata trap2:463Stanza 3653:364Non scordare mai3:045Canterai3:276BoyFred3:287Buenos días3:478Slogan3:179Tutto qui2:4810Due cuori e una caparra3:3011Fenomeno3:0112Noi due3:1113VodkaLemonHaze3:3114Chiudo gli occhi2:54, released on 2 October 2015.
In September 2017 he released his fourth album Hanglover×Hanglover12 June 2017 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Hanglover2:102Love King3:143Un’altra notte3:424Adios3:265Goodnite3:256Alabama3:057Io no2:338Il cielo guarda te3:3895.302:1510Niente da dire3:0611Ora che3:2612Almeno tu3:0313Non tornare a casa3:1114Tu dimmi3:0815Il mio game3:2616DYO4:2017Vuoi ballare con me3:2918Voilà2:40, with pre-release singles "Adiós", "Il cielo guarda te×Il cielo guarda te2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Il cielo guarda te" and "Ora che". On the album the artist collaborated with several producers including Takagi & Ketra, Davide Ferrario, Mace and others. On 15 June 2018, he released the single "D'estate non vale", in collaboration with Ana Mena. A year later, he renewed his collaboration with the Spanish singer, with the summer single "Una volta ancora".
De Palma competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 with the song "Il cielo non ci vuole×Il cielo non ci vuole7 February 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Il cielo non ci vuole2:52".

Soloist

FDP (2012)
Lettera al successo (2014)
BoyFred (2015)
Hanglover (2017)
Uebe (2019)
Unico (2021)
PLC Tape 1 (2022, EP)

With Royal Rhymes

Royal Rhymes (2011)
God Save the Royal (2012, EP)