Rocco Pagliarulo (born 21 November 1994), known professionally as Rocco Hunt, is an Italian rapper from Salerno. He rose to fame after winning the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2014 with the song "Nu juorno buono"
Career In 2014 he participated in and won the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2014 with the song "Nu juorno buono", for which he also won the Emmanuele Luzzati Prize and the Assomusica Prize. Both the title of the song, and several verses of the lyrics were written in the Neapolitan dialect.
He took part in the Big artists section of the 2016 festival with "Wake Up", a second song featuring the Neapolitan dialect, eventually placing 9th. On the third night of the festival he performed a cover of the classic Neapolitan song "Tu vuò fà l'americano" by Renato Carosone.
Hunt participated for a third time in Sanremo Music Festival in 2025. He placed 15th with the song "Mille vote ancora". Hunt participated for a third time with a song written partially in Neapolitan dialect. On the fourth night of the festival, alongside rapper Clementino, he performed a cover of the song Yes I Know My Way by Pino Daniele.
He has released five studio albums to date, with tracks including collaborations from other notable artists such as Noyz Narcos, Clementino, Gemitaiz, Eros Ramazzotti, Tiromancino, Annalisa, and Neffa.
On 8 April 2025, he announced the title and tracklist of his upcoming his sixth album, Ragazzo di giù, which is due to be released on 25 April 2025.
Discography Albums TitleDetailsPeak positionCertificationITAPoeta urbano Released: 25 June 2013 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download 5A verità Released: 25 March 2014 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download 1 FIMI: PlatinumSignorHunt Released: 23 October 2015 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download 2 FIMI: GoldLibertà Released: 30 August 2019 Label: RCA Formats: CD, digital download 1 FIMI: 2× PlatinumRivoluzione Released: 5 November 2021 Label: Epic Formats: CD, digital download1 FIMI: 2× PlatinumRagazzo di giù Released: 25 April 2025 Label: Epic Formats: CD, digital download2
Mixtapes TitleDetailsSpiraglio di periferia Released: 2011 Label: Honiro Format: Digital download
Extended play TitleDetailsA' music è speranz Released: 2010 Label: Dint Format: CD, digital download
Singles +List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album ITA SWI SPA"Io posso"2013 — rowspan="8" — — Poeta urbano"Fammi vivere" — — — "L'ammore overo" — — — "Nu juorno buono"2014 5 — — FIMI: Platinum'A verità"Vieni con me" 56 — — FIMI: Gold"Ho scelto me" — — — FIMI: Gold'A verità 2.0"Vene e vvà"2015 63 — — FIMI: GoldSignorHunt"Se mi chiami" (featuring Neffa) 69 — — FIMI: Platinum"Wake Up"2016 11 — — —FIMI: GoldSignorHunt – Wake Up Edition"Sto bene così" — — — —"Stella cadente"(featuring Annalisa) — — — —FIMI: Gold"Kevvuo'"2017 — — — —/"Niente da bere" — — — —"Invece no" — — — —"Arrivano i prof"2018 — — — —"Fammi scendere" — — — —"Tutte 'e parole" — — — —"Ngopp' a luna"2019 44 — — —FIMI: GoldLibertà"Cuore rotto"(featuring Gemitaiz) 97 — — —"Benvenuti in Italy" — — — —FIMI: Gold"Ti volevo dedicare"(featuring J-Ax and Boomdabash) 2 — — —FIMI: 5× Platinum"Se tornerai"(featuring Neffa) 64 — — —FIMI: Gold"Stu core t'apparten"2020 4 — — —FIMI: PlatinumLibertà Repack"Sultant' a mia" 41 — — —Rivoluzione"A un passo dalla luna / A un paso de la luna"(featuring Ana Mena) 1 — 31 4 FIMI: 6× Platinum PROMUSICAE: 6× Platinum"Che me chiamme a fa?"(featuring Geolier)2021 8 — — —FIMI: Gold"Un bacio all'improvviso / Un beso de improviso"(featuring Ana Mena) 4 — — 55 FIMI: 4× Platinum PROMUSICAE: 2× Platinum"Fantastica" (featuring Boomdabash) 48 — — —FIMI: Gold"Caramello" (featuring Elettra Lamborghini and Lola Indigo)2022 3 — — —FIMI: 4× Platinum"A' vita senz' e te (Me fa paura)" 67 — — —FIMI: Gold"Non litighiamo più"2023 11 — — —FIMI: 3× Platinumrowspan="2" "Musica italiana"2024 63 — — —FIMI: Gold"Mille vote ancora"2025 24 — — —FIMI: GoldRagazzo di giù"Oh ma" 21 — — —""2026 — 99 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory."*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time.
Featured in TitleYearAlbum"Giungla"(Clementino feat. Rocco Hunt)2014Mea culpa (Clementino)"Seven"(Caneda feat. Fedez, J-Ax, Gemitaiz, Rocco Hunt, Baby K e Emis Killa)2015"Candela"(NIA feat. Rocco Hunt and Lennis Rodriguez)2022
Other songs TitleYearPeak positionCertificationAlbumITAFRA"Tutto resta"2014 94 —'A verità"The Show" 57 —"Nisciun'"(feat. Geolier)2019 24 — ITA: PlatinumLibertà"Buonanotte amò" 53 — ITA: Gold"Mai più" (feat. Achille Lauro) 77 —"A un paso de la luna (remix)" (feat. Reik and Ana Mena)2021 — 11
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