Rocco Hunt

occo 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"[1]

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.[1][2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He placed 15th with the song "Mille vote ancora". Hunt participated for a third time with a song written partially in Neapolitan dialect. [6][7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]