The rapper defeated the big favorites Ultimo and Il Volo. Public booed the result
Forget those beautiful romantic songs performed in the beautiful Italian language, by Laura Pausini, Tiziano Ferro and Eros Ramazzoti, singers of the new generation, or Luciano Pavarotti, Enrico Caruso Beniamino Gigli and Tito Schipa who marked the era.
Italy has changed. The proof came this Saturday (9): Mahmood is the big winner of the Sanremo Festival.
Aged 26, the son of an Egyptian father and an Italian mother, and raised on the outskirts of Milan, the artist has been standing out in the systematic trap: every time (an instrumental style from rap), but with a quality that is beyond questionable.
With the song Money, a social critique, written by Mahmmod himself with Charlie Charles and Dardust, he defeated the big favorites Ultimo and Il Volo, who reached the super final and ended up in second and third position respectively. Another favorite, Irama was only seventh.
When the results were announced, the Ariston Theater was met with boos, especially when Loredana Bertè came in fourth place. The presenters, Claudio Baglioni, Claudio Bisio and Virginia Raffaele had to ask for silence several times, without success.
A victory that left Interior Minister Matteo Salvini perplexed. The League leader tweeted, "The most beautiful Italian song? I would have chosen Ultimo."
In fact, Salvini is concerned about the political issue that this rapper's victory represents. Last year, the vice premier created a harsh decree against immigrants.
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Now, Mahmood will represent Italy at Eurovision 2019. As the winner of the Sanremo Festival, he was automatically invited to succeed Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro and accepted the invitation. And now controversy must come… This year the festival takes place in Israel and Money contains an Arabic phrase, as well as mentioning Ramadan.
It's not Salvini who lost. It's Italian music.
Letter of Money – Mahmood
It's very hot in the suburbs
Mamma stay calm, I'm arriving
I'll arrest you for a bugiardo
You seemed to love me, it was different
Drinks champagne during Ramadan
All TV on Jackie Chan
Smoke narghile my chiede come and go
My chiede come, come, come, come
You already know how it goes how it goes how it goes
I think faster to understand if tomorrow you will screw me
I don't have time to clarify because I only now know what you are
It's hard to be in the world when you lose your pride and leave home in one day
You tell me if
You only thought about money money
As if I had money
Tell me if you miss me or don't give a damn
You were asking me how it's going how's it going
Now how's it going how's it going how's it going
You haven't said what you have to say
Cheating is a bullet in the chest
Take all your charity
I lied to the house but it came out
It's a law for my chiederà
My chiede come, come, come, come
You already know how it goes how it goes how it goes
I think faster to understand if tomorrow you will screw me
I don't have time to clarify because I only now know what you are
It's difficult to be in the world
When you lose your pride
Ho captain in a second you give me
You just wanted money
As if I had money
Before, you talked to me until late
You were asking me how it's going how's it going
Now how's it going how's it going how's it going
Waladi waladi habibi ta'aleena
You told me playing with a proud air
Waladi waladi habibi sembrava vera
The desire the desire to go back to how it was before
I didn't want money from you...
It's difficult to be in the world
When you lose your pride
You leave home in one day
You tell me if
You just wanted money money
As if I had money
I licked the quote but I didn't see it
Yesterday you were here now where you are dad
You ask me how it's going how's it going
You already know how it goes how it goes how it goes
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