As an artist whose origins are situated between Switzerland and Italy, Cenzino is touched by a perpetual dualism, taking its roots from historical Naples and the "Protestant Rome" which is cosmopolitan Geneva.

Musically raised by his mother and father between the chanson francaise and afro-american sonorities, then finally charmed by the powerful mixture of prose and rhythm transmitted by hip hop music, the young Italo-Swiss started the tough exercise of rhyming at the age of 12, and ...

As an artist whose origins are situated between Switzerland and Italy, Cenzino is touched by a perpetual dualism, taking its roots from historical Naples and the "Protestant Rome" which is cosmopolitan Geneva.

Musically raised by his mother and father between the chanson francaise and afro-american sonorities, then finally charmed by the powerful mixture of prose and rhythm transmitted by hip hop music, the young Italo-Swiss started the tough exercise of rhyming at the age of 12, and discovered at the same time key french artists from the mid 90s like Fabe and IAM.

Trapped by Melancholy since his younger days, Cenzino succeed to escape from his cell made of mad lyrics. Because he was able to write them on sheets, he could exploit them while rapping under the enigmatic character of the Maliconico, dramatic and tragic reflection behind which the role and character of Cenzino Il Malinconico merge.

Il Malinconico, a somber and baleful Pierrot, has proven to be an inkwell overflowing with bitterness where the rapper’s pen comes to sink and drink tirelessly out of it. So that you can discover, when listening and deepening into his music, some tracks that just claim to be explored without being revealed.