Paolo Coppini Biography
Paolo Coppini was born in Rome on 20 January 1944. He had achieved a certain success between the 70s and early 80s, especially as a member of some tratral companies (Gruppo Teatro politica, Granteatro Pazzo, Gruppo Policromia) which earned him numerous positive reviews in large-circulation national newspapers.
But he never managed to "break through", he never seriously tried to get a contract with a label, he had great difficulty dealing with the world of music-biz.
He tried to attend the famous Folk Studio directed by Giancarlo Cesaroni, but it was a bad experience.
Years later he ended up taking part in evenings for amateur comedians at the Al Fellini club, a cabaret theater created by the former actor and television writer Marcello Casco. He came back to prominence in the early 2000s, when he decided to look for collaborators. The artist also dedicated himself to composing songs recorded on cassettes which resembled, in some ways, the songwriting of the 1960s. He undertook collaborations with the singer-songwriter Maurizio Carlini and the hip-hop band Gli Inquilini. They made some record productions (the EP L'Uomo gorilla for the Homiez and Money label).
He was awarded "revelation of the year" at the "Da Bomb 2002" event, from which a compilation was taken: Paolo Coppini was on the same CD with Piotta and other Roman rappers.
It reached the top of the Vitaminic download charts, then the most clicked music website in Italy, for the Hip hop category.
In his songs he often portrayed himself as an outcast, poor and alone, comically exasperating his character for the amusement of the listeners, but above all to tell the difficulties of those who do not accept compromises with a society that they consider cruel and hypocritical. But in recent years, difficulties forced him to gradually replace this job with more humble, very tough ones.
In reality, he was thrilled by the possibility of meeting that part of society that he had always considered most fascinating and true: ordinary people, the inhabitants of the suburbs, market goers, pensioners, immigrants. For years he crossed Rome far and wide, walking every day, from dawn to dusk, for dozens and dozens of kilometres: he met people, visited the homes of rich and poor people, spoke with as many people as possible, shared thoughts and experiences, he told himself, he listened to stories that often flowed into his songs mixed with his ideas and personal experiences. Paolo Coppini suddenly fell ill in the summer of 2008.
