Ghemon

{{short description|Italian rapper and singer-songwriter (born 1982)}}

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| birth_name = Giovanni Luca Picariello

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1982|4|1}}

| birth_place = Avellino, Campania, Italy

| genre = Conscious hip hop, pop

| occupation = Rapper, singer-songwriter

| years_active = 1996–present

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Giovanni Luca Picariello (born 1 April 1982), known professionally as Ghemon ({{IPA|it|ˈɡɛːmon}}), is an Italian rapper and singer-songwriter.

His stage name is a tribute to the character Ishikawa Goemon XIII from Monkey Punch's manga series Lupin the Third.{{Cite web|url=https://music.fanpage.it/ghemon-il-rapper-svela-il-significato-del-suo-nome-mi-sono-ispirato-a-goemon-del-cartoon-lupin/|title=Ghemon, il rapper svela il significato del suo nome: "Mi sono ispirato a Goemon del cartoon Lupin"|language=it|website=Fanpage|date=6 February 2019|access-date=6 February 2019}} His debut album La rivincita dei buoni was released in 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockit.it/album/8163/ghemon-scienz-la-rivincita-dei-buoni|title=La rivincita dei buoni|language=it|website=rockit.it|access-date=2020-02-06|archive-date=2009-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219014341/http://www.rockit.it/album/8163/ghemon-scienz-la-rivincita-dei-buoni|url-status=dead}} In 2017 his single "Adesso sono qui" was included in the soundtrack of the videogame NBA 2K17.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportfair.it/2016/12/basket-e-rap-laccoppiata-vincente-il-rapper-ghemon-fa-impazzire-i-fans-di-nba-2k17-con-adesso-sono-qui-video/466055/|title=Basket e Rap, l'accoppiata vincente: il rapper Ghemon fa impazzire i fans di NBA 2k17 con "Adesso sono qui" [VIDEO]|language=it|date=2 December 2016|publisher=Sport Fair|access-date=20 June 2020}}

Ghemon participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2019 with the song "Rose viola"{{Cite web|title=Italy: Sanremo 2019 finalists unveiled; Il Volo are back in the competition!|language=it|url=http://esctoday.com/170516/italy-sanremo-2019-finalists-unveiled-il-volo-are-back-in-the-competition/|work=Esctoday.com|date=22 December 2018}} and at the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 with "Momento perfetto".{{Cite news|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2021/03/02/sanremo-2021-ghemon-momento-perfetto-testo|title=Ghemon a Sanremo 2021 con Momento perfetto: il testo|language=it|date=2 March 2021|work=Sky TG24|access-date=3 March 2021}}