Neffa has been played on NTS in shows including Third Circle, featured first on 9 September 2017. Songs played include Scordati di me and Aspettando Il Sole.

The man who goes by the name Neffa was born Giovanni Pellino in 1967 in Scafati, Italy, a small town near Naples, but he spent much of his youth in the northern cities of Turin and Bologna.

He began his musical career as a drummer in various hardcore bands, one of which was the influential Negazione, using the name "Jeff," but later decided to switch to hip-hop. Pellino, who at this point was performing under the name Neffa,…