Shiva, stage name of Andrea Arrigoni (born August 27, 1999) is an Italian rapper and singer.[1]
He debuted with the studio albumTempo anima in January 2017.[2] In 2020 his single "Auto blu" featuring Eiffel 65 peaked number 1 of FIMI's single chart for three weeks.[3]
Career
Judicial trials and Milano Angels (present)
On January 10, 2024, the single Milano Shotta Freestyle was released, while Shiva was in prison. On May 22 Athe single First Day Out was released during house arrest.[4]
On August 28, 2024, thanks to the judge's permission, he published the single Take 5 after the judge originally did not allow him to release music during his sentence. On September 3 he announced the release of his sixth studio album called Milano Angels which came out only three days later, on September 6, with both international and Italian collaborations, such as Paky, Tedua, Geolier, Mondo Marcio, NLE Choppa, Lil Tjay, Tony Boy and Kid Yugi and many other rappers.
Judicial proceedings
On the evening of July 11, 2023, Shiva was attacked in the courtyard of his record company by two young people belonging to the rapper Rondodasosa's crew:[5] after suffering a blow with a brass knuckle that fractured his jaw, Shiva fired four gunshots towards the attackers, wounding them in the legs.[6][7] On October 26, 2023, Shiva was arrested for attempted murder, illegal possession of weapons (including two machetes and a compressed air gun) and receiving stolen goods.[8] On February 21, 2024, after four months of detention at the San Vittore prison, the judge, after preliminary investigations, relaxed the precautionary measure, granting him house arrest.[9] On July 10 he was sentenced at first instance by the Court of Milan to a sentence of 6+1⁄2 years in prison.[10]