Born in Benevento, Mancinelli grew up in Castelvenere. In 1988 he made his radio debut, working at Radio Telesia. A year later he moved to Bologna, where he attended DAMS [it] at the University of Bologna.[2]
While a student, he worked as a DJ in some local venues and started collaborating with Punto Radio, Telemontecarlo and Videomusic.[2] In 1991 he became music programming manager at Radio Kiss Kiss and moved to Napoli.[3] In 1993 he moved back to Bologna, and the following year he started writing reviews for the music magazine Rockstar.[2]
A&R executive
1995 saw his debut in the recording industry: he started working in the promotion department of Flying Records. In 1996 he became the A&R of CGD.[4] In 2000 he became A&R of S4 Records. In 2002 he founded another label, C&C Progetti Discografici.[4]
In 2006, along with Fabio Canino, he wrote Raffabook, dedicated to Italian singer, actress and television presenter Raffaella Carrà.[5]
Since 2007 he has been the A&R of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Italy.
In the following years he worked with Gianna Nannini, Giovanni Caccamo,[2]Sonohra, Karima, Nek, Virginio.[6][7]
In 2014 he moved to New York City, where he acts as Consultant Italian Portfolio for Sony/Atv.[8][9][10]
In 2015 he won the prestigious FIM Award.[11]
In 2017 he founded the record label I Mean Music & Management.[12] The first artist produced by the label is the young singer-songwriter Braschi, who took part at the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 in the "Nuove Proposte" section, with the song "Nel Mare Ci Sono I Coccodrilli".[13][14]
