Capo Plaza

Real name Luca D'Orso, rapper Capo Plaza was born in Salerno on April 20, 1998, and grew up in this southern Italian city, where he wrote his first lyrics at the age of eleven. A graffiti enthusiast, he signed his work under the name Capo Plaza, and kept this pseudonym when he launched his own YouTube channel. Noticed in 2013 with the track "Sto Giù", he moved to Milan to meet Sfera Ebbasta and record "Tutti i Giorni" as a duo , marking the start of their collaboration. After a joint album with Pepe Soks entitled Sulamente Nuje (2016), Capo Plaza signs with fellow rapper Ghali's Sto Records label and celebrates his twentieth anniversary with the release of 20 (2018), which, driven by the trio "Tesla" with Ebbasta and DrefGold, takes the top spot in the Italian charts. Having become the darling of the local rap scene, he multiplied his collaborations with Emis Killa, Gué Pequeno, Dark Polo Gang, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Aya Nakamura, Tedua, Lazza, Shiva and Rondodasosa. Backed by his loyal producer Ava, the transalpine rapper crafts his second solo album Plaza (2021), once again ranked number one. Among the sixteen tracks, all of which charted at FIMI Singles, were "Non Fare Così" (#2), "Track 1" and "Demonio " (#3). In 2022, Capo Plaza released the mixtape Hustle with the hit "Capri Sun" (no. 5), followed in 2024 by the album Ferite (no. 1), open to collaborations with Lazza, Tedua, Tony Boy, Anna, Mahmood, Annalisa and Artie 5ive, with the major tracks "Nato per questo" (no. 14) and "Acqua passata " (no. 12), then "Fino all'alba" (no. 18) on the deluxe reissue. In 2025, the rapper followed up his first mixtape with Hustle Mixtape, Vol. 2 (no. 2), featuring contributions from Papa V and Nerissima Serpe, Tony Boy, Bresh and Tony Effe, as well as fellow Brazilian Caio Luccas on "Tudo Bem".