ArtistInfo

Denno

*1980
Hip-Hop/Rap
A.k.a. Denis Smajlović

Croatian MC from Rijeka, born in 1980. After being a graffiti writer since 1996, he turned to rapping in late 1999 and formed a rap group called Dvojac više (or 2More) with another aspiring MC Ramirez. The duo recorded two tracks and split afterwards as Denno was invited to join Kamikaze, a local rap group that had been already making their way for about a year till then. Kamikaze disbanded in 2002 after which Denno takes a break from recording. He returns to music in 2006 and joins forces with his longtime friend and an upcoming MC Gane to record EP Vol. 1. The EP gained attention within the local Rijeka rap scene, and even got noticed countrywide as well. This collaboration led to forming a bigger collective Sirotinja d.o.o. the following year, with three additional members Dejo, Miroy and producer Slom. At the time Denno expanded his moniker to Denno Carvaglio, and has been using it as full artist name from then on. After releasing an album, the group had a fall out after which he continued as a solo artist. His first solo effort Pojačaj, odvrni! EP came out in 2008, and was followed by numerous guest appearances on tracks and mixtapes by his fellow Rijeka's rappers. His sophomore solo outing Dirty and Classic mixtape dropped in 2012 and was followed by a retrospection of his tracks 15 Yearz Of in early 2014.