WRITERS

GIOVANNI ROBERTINI

Born in Milan, Italy in 1975, Robertini is a journalist and writer and has directed Rolling Stone Italia and Linus. As a TV writer, he was part of cult programmes such as "Brand:New" and "Avere ventanni" on MTV, "L'infedele" and "Le invasioni barbariche" on La 7. Recently, he was head writer for the first ever Italian series of "YO! MTV Raps" (MTV), "Carta Bianca" and "Chesucc3de?"(Rai Tre), as well as showrunner for "L'assedio" (Nove), the latest show featuring Daria Bignardi. In 2020 Robertini has published his second novel, "La solitudine di Matteo" (Baldini + Castoldi).

RINALDO SALINO

With a 15+ experience as a writer and producer for Italian and international shows, Salino is a solid and talented professional with a deep understanding of the whole production and delivery process. His credits include a long collaboration with MTV Italia and Viacom Italia as well as Rai, Mediaset and the Discovery group. With GVNG-HO he's worked as an edit producer for "Aperol Happy Together Live" (Sky) and "Qui ogni impresa è possibile" (documentary series featuring John Dickie) as well as a writer and creative coordinator for the first ever Italian series of the classic "YO! MTV Raps" show.

MARTA BLUMI TRIPODI

Born in Milano in 1984, Tripodi started hanging around the local hip hop scene at the end of the 90s. Between 2007-2019 she worked for a number of shows on Rai Radio2 (including Babylon, Stay Soul and Radio2 InTheMix) as well as TRX Radio, and either wrote or curated books about rap and urban music for Rizzoli, Mondadori and Sperling & Kupfer. Nowadays she mainly writes for Rolling Stone and her own podcast, CRTFD Classics. As a young girl, she spent many nights taping episodes of YO! MTV Raps and in 2020 she was one of the writers for the Italian version of this classic format.