Duke Montana

Duccio Barker , better known as Duke Montana is an Italian underground rapper, actor and businessman, member of Italian hip hop crews Black Barz and ODEI Roma Clan and CEO of Golden Age Label. His style is a mix of Italian language with American language and slang. He collaborated with several Italian and American rappers, such as Kool G Rap, Onyx, Club Dogo, Fabri Fibra, Emis Killa, WuTang Clan, IceT.

Duccio Barker was born in Rome by a BritishItalian father and Italian mother. In the early years of his life he lived in Santa Ana ghetto, in Los Angeles. In early 90s, when he was fourteen, Duke founded his first hiphop collective, Power Mcs, together with the producer Ice One and Julie P. with which he released the Power to the People LP. The project was then interrupted because Duke returned to USA. In these years he collaborated with important members of the American rap scene including Onyx, IceT, WuTang Clan and starred in the film Le amiche del cuore, directed by Michele Placido, playing the role of himself. During these years he spent his life between Corpus Christii, London and finally Los Angeles. Here he performed in many live concerts until 2000, when he definitely settled in Italy. After his EP as soloist, Atlantis Land, during year 2006 he began a close collaboration with Truceklan that culminated with his official entry in the crew. Their songs, such as Corpus Christii,

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