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Takagi & Ketra
Origin	Italy
Genres	Pop, pop rap, hip hop
Years active	2014-present
Labels	Due Belier Records
Members	Daniel "Dan" Tadros Eric Tadros
Website	www.tadros.com

Takagi & Ketra is an Italian musical production and DJ duo made up of Alessandro Merli (born 4 October 1973 in Milan) and known as Katagi and Fabio Clemente (born 21 March 1986 in Vasto, Province of Chieti) known as Ketra. Before 2014 when the duo was formed, Takagi known as

Members

Tikagi

Takagi THG
Birth name	Alessandro Francesco Merli
Born	(1973-10-04) 4 October 1973 Milan, Italy
Genres	Hip hop, pop, rap
Years active	1996-present
Labels	Sony Music

Alessandro Francesco Merli known in his start as THG worked in the music business very early on at the age of 17 and then embarked on a career as a DJ. In 1996 he became part of the hip-hop crew Spaghetti Funk and went on tour with Articolo 31. He had a daughter Nicole and dedicated the song "Che mondo meraviglioso" tpo her. The track is found on the Spaghetti Funk album BOOM!. In 1997, he was a cofounder of the group La Cricca with rapper Thema. The band shortafter merged with the duo Rima nel Cuore to form the pop-rap group Gemelli DiVersi, which debuted in 1998 with the self-titled debut album Gemelli DiVersi. He had many albums with the group culminating in a Greatest Hits album encompassing most known hits of Gemelli DiVersi from 1998 to 2009. The compilation album released during the San Remo Festival was critiocally acclaimed. He later changed his pseudonym THG to Takagi.

From 2011, he collaborated with Grido and produced Grido's debut album Io Grido. He also produced for various other artists in 2011-2012. Ha also produced the 8th and final album of Gemelli DiVersi titled Tutto da capo. He left the group in 2014 that soon disbanded. In 2013, he produced the entire album of Moreno titled Incredibile. In 2014, he produced various hits for well known artists Rocco Hunt, Denny La Home, Mixup and Fedez. That's when he met Mr. Ketra from teh band Boomdabash, with whom he also produces the MTV Spit theme song sung by Marracash. Soon they started the duo Takagi & Ketra.

Ketra

Ketra Mr. Ketra
Birth name	Fabio Clemente
Born	(1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 Vasto, Province of Chieti, Italy
Genres	Hip hop, pop, reggae
Years active	2003-present
Labels	Sony Music

Fabio Clemente (known as Ketra, also as Mr. Ketra), on the other hand, began as the beatmaker. He soon joined Salento based dancehall reggae group Boomdabash, which was formed in 2002. Mr. Ketra joined in 2006 and the band released their debut album Uno in 2008.

In 2011 Boomdabash released their single "Murder" that was also included in the band's second studio album Mad(e) in Italy with which Boomdabash won MTV New Generation Contest. The following year, the band released the single "Danger", and took part in the Hitweek Festival in the United States. They also collaborated with Sud Sound System, Clementino, Dj Double S, Bobby Chin of BlackChineyin the band's album release SuperHeroes. In 2014, he met Takagi (known at the time as THG) in a partnership for producing as a duo.

Career

The two musicians first met in 2012 and exchanged experiences. After the first collaborations for Gemelli Diversi and Boomdabash, Takagi & Ketra debuted with their first joint in-house production Nu juorno buono for the rapper Rocco Hunt. The song won the Newcomer category of the 2014 Sanremo Music Festival and went platinum. After Rocco Hunt, they worked as songwriters and producers with Fabri Fibra, Laura Pausini, Marracash, Mika and Briga. For Baby K and Giusy Ferreri, they produced and wrote (together with Rocco Hunt and Federica Abbate) the summer hit "Roma-Bangkok" in 2015, which became the most successful song of the year in Italy and contributed to the renewal of Italian pop.

After further number one hits for the duo J-Ax & Fedez ("Vorrei ma non posto" and "Assenzio"), Takagi & Ketra, in collaboration with the musician Calcutta, hit the charts for the first time in 2016 with the song "Oroscopo". In 2017 they released their first single "L'esercito del selfie", with vocal contributions from Arisa and Lorenzo Fragola. The duo was able to deliver one of the summer hits of the year again.

The following year 2018, this was achieved with the song "Amore e capoeira", sung again by Giusy Ferreri (in collaboration with Sean Kingston), which also became a hit in Switzerland. On 1 March 2019, they released the single "La luna e la gatta" in collaboration with Jovanotti, Tommaso Paradiso and Calcutta. The follow-up single "Jambo" featuring Ferreri and OMI was released on 24 May 2019 and topped the Italian Singles Chart and went platinum and crowned as the summer hit in Italy in 2019. On 19 June 2020 they released the single "Ciclone", with Elodie and Mariah Angeliq. In January 2021, they collaborated with Marco Mengoni and Frah Quintale in the hit "Venere e Marte".

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		ITA	SWI
2017	"L'esercito del selfie" (feat. Lorenzo Fragola & Arisa)	4	53	ITA: 3x Platinum
2018	"Da sola" / "In the Night" (feat. Tommaso Paradiso & Elisa)	12	—	ITA: Platinum
	"Amore e capoeira" (feat. Giusy Ferreri & Sean Kingston)	1	2	ITA: 5x Platinum SWI: 2x Platinum
2019	"La luna e la gatta" (feat. Calcutta, Tommaso Paradiso & Jovanotti)	10	—	ITA: 2x Platinum
	"Jambo" (OMI & Giusy Ferreri)	1	11	ITA: 3x Platinum SWI: Platinum
2020	"Ciclone" (with Elodie feat. Mariah, Gipsy Kings, Nicolás Reyes & Tonino Baliardo)	9	—	ITA: 2x Platinum
2021	"Venere e marte" (with Marco Mengoni & Frah Quintale)	2	—	ITA: Platinum
	"Shimmy Shimmy" (with Giusy Ferreri)	27	—

Featured in

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		ITA	SWI
2017	"Oroscopo" (Calcutta feat. Takagi & Ketra)	80	—

Production / Songwriting

• 2014: Rocco Hunt – "Nu juorno buono"
• 2014: Fedez feat. Noemi – "L'amore eternit"
• 2015: Marracash – "In radio"
• 2015: Baby K feat. Giusy Ferreri – "Roma-Bangkok"
• 2016: Fred De Palma – "Il cielo guarda te"
• 2016: Laura Pausini – "Innamorata" (remix)
• 2016: Luca Dirisio – "Come neve"
• 2017: J-Ax e Fedez – "Comunisti col Rolex"
• 2017: Giusy Ferreri – "Fa talmente male"
• 2017: Fabri Fibra – "Fenomeno"
• 2017: Federica Abbate – "Fiori sui balconi"
• 2017: Baby K – "Voglio ballare con te"
• 2017: Baby K – "Aspettavo solo te"
• 2018: Frah Quintale, Giorgio Poi – "Missili"
• 2018: J-Ax e Fedez – "Italiana"
• 2018: Jovanotti – "Affermativo" (Takagi & Ketra Gipsy Trap Remix)
• 2018: Fred De Palma feat. Ana Mena – "D'estate non vale"
• 2018: Boomdabash feat. Loredana Bertè – "Non ti dico no"
• 2018: Marco Mengoni – "Mille lire"
• 2018: Enne – "Vodkatonic"
• 2018: Federica Abbate – "Finalmente"
• 2019: Dani Faiv – "Xquisa"
• 2019: Fedez – "Record"
• 2019: Fedez – "Segni"
• 2019: Boomdabash – "Per un milione"
• 2019: Loredana Bertè – "Tequila e San Miguel"
• 2019: J-Ax – "Ostia Lido"
• 2019: Emis Killa – "Tijuana"
• 2019: Boomdabash feat. Alessandra Amoroso – "Mambo salentino"
• 2019: Federica Abbate feat. Lorenzo Fragola – "Camera con vista"
• 2019: Coro dell'Antoniano – "Come i pesci, gli elefanti e le tigri"
• 2019: Elodie & Marracash – "Margarita"
• 2019: Fred De Palma feat. Ana Mena – "Una volta ancora"
• 2019: Ghali – "Turbococco"
• 2019: Fred De Palma feat. Sofía Reyes – "Il tuo profumo"
• 2020: Francesca Michielin feat. Takagi & Ketra & Fred De Palma – "Acqua e sapone"
• 2020: J-Ax feat. Annalisa & Luca Di Stefano – "Supercalifragili"
• 2020: Boomdabash & Alessandra Amoroso – "Karaoke"
• 2020: Giusy Ferreri & Elettra Lamborghini – "La isla"
• 2020: Fred De Palma feat. Anitta – "Paloma"
• 2020: Boomdabash – "Don't Worry"
• 2021: J-Ax feat. Jake La Furia – "Salsa"
• 2021: Boomdabash & Baby K – "Mohicani"

Discography: Takagi

(Also used the artistic name THG)

Albums

with Gemelli DiVersi

• 1998: Gemelli DiVersi
• 2000: 4x4
• 2001: Come piace a me
• 2002: Fuego
• 2004: Reality Show
• 2007: BOOM!
• 2009: Senza fine 98-09 - The Greatest Hits (compilation album)
• 2012: Tutto da capo

Productions / Songwriting

(also refer to collaborations as a duo with Ketra in the discography for Takagi & Ketra)

• 2006: Grido feat. THG – "Standing ovation"
• 2007: Space One feat. J-Ax, Grido, Thema & THG – "Amici un cazzo (in Space One album Il ritorno)
• 2007: Space One feat. Strano & THG – "Vorrei tenerti stretta" (in Space One album Il ritorno)
• 2011: Grido – "Io Grido"
• 2011: THG feat. J-Ax, Grido, Trap, CaneSecco, Mistaman, Danti & Primo – "GangBang!"
• 2012: Space One feat. THG – "Spa-Zio"
• 2012: THG feat. Grido & Biggie Bash – "Musical Hustler"
• 2013: Enzo Jannacci feat. J-Ax – "Desolato" (Remix) (in album L'artista)
• 2014: Moreno – Incredibile (production of album including "King Kong (Freestyle)", "La mia etichetta mi sta stretta", "L'interruttore generale (canzone d'autore)", "Per il mio DJ" and "Sempre sarai")
• 2014: Rocco Hunt – "Nu juorno buono", "Vieni con me", "Devo parlare", "RH Staff" and "Ho scelto me" (on album 'A verità) ((with Boomdabash)
• 2014: Denny LaHome – "Ragazza semplice" and "Cerco la fidanzata" (on album Curriculum)
• 2014: Mixup – "Nella mia zona" and "Non mollare mai" (on album Upgrade)
• 2015: J-Ax – production of "Un altro viaggio" (on album Il bello d'esser brutti)
• 2016: Jake La Furia – "Me gusta" (on album Fuori da qui)
• 2016: Briga – "Baciami"

Discography: Ketra

(also known as Mr. Ketra)

Albums

with Boomdabash

• 2008: Uno
• 2011: Mad(e) in Italy
• 2013: Superheroes
• 2015: Radio Revolution
• 2018: Barracuda

Productions / Songwriting

(also refer to collaborations as a duo with Kitagi in the discography for Takagi & Ketra)

• 2011: "Murder" (with Boomdabash)
• 2012: "Danger" (with Boomdabash)
• 2013: Superheroes (Boomdabash album)