Emerging from the Dogo Gang collective, the Milan-based rapper Marracash rose to commercial prominence thanks to rhymes as tough as they are flashy and a strikingly sleek production style that shape-shifts with each new release. Where his 2008 debut was packed with Middle Eastern melodies and percussion, subsequent releases found him inching closer to a hybrid of hip-hop and dance music bursting with big synths and seriously punchy electro beats.