Emiliano Rudolf Giambelli (born 14 November 1989), known professionally as Emis Killa, is an Italian rapper.

[1][2] Emiliano Giambelli was born in Vimercate, Lombardy, to a Sicilian mother from Palermo who worked as a metalworker and a Lombard father who also performed as a musician.

[4] Emis Killa cooperated with the independent company Blocco Recordz with which he published a mixtape, Keta Music (2009), followed by the album Champagne e Spine (2010).

The music video for his song "Parole di ghiaccio" (meaning Cold words), the third track from the album L'erba cattiva, received 7.5 million views on YouTube in less than two weeks, reaching 20 million in three months, breaking the record for Italian music.

[7] On 12 December 2012, during the Hip Hop Awards in the category of Best New Artist and Best Collaboration he won along with Club Dogo, J-Ax and Marracash with his song "Se il mondo fosse".