Junior Cally

Junior Cally is the stage name of Antonio Signore, an Italian rapper and producer born October 10, 1991, from Focene, a district of Fiumicino near Rome. He built his early notoriety by performing masked, keeping his identity hidden through his first releases, before revealing his face publicly in the video for «Tutti con me» in September 2019.

Cally's music sits within Italian rap, marked by dark, aggressive imagery, horror and comic-book influences, and confrontational lyrics that generated significant controversy in Italy, particularly around his 2020 participation in the Sanremo Music Festival, where older lyrics referencing violence against women drew widespread public criticism and media scrutiny. He has described removing the mask as a deliberate choice to be more honest with his audience in an era of anonymous online personas.

His stage name was originally Junior Kelly, later changed to Junior Cally to avoid confusion with the reggae artist of that name. Tracks like «Magicabula», «Strega», and «Capelli rossi» reflect his taste for dark, theatrical rap built around dense wordplay and a provocative public persona, making him one of the more polarizing figures in the contemporary Italian rap scene.