Episode 355. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Vito Shade to talk about Vito's music career, his freestyle skills, his Italian roots, how he started his career as a voice actor to many popular shows we still watch today and so much more. We hope you enjoy! Be sure to follow Shade here https://www.instagram.com/vitoshade Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - Sono DJ Pauly D! 4:00 - Working it Out 7:00 - Professional Eaters 12:00 - Shade Roots 17:00 - Getting into Music 20:00 - Freestyle King 22:00 - Live Italian Freestyle 26:00 - New York Pizza 31:00 - Thanksgiving Dinner 33:00 - Costco Foods 35:00 - Rizzie Smalls 39:00 - Family Content 41:00 - Switching Up the Flow 43:00 - Southpark Tupac Hologram 46:00 - Voice Acting & Music 47:00 - Lisa Ann Love 49:00 - Creative Influences 51:00 - I Love Jim 53:00 - Voice Acting Tips 55:00 - Dramatic Italian Trailer 58:00 - Dire Fare Baciare 1:00:00 - Work Ethic

EPISODE 354. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Los Angeles Angels Pitcher, Samuel Aldegheri. Samuel talks about being the first ever Italian born pitcher to play in the MLB, what it was like growing up and playing baseball in Italy, and his road to the MLB. Tune in to learn about what kind of person Samuel is like on and off the field. We wish you all the best Samuel! Be sure to follow Samuel here https://www.instagram.com/samuel.aldegheri Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - Growing Up in Verona 3:00 - Learning the Language 5:00 - Baseball in Italy 11:00 - Getting Scouted 14:00 - First Italian MLB Player 18:00 - Italian National Team 22:00 - MLB Experience 25:00 - Brotherly Juve Love 28:00 - Nonna's Lasagna 32:00 - Superstitions 35:00 - Missing Family 37:00 - Italians in Sports 39:00 - Favorite Music Artists 41:00 - Eye of the Tiger 43:00 - Italian Americans 47:00 - IABF 50:00 - Inspiring the Kids 52:00 - Agent Meetings

EPISODE 353. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Jojo and Nicky Scarlotta to talk about their experience on The Circle, the Scarlotta family, how social media became a full time thing, give some inspiration and so much more. We always enjoy hanging out and catching up with the fellas so we hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to follow Jojo here https://www.instagram.com/jojoscarlotta Follow Nicky here https://www.instagram.com/nickyscarlotta Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters

EPISODE 352. Sabino and Rocco sit down with one of their favorite actors, Salvatore Esposito. Salvatore talks about his passion for acting, his experience on Gomorrah as well as other TV Shows & Movies, his love for Napoli, New York and Louisiana and so much more. Be sure to follow Salvatore here https://www.instagram.com/salvatoreesposito Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - From Italy to America 4:00 - Italian Stereotypes in Movies 7:00 - Acting Roles 11:00 - Gomorrah vs. Sopranos 17:00 - Born & Raised 22:00 - Mafia TV Shows 24:00 - Start of Acting & Writing 28:00 - Curiosity in Life 31:00 - Making Your Own Role 33:00 - Sal Loves NY (and NO) 37:00 - New York or Napoli 40:00 - "Unsafe" Cities 43:00 - Garbage Time 47:00 - Best Pizza in the World 54:00 - Boorgers & Steaks 56:00 - Best Italian American Movies 59:00 - This or That

EPISODE 351. Sabino and Rocco ring in the New Year with Washington DC's best personality on social media, Tony Polcari. The crew talk about Tony's upbringing in Boston, transition to DC, his life goals and aspirations, new mentality in 2025 and so much more. Be sure to follow Tony here https://www.instagram.com/_tonypindc Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! 1:00 - What Does Tony P Do? 3:00 - Stop People Pleasing 6:00 - New Regis Philbin 9:00 - Tony Woods 11:00 - Empty Handed Pitches 16:00 - Broadcaster Tony 18:00 - Growing Up in Boston 20:00 - The Tony P Effect 23:00 - Vibrant Masculinity 27:00 - Italians in America 31:00 - Tony President 36:00 - Happy Accountants 40:00 - Good & Bad Presidents 46:00 - Meeting Tony P 49:00 - Sopranos Voting 56:00 - Best Italian American Actors 1:01:00 - Top 5 Italian Foods at Home 1:04:00 - Working with Tony P 1:06:00 - Motivational Tony

EPISODE 350. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Night Life legend and fashionista Fabrizio Brienza. They talk about Fabrizio's upbringing in Campobasso, what made him want to come to America, the night life scene, his passion for acting and how he uses social media. Be sure to follow Fabrizio here https://www.instagram.com/fabrizio.brienza Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - The Most Italian American 5:00 - A Man of Many Interests 7:00 - Life in Campobasso 10:00 - Love in New York 13:00 - Zip in Harlem (and Hawaii) 18:00 - Old School Miami 21:00 - Real Life Furio 25:00 - A Few Good Doormen 31:00 - Vibes Matter 34:00 - Acting is Hard 37:00 - Spaghetti Westerners 39:00 - Playing the Game 46:00 - Using Social Media 49:00 - Chasing Happiness 53:00 - Learning New English 55:00 - NY is a Movie 58:00 - Fabrizio's Return

EPISODE 349. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Big Joe Gambino for a very special Christmas episode. The crew exchange some gifts, play some Italian Christmas trivia and so much more. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Buon Natale! Be sure to follow Big Joe here https://www.instagram.com/bigjoegambino2 Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - Mario's Missing Christmas 4:00 - Gift Giving Evolution 7:00 - Drone Conspiracies 10:00 - Favorite Christmas Songs 13:00 - New Italian Classics 16:00 - Joe's Scarps 19:00 - Cash App Club 21:00 - The Rocco Game 31:00 - The Rocco Game Continues 40:00 - Christmas Trivia 43:00 - Calling Mario 47:00 - What's Going On? 50:00 - Name That Xmas Movie 54:00 - Christmas Cheer 57:00 - Malocchio Prayers

EPISODE 348. Sabino and Rocco sit down with social media couple, Mario and Gab to talk all about how they met, life in Avellino, moving to Canada and how/why they started creating content. Be sure to follow Mario and Gab here https://www.instagram.com/marioandgab Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian For Dual Citizenship https://theitalianpassport.com/growingupitalian Be sure to follow Dref here https://www.instagram.com/drefgold As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters

EPISODE 347. After some convincing, Sabino and Rocco sit down with The Raging Italian and his son Michael to talk about why he's always RAGING, his upbringing in the Bronx, moving and living in Connecticut and so much more. Hope you all really get to know The Raging Italian after this one. Be sure to follow The Raging Italian here https://www.instagram.com/theragingitalian_ Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian For Dual Citizenship https://theitalianpassport.com/growingupitalian Be sure to follow Dref here https://www.instagram.com/drefgold As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! 1:00 - Get Pissed Off 3:00 - Escaping NYC 6:00 - Bronx Tales 9:00 - The Calm Italian 12:00 - A/C Problems 16:00 - The Raging Mechanic 19:00 - Toilet Paper Inventory 23:00 - Pet Peeves & Analogies 26:00 - Raging Stone 31:00 - Strict Parents Club 35:00 - Good Dad Gang 39:00 - Keeping it Natural 42:00 - Big Deck Energy 46:00 - The Art of Ball Breaking 50:00 - Italian Roots 53:00 - Old School Stuff 56:00 - Bronx Mets Fans

EPISODE 346. DrefGold talks growing up in Bologna, his new album and so much more with Sabino and Lopicc. ​⁠​⁠ #drefgold Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian For Dual Citizenship https://theitalianpassport.com/growingupitalian Be sure to follow Dref here https://www.instagram.com/drefgold As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - NBA Games & New Drip 4:00 - Bologna 8:00 - First Rap Song 12:00 - Casco Momo 16:00 - Teslas 20:00 - Translating Italian 23:00 - Musical Inspirations 25:00 - First Time in NY 27:00 - Goblin & Kanaglia 32:00 - Dreadlocks 43:00 - Tattoos & Piercings 46:00 - Thoughts About NYC 49:00 - American Food 51:00 - Food in Milan 53:00 - Italian Basketball 55:00 - Best Italian Ballers 57:00 - Goblin Album 1:00:00 - Growth of Italian Rap