Mattia Strafile, aka OBI, is a Turin-born artist born in 2001. He started with freestyle and in 2018 he won the "Flexin Battle", opening for Noyz Narcos. Noticed by producer Tommaso Colliva, he released the EPs "Pezzi Miei" and experimented with soul, jazz, R&B and funk sounds. With the song "Odissea sul divano" he won the Amnesty – Voices for Freedom award in 2023 and the "Riccione On Stage" award in 2024, entering rotation on Radio DeeJay.