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Thomas Iannucci, often stylized as thomas iannucci, is a three-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning rapper, writer, and poet from Kaua’i, Hawaii. iannucci has been the recipient of several notable awards, including the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards for Best Alternative Album in 2015 (for his work with Streetlight Cadence), Best Hip Hop Album in 2018 (under the name Illtalian) and 2020, as well as the Best Hip Hop Song (Finalist) in the 2016 National John Lennon Songwriting Contest (again as Illtalian). Iannucci was also a member of the Rapzilla Freshman Class of 2020, wherein he won the popular vote portion of the process. iannucci is an outspoken advocate for social issues within Hawaii, and was named by KHON2 News as part of the next generation of rappers pushing the limits of Hawaii Hip Hop. He is also a short story writer, making his fiction debut in 2023 when his piece “Hā’ule Hau” was published in New Zealand-based literary journal Takahē Magazine. He has since had many short stories published, in places like Bamboo Ridge, Hawaii’s most prestigious literary journal, and the Hawaii Review of Books. In 2024, noted Hawaii author Chris McKinney named iannucci alongside Megan Kamalei Kakimoto and Joseph Han as one of three “young Hawai’i authors to watch” during an interview at the Hawaii Book & Music Festival, Hawaii’s biggest literary event of the year.
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Thomas Iannucci, often stylized as thomas iannucci, is a three-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning rapper, writer, and poet from Kaua’i, Hawaii. iannucci has been the recipient of several notable awards, including the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards for Best Alternative Album in 2015 (for his work with Streetlight Cadence), Best Hip Hop Album in 2018 (under the name Illtalian) and 2020, as well as the Best Hip Hop Song (Finalist) in the 2016 National John Lennon Songwriting Contest (again as Illtalian). Iannucci was also a member of the Rapzilla Freshman Class of 2020, wherein he won the popular vote portion of the process. iannucci is an outspoken advocate for social issues within Hawaii, and was named by KHON2 News as part of the next generation of rappers pushing the limits of Hawaii Hip Hop. He is also a short story writer, making his fiction debut in 2023 when his piece “Hā’ule Hau” was published in New Zealand-based literary journal Takahē Magazine. He has since had many short stories published, in places like Bamboo Ridge, Hawaii’s most prestigious literary journal, and the Hawaii Review of Books. In 2024, noted Hawaii author Chris McKinney named iannucci alongside Megan Kamalei Kakimoto and Joseph Han as one of three “young Hawai’i authors to watch” during an interview at the Hawaii Book & Music Festival, Hawaii’s biggest literary event of the year.
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