Music as a tool for comparison, responsibility and the possibility of rewriting one's path. This is the meaning of the meeting he saw Fedez and Emis Killa enter the Sanquirico prison in Monza for a direct dialogue with the prisoners, within the project Free For Music.
After the first date he had involved Emis Killa And Lazzathe initiative conceived and financed by Orange Recordswith the socio-educational supervision of Paolo Pifferreturned to prison confirming a clear approach: using music not as entertainment, but as a space for reflection, self-awareness and personal re-elaboration.
The second meeting, which took place on Friday 12 December, saw the participation of Fedez and the return of Emis Killawho chose to be present again due to the bond built with the project. The day was divided into two distinct moments: a first open discussion with around 80 inmates, which lasted over an hour and a half, and a second smaller meeting with around twenty young people actively involved in the music workshop.
EMIS KILLA AND FEDEZ: Music as a tool for comparison
During the dialogue, the two artists recounted their human and professional journey, answering the prisoners' questions and addressing issues that, in a prison context, take on particular weight: the choices that mark a life, the relationship with time and with freedom when it is taken away, the bond with families and the role of the community in the moment of reintegration.
The theme of freedom was central. Emis Killa he underlined how often we begin to be truly free when we stop chasing freedom as an abstract concept, while Fedez he reflected on how much the possibility of feeling free depends on self-expression and the awareness that the most difficult cage to overcome is often the internal one. A passage that invited those present to question themselves on the meaning of reconstructing their idea of freedom even in a condition of physical restriction.
There is also space for the relationship between music and responsibility. When asked about the influence of rap on younger people, both recognized how music today shares a responsibility with families, schools and institutions, especially in a digital context that makes teenagers more exposed and vulnerable. Music, they reiterated, must remain a place of expression and revenge, not a competition that risks resulting in violent dynamics.
In the second moment of the day, the workshop participants were able to listen to their unreleased songs Fedez and Emis Killareceiving feedback and advice and demonstrating a significant level of commitment and talent. Some tracks from were also listened to together with the artists Sad Musicthe new album by Emis Killa published on December 5, 2025, in a sharing dimension that strengthened the sense of activity.
Both artists expressed their desire to concretely support the project also on an operational level, declaring themselves available to support the penitentiary institution with musical instruments and useful resources so that music can become a real means of re-education and acquisition of skills that can also be used at the end of detention. A theme, that of reintegration, on which Emis Killa he placed the emphasis by recalling how those who leave prison often find themselves excluded from society, despite the continuous public appeal to the values of inclusion.
Free For Music was not created to offer simple answers to complex situations, but to create a space for discussion in which experiences can be put into dialogue. The experiences of the artists involved allow the inmates to recognize alternative paths to those that led them there, working on the present and on what can still take shape.
At the end of the day, Orange Records And Music & Media Press they donated some autographed copies of to the internal library The water is deeper than it appears from abovethe latest book by Fedeztogether with the CDs of Emis Killa. The materials, purchased specifically for the occasion, will remain available to the inmates as tools for in-depth study and personal work on the themes that emerged during the discussion.
As pointed out by Paolo Pifferexternal manager of socio-educational supervision, the project gives music a central role in encouraging a rereading of personal stories and in the development of skills which, in addition to the therapeutic and educational dimension, can also open up concrete job prospects.
The realization of the initiative was possible thanks to the collaboration of the institutions and the work of the legal-pedagogical officials, of the coordinator Dr. Mariana Sacconeby Dr Elena Balia and Dr Laura Fumagallitogether with the management, the educators and the Penitentiary Police of the Sanquirico prison in Monza, who followed every organizational phase.
Free For Music it is conceived as a continuous path, destined to continue within the Monza prison and to gradually open up to other penitentiary institutions that have already expressed interest.
The shots of the initiative were taken by the photographer Aurora Ingargiola.
