Luca Pasquale Medici, known professionally as Checco Zalone, was born in Capurso June 3, 1977. Son of Alessandro Medici and Antonietta Capobianco, the pseudonym Checco Zalone It comes from the Bari dialect expression “Che cozzalone”, which means “What a lout”.

He graduated from the Sante Simone scientific high school in Conversano and enrolls at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, where she graduated in law. She began singing at wedding receptions in Puglia and landed a role on Zelig Off in 2015 and later on Zelig Circus.

His fame came thanks to the song “Siamo una squadra fortissimi” written in the summer of 2006 on the occasion of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. But it was with his first film “I fall from the clouds” of 2009 that success arrives. The film directed by Gennaro Nunziante, shot between Milan, Polignano "A Mare e Roma" (The Sea and Rome) features a singer from Puglia (Zalone) who travels to Milan to participate in a popular talent show. The director addresses Italian social and economic issues in an ironic and original way, accompanied by his unmistakable music, which led to the album of the same name, which won the Nastro D'Argento Award in 2010. "Cado dalle nubi" was the eleventh highest-grossing film in the two-year period 2009-2010, grossing €14 million. Also in 2009, the film aired on Canale 5. Checco Zalone Show and Resto Umile World Show. The films “What a beautiful day” always directed by Gennaro Nunziante and in 2013 “Sun in Catinelle”. The latter, with a gross of 50 million euros, surpassed the Italian gross of the film “Titanic” and won the Golden Ticket as the most viewed film of 2013. In 2015 his fourth film “Quo Vado” was released and in 2020 “Fool Fool” which won the Golden Globe for best comedy, the David di Donatello for best original song and the David dello Spettatore award.