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Russian Hip Hop
Russian hip hop refers to hip hop music recorded in Russia or in the Russian language in former Republics of the Soviet Union, Soviet states such as Ukraine, Belarus, Tatarstan and Kazakhstan. Hits by Russian rappers are included in the soundtracks of some Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack, PC-games and have formed part of several popular internet memes. Many Russian rap artists have achieved commercial success, including Detsl, Bad Balance, Face (rapper), Face, Skryptonite, Husky (rapper), Husky, Basta (rapper), Basta, Feduk, GeeGun, Centr, Morgenshtern, Timati, Ligalize, Markul, Slava Marlow, Slava Marlov, Kizaru, Instasamka, Slava KPSS, Pale (musician), Pale, Irina Smelaya, Loc-Dog, Big Baby Tape, L'One, Mayot (singer), Mayot, Pharaoh (rapper), Pharaoh, Jah Khalib, Soda Luv, Macan (singer), Macan, Smoky Mo, Eldzhey, Bogdan Titomir, Egor Kreed, T-killah, T-Killah, Kasta, Oxxxymiron, Boulevard Depo and Belarusian artist Seryoga. Especially at the end of the 2010s and the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GeeGun
Denis Aleksandrovich Ustimenko-Veinshtein (Russian language, Russian: Денис Александрович Устименко-Вейнштеин; born 2 August 1985, Odesa), better known by his stage name GeeGun, is a Russian rapper and singer. Biography Vaynshtein was born on 2 August 1985 in Odesa. On 30 June 2017 he released his fifth studio album «Дни и ночи», consisting of 12 tracks. In December 2017 with the single «Дни и ночи», GeeGun became a winner at the «VK Music Awards». On 8 June 2018 on the award show «МУЗ-ТВ», GeeGun received an award for «best hip-hop project of the year». On 25 July, the song «ДНК» achieved the status of quadruple platinum; 400,000 copies were sold. On 27 May 2019, at the Russian award show RU.TV GeeGun was nominated for «best hip-hop project». On 12 May 2020 GeeGun officially reconciled with Timati, with whom he had a conflict with. Personal life On 27 July 2011, his daughter Ariela was born. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Baby Tape
Egor Olegovich Rakitin (; born 5 January 2000), better known by his stage name Big Baby Tape, is a Russian rapper, singer and record producer. He is the unofficial leader of the group Benzo Gang. He also performs under the pseudonym DJ Tape ("Ди́джей Тейп") and alter ego Tape LaFlare ("Тейп Лафлэ́р"). He is also a singer signed with the label Warner Music Russia. Biography and musical career Early period: youth and start of music career Rakitin was born on 5 January 2000. He has twin brothers, who are two years younger than him. Egor was familiar with rap since he was 4 years old, when he first listened to songs by 50 Cent, which impressed the future musician. Later on, he got familiar with the songs of Gucci Mane, which influenced Rakitin's current work. At the age of 6 years old, his aunt asked him: "What do you want to be when you're older?" Egor responded: "A rapper!". At 12 years old he started learning how to play music with Fruity Loops, where Eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loc-Dog
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zhvakin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Жва́кин; born 25 January 1989, Ulyanovsk), better known under the stage name (Russian: Лок Дог), is a Russian rap and hip-hop singer, lyricist, & songwriter. He is a former member of the group "Стороны Ра". He became the first Russian-speaking musician to perform electrorap (combining rap & electro music) & hip-house. To date, he has released nine albums: "Паранойя", "Всем до свидания", , "Прилетел", ''Electrodog 2, "Дисконнект",'' "Себе не ври", "Крылья", "Шумный город", & ''"Счастье в простом"''. Life and career In 2010, he served as an opening act for American rapper 50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Smelaya
Irina Aleksandrovna Smelaya (; born 21 December 1991), better known by her stage name Tatarka (), is a female hip-hop artist from Tatarstan, Russia. Her songs are written in Tatar and English. Music and vlogging Smelaya was born in Naberezhnye Chelny. She currently lives in St. Petersburg and is a vlogger. Her YouTube blog named "Tatar Days" () has almost a million subscribers. "Altyn" ("gold" in Tatar) was her first song, which was launched in 2016 and praised her in the Russian music scene. Smelaya is currently working on recording her debut album. It is known that the album will be in two languages, Tatar and English. Personal life Smelaya married Ilya Prusikin, the vocalist and frontman of the Russian pop-rave-band Little Big, on 6 July 2016. She gave birth to her and Prusikin's son Dobrynya on 26 November 2017. Smelaya and Prusikin publicly announced their separation on 21 August 2020. Discography ;Albums ;Expanded Plays ;Singles Video Clips Participations * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pale (musician)
Andrey Alexandrovich Pozdnukhov (), better known by his stage name Bledny (born November 7, 1976, Tara, Omsk, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian rap artist, founder and member of the 25/17 group, and a former member of the Mercury group. Biography In 1998, Pozdnukhov became a member of the Mercury group, which performed gangsta rap. They released several albums and gained some fame in Omsk. It was around this time when he would also begin his own label, Ambush Production, although it would only last until 2010. At the end of 2012, Pozdunknov starred in a video aimed at drawing attention to discrimination against people with an HIV infection. In 2019, he noted that the operations of the "25/17" group would temporarily suspend, although in 2020 the group reemerged and would continue to release music until the present day. In 2022, they released the album, "Overcome" (Odolyen), featuring a cover of Soviet rock musician Viktor Tsoi's song "April":ru:Апрель (песня)">rus] Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slava KPSS
Vyacheslav Valeryevich Mashnov (; born 9 May 1990), best known by his stage name Slava KPSS (Слава КПСС) is a Russian Hip hop music, hip-hop artist and streamer. Biography Vyacheslav was born on 9 May 1990 in Khabarovsk and studied at the Khabarovsk Institute of Infocommunications. Before the start of his musical career, Mashnov listened to rappers Noize MC, Kasta, Mnogotochie, as well as rock musicians: Yegor Letov, Boris Grebenshchikov, DDT (band), DDT, Zvuki Mu, Alisa (Russian band), Alisa, Agatha Christie (band), Agatha Christie and others. In 2016, Mashnov, under the pseudonym Gnoyny, became a member of the creative rap association Antihype (which also included SD, Khan Zamai and Booker). Attention to Vyacheslav grew after the battle against Ernesto Zatknites in July 2016, where he criticized Oxxxymiron, accusing him of hypocrisy and calling him "a hype-hungry pig". The next day, Miron Fedorov challenged Gnoyny to a battle in 2017. The rap battle with Oxxxymiron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instasamka
Darya Yevgenyevna Zoteyeva (; born 11 May 2000), known professionally as Instasamka (Инстасамка), is a Russian singer and rapper, TikToker; formerly an Instagram blogger. Early life Darya Yevgenyevna Zoteyeva was born on 11 May 2000 in Tobolsk. She was expelled from school in the ninth grade for unknown reasons. Zoteyeva's academic journey continued as she graduated from school and entered a local technical school with the aim of becoming an economist. Subsequently, she pursued studies at MSUA, however she was expelled due to low attendance. She spent much of her youth in Chekhov and after the start of her creative career she moved to Moscow. Career She is known for her provocative image, actions and content, often creating hype in the information space of the Runet. She became widely known for this for the first time in 2019, according to its results, she entered the list of the most popular girls in Russia according to Google. In addition, Zoteyeva's music in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizaru
Oleg Viktorovich Nechiporenko (; born 21 May 1989), better known as Kizaru (stylized in lowercase letters), is a Russian rapper and singer-songwriter. Originally from Saint Petersburg, he currently lives in Barcelona. He is a member and founder of the group "Haunted Family". Biography 2022: ''First Day Out'' & «Тебя любят там где меня нет» At the end of October 2022, Kizaru announced a solo album that would be coming in November. On 18 November 2022, he released the studio album titled "Тебя любят там где меня нет" ("You are loved where I am Not"). Legal issues In 2014 Kizaru moved to Barcelona after his arrest in Saint Petersburg for trading narcotics. Oleg was wanted by Interpol, but his profile has long been deleted from the organization's website. He was jailed at the start of 2016. He served his prison term in the Spanish prison "Soto del Real" for three and a half months. As of May 2022, Nechiporenko was still on the fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slava Marlow
Artyom Artyomovich Gotlib (born October 27, 1999, in Novosibirsk), better known as Slava Marlow, is a Russian rapper, music producer and YouTuber. He first gained popularity after producing music for Russian rap star Morgenshtern in 2019. Since 2020, he has had a successful solo career. Personal life Artyom Artyomovich Gotlib was born on October 27, 1999, in Novosibirsk, Russia. His parents divorced when he was young. His father, Artyom Markovich Gotlib, is the deputy director of the Moscow Museum of the History of the Gulag and a member of the Russian Federation Union of Journalists and the Russian Geographical Society. His mother works as a psychotherapist. On October 27, 2012, he graduated from a music school, where he focused on piano and saxophone. In 2018, after leaving school, he moved to St. Petersburg. There, he entered the Institute of Film and Television in the Faculty of Screen Arts and studied towards a degree in Film and Television Production. In 2019, he went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markul
Mārkas Markūlis (; born 31 March 1993), better known by his stage name Markul (), is a Russian hip-hop artist who creates deep, atmospheric music with melancholic lyrics that combine elements of hip-hop and modern urban music. His key albums, such as Great Depression (2018), Sense of Human (2021), and MAKE DEPRESSION GREAT AGAIN (2024), reflect his unique musical style and worldview. Biography and music career Single «Fata Morgana» — present time On 21 September 2017 Markul released a music video for the single ''Fata Morgana'' featuring Oxxxymiron. For Mark, this work brought him wider fame among Russian listeners. For Мiron, it was his first musical piece after losing to Slava KPSS Vyacheslav Valeryevich Mashnov (; born 9 May 1990), best known by his stage name Slava KPSS (Слава КПСС) is a Russian Hip hop music, hip-hop artist and streamer. Biography Vyacheslav was born on 9 May 1990 in Khabarovsk and studied at ... on the second crossover «Versus B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligalize
Andrey Vladimirovich Menshikov (; born 30 June 1977), mostly known under his stage name Ligalize (), is a Russian hip-hop artist and a former leader of the band. Ligalize was also a member of and Bad Balance. Early life Menshikov was born July 30, 1977, in Moscow. Hip-hop came in 1993: Ligalize and Ladjack organized the project "Slingshot". He called himself "Ligalize" because that was the name of his first group. Slingshot was a more serious project. They began by rapping in English, as the Russian language did not seem appropriate for rap, and recorded their first underground album. D.O.B. Slingshot was the main part of the "Department Of Bastards" (D.O.B.). The founder of this group is Sir-J, whose background included the experience of living in neighborhoods of the Bronx. Ligalize participated in D.O.B.'s recording ''Rushun Roolet'', an English-language rap with a hard underground sound. In Moscow Ligalize completed work on the album ''Masters of Words'' (). For this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
