Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zhvakin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Жва́кин; born 25 January 1989,
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk,, , known as Simbirsk until 1924, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk has been the only Russian UNESCO Ci ...
), better known under the stage name (Russian: Лок Дог), is a Russian rap and hip-hop singer,
lyricist
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Royalties
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, &
songwriter
A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...
. He is a former member of the group "Стороны Ра". He became the first Russian-speaking musician to perform electrorap (combining
rap
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backin ...
&
electro music
Electro (also known as electro-funk, and sometimes referred to as electro-pop)
Gl ...
) & 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 musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, ...
.
In August 2014, the performer stated that the "Loc-Dog" project was temporarily frozen. Sometime later, in September, the album "Себе не ври" was released, which put an end to the existence of the "Loc-Dog" project.
In September 2016, he brought back the "Loc-Dog" nickname and returned to making music, releasing the album "Крылья" and returning to touring cities.
In November 2016, he won the Golden Grammophone for the song "На Расстоянии".
Videography
Awards and nominations
* The album "Паранойя" (2010) was recognized as album of the year according to the sites Indarnb.ru & Rap.ru.
* The album "Прилетел" (2012) was recognized as album of the year according to the site Rap.ru.
* In 2010, he was nominated for an award by
Russian Street Awards in the category "Discovery of the year".
References
Notes
External links
Official site of Aleksandr Zhvakin.Biography from Hip-Rap.ru"I've come over from the light side". Interview on Rap.ru."We're just party animals". Interview on Rap.ru.Разобрать на цитаты: Loc-Dog. Чтиво. Rap.ru.*
Review by Nikolay Redkin: Loc-Dog "Paranoia". Rap.ru.— Rapbest.ru.
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Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award
Russian rappers
Living people
1989 births
People from Ulyanovsk
21st-century Russian singers