Artyom Gennadievich Nikitin (; born 2 February 1999,

Tyumen Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura ( ...

), better known as Mayot, is a Russian rapper and singer and member of the record association ''Melon Music''.

Biography

Artyom Gennadievich Nikitin was born on 2 February 1999 in

. According to Artyom's words, he became interested in music as a child because his father played the guitar for him. His dad worked as a physical education teacher and prioritized sports. The boy went to gymnastics, taekwondo, and also practiced boxing, not thinking about musical creativity. During elementary school, in the second grade, he began to practice playing the guitar. Later, he learned about rock, which opened for him the musical world in a new way: everything he heard was at variance with the usual knowledge about music, which he had received earlier — " solfeggio,

musical notation Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music. Systems of notation generally represent the elements of a piece of music that are considered important for its performance in the context of a given musical tradition. The proce ...

". So he started to learn on his own using tutorials on YouTube. In 8th grade, he began to take up guitar less as he began a period of constant partying.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Guest on other singers' albums

Videoclips

Ratings

At the end of 2021

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named Mayot one of the most listened to singers of 2021 in Russia.

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Living people 1999 births Russian rappers People from Tyumen Russian hip-hop musicians 21st-century Russian singers