Who is the best rapper of our time? The most famous rap

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Russian rap, as a cultural phenomenon, arose in the late nineties. Lots of groups and solo performers appeared at that time, but only a few were able to stay without losing their style and popularity. The best underground Russian rappers - that's what we want to tell you about today.

Slaves of the Lamp

Having recorded just one album, the group forever entered the history of Russian rap and, most likely, will remain there for a long time. The founder of the group, Alexey Perminov, under the pseudonym Grundig, did not live long, but left behind vivid memories and many creative ideas. He wrote poetry since childhood, and every year his texts became more and more harsh, reflecting the reality that surrounded him. This resulted in a passion for rap, and with his friend they recorded the debut album “Doesn’t It Hurt?”, which became a classic of Russian rap and set the standards for a long time, both in readings and in the themes used in the texts. Unfortunately, the group did not last long - Alexey’s addiction to drugs became a disease and subsequently destroyed him. After the poet’s death, a collection of his poems, “My Decadence,” was published. The book begins with an epigraph written by Alexei himself:
“Loud dirt. The filth is in abundance.
My decadence - Red Cross"

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SPBCh is a creative formation, which includes journalist Kirill Ivanov and a duet of electronic musicians: Ilya Baramia and Alexander Zaitsev - “ Christmas decorations" Initially, the songs were a mixture of ambient and reading strange, painful, children's poems by Kirill. Characteristic feature is the absence of a beat and any drums, this role is played by the melody, and the recitative was supposed to tear up the “fabric” of the music. According to Ivanov himself, music should be detached and to hear it you need to strain as if it were playing somewhere far away... The name itself can be considered dynamic, because a prime number is a number that is divisible by one and itself, and there is no limit to such a number . However, mathematicians have formulated how to show this number visually “232582657−1”. The lyrics of the song are distinguished by their originality: the images and intonations seem to be familiar from childhood, it is very remarkable that several generations at once have these associations. This is how the cradles of a new generation can sound, you just need to listen to the hypnotic rhythms and extraordinary lyrics.

Purulent

The real name of the performer is Vyacheslav Alekseevich Mashnov. In addition to Gnoyny, he has many more pseudonyms, which he uses from time to time, depending on the direction in which the track is released: Glory to the CPSU, Valentin Dyadka, Sonya Marmeladova and many others. Today, he is considered the best battle rapper in Russia. His last battle with Oxxxymiron gained enormous resonance; this verbal duel became the best in the entire history of Russian battles. Slava himself speaks of his work this way: “narrowly subcultural rap with a bunch of internal jokes.” He was noticeably influenced by anarchism and punk culture, echoes of which can be heard in Gnoyny’s current texts. Also, according to him, he was influenced by such groups as “4 Positions Bruno”, “Lenina Packet” and the leader of the “Auction” group - Leonid Fedorov. Gnoyny is the most productive rapper in Russia - in just a couple of years, he has released a huge number of albums, surpassing meters this direction.

Caste

The group originated in Rostov-on-Don, back in 1997, when rap in Russia was just emerging as a cultural phenomenon. Today the composition of the team is as follows: Zmey, Vladi, Shym and Khamil. The first performances were on an amateur basis, took place in a friendly atmosphere, but after a couple of years they took up this craft seriously: wide pants and exclamations of “Yo” were already perceived as a cliche, and it was necessary to do something monolithic and more progressive. Without copying foreign performers, Caste has developed its own own style, showing that rap can be original and sincere. They released their first collection of songs, “Three-Dimensional Rhymes,” in 1999, using their own money. Since then, success has followed the group: album after album, adding listeners to them, Casta took first place in the music charts, they are invited to television, they shoot video clip after video clip. Today this is the most famous group in Russia, which has a huge army of fans.

The tragedy of a lifetime

The tragedy of a lifetime is the creative union of Vetla Udalykh and Nikita Raskolnikov. The group was founded more than ten years ago, back in 2006, then the lineup included Tonych Goglev and Vetl Udalykh. Later, Sasha Gorbaty joined the group and arranged the compositions. The group’s first disc, “Unconscious,” was released in 2009, more than half of the minuses were written by Gorbaty, the rest was written by Vetl. After the first album, Tonych left the formation and began a solo career in a completely different direction. February 2010 was marked by the arrival of Nikita Raskolnikov to the group. The group not only writes songs, but also shoots high-quality videos - Lymph nodes, 2012; General Reason, 2013; Raskolnikov feat. Popek - Holy Father, 2014; Slim, Raskolnikov - Not about summer, 2014. The group is very productive; since 2009, 13 albums have already been released, not counting the solo compositions of the performers. The group focuses its lyrics on promoting sports and fighting drugs.

Kunteynir

The Moscow team, formed in 2003, consisting of three people - Pasha Technik, Blev MS and Maxim Sinitsyn - is the only black person who reads Russian rap. In 2008, Pasha Technician (real name Ivlev) went to jail for selling LSD - doba; according to reports, he was turned in by a fan who experienced an overdose from the brand. After leaving prison, Pavel decided to return his past glory, and increase. The first moment when people started talking about him again was his performance against rapper Broll at Versus Battle in 2014. In 2016, Pasha competed against Nikolai Dolzhansky in a rap battle. On the covers, as in the texts, a symbiosis of avant-garde art and sports is used; the team speaks sarcastically about rap, hinting that self-irony is the initial idea of ​​this trend. Members of the group can often be seen in the fan sector, they often visit football matches. They have many feats: TVZh, Price of Laughter, Market Relations were noted in tracks with Kunteynir.

Lenin Package

The composition of the team is Babangida, Vanya Ivan, Double V, Ivan Smekh. They are also sometimes joined by Guru Mikhailovich (Vail Skam), who works on the arrangements. In 2008, the debut EP, “Signs of the Unconscious,” was released with the participation of the SpaceCave team, famous beatmakers. civil position collective, almost always reflected in the lyrics, they try to instill in the listener a craving for beauty and show them the true aesthetic spaces of the word. Refusal of consumerism, stupidity and failure of capitalism, obscenity of bourgeois and base values ​​are the leitmotifs of the formation’s creativity. Everyone will find something of their own in Lenin Package: be it wise advice, or kind word, or a joke that you can laugh at heartily. The manner of performance is a rough, masculine recitative, which, like a hammer, breaks the limits of perception, in simple words the guys convey a lot. Lenin Package worked with many underground musicians: RZHB, Troupe Troupov, Buchenwald Flava, Resistance Rows and many others.

Night movers

Moscow duet, represented by Evgeny Alekhin and Michal Enotov (Stanislav Mikhailov), formed in January 2007. The debut album was recorded in the same year, in February, under the title “Dance and Think”. 2008 - the second album is released - “2 times more pain, 2 times more love.” year 2009 - new album- “Oh, man.” In 2010, “Criticism of the Pure Heart” was released, the latest album in the group’s discography. In 2011, the group went on an indefinite leave to focus on other projects of the musicians. The band hits existential lyrics right in the face, making the listener a shell for their thoughts, which after a few listens begins to think independently.

Troupe of Corpses

The Troupov Troupe is a Samara group consisting of two people: Dmitry Zaduzhny (Drim) and Probel. The texts are replete with criticism of political foundations, the inaction of the people and direct instructions for action. The Last Fm website assigned several genres to the group: abstract hip-hop, underground hip-hop, Russian hip-hop, underground rap. They have many matches with other underground bands: Lenina package, SpaceCave, Alcohol after sports, KUNTEYNIR and many others. The team has many other names: Republic of Coma, Three Microbes, July 77, Renaissance, Autonomous Movement of the Inanimate, Epoha Woz; Each of the performers is also pursuing a solo career. Very little is known about the musicians, there is almost no information and photographs on the Internet, but you can find many songs written by the Troupe of Troupes. The beats are made by Drim, just like the beatmaker, he has his own project - aboohashim. IN early period creativity, you can clearly hear the influence of the very first underground group in Russia - Slaves of the Lamp.

Mutant Kohvlam

Mutant Kohvlam is a Magnitogorsk team consisting of four people: Mikhail Shorokh, Alexey Rezanov, “Brother Two” and Yang Li. Freddy sometimes appears in the tracks - the distorted voice of Rustle. The style is defined as abstract hip hop; the lyrics contain references to various performers, films and generally accepted cultural phenomena. The discography is quite impressive: 2008 - Narkoza’Ostra; 2009 - Patent Tkhlen; 2010 - Blastyr; 2011 - Leizwiecht ’93; 2012 - Apocalypops; 2013 - Painkiller; 2014 - Bukhovnost. The guys, during the entire existence of the group, gave only a few concerts, and also for fans from all over the CIS, they held an online concert - “Broadcasting from hard-to-reach places.” The video invitations filmed for concerts are distinguished by their originality, they can easily be assigned the arthouse category. Known for their feats, with such performers as: Pikul, Tragedy of Life, Theater of Sound, Litvin. Brother Two is also a painter; his paintings can be found on various resources. The group itself states: “Mutants don’t sell CDs. Mutants don't exist at all. It is a myth".

Top 10 best selling rappers in the world.
Eminem, Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage names Eminem and Slim Shady, is a Grammy Award winner. A native of St. Joseph, Missouri, he spent his youth in Detroit. His albums have sold over 75 million copies worldwide, making Eminem one of the best-selling musicians of the early 2000s and one of the most popular rappers of all time.

Jay-Z (Jay Z), Jay-Z is the stage name of rapper Shawn Corey Carter, one of the most influential and wealthy figures modern hip-hop music. As of 2007, eight of his albums have reached the top of the Billboard Top 200.

50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. Fame came to him with the release of the albums Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and The Massacre. 50 Cent achieved multi-platinum success with both albums, selling over 21 million copies worldwide.

Nelly (Nelly) Nelly Cornell Haynes (born November 2, 1976), better known as Nelly, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career with the rap group St.lunatics in 1996 and signed a contract with Universal Records in 2000. He has released five successful solo studio albums and several mega-singles.

Outkast, OutKast is a duo of American rappers Andre Benjamin (under the pseudonyms Dr? and Andr? 3000) and Antwan Patton (under the pseudonym Big Boi), who represent the Atlanta school of hip-hop, mixed with G-funk and classic southern soul. Winners of six Grammy Awards, Outkast pivoted the Southern hip-hop movement from aggressive, angry shouting to melodic arrangements, carefully crafted lyrics and an overall optimistic and humorous attitude.

Snoop Dogg (Snoop Dogg) Snoop Dogg (real name Calvin Broadus) is an American rapper, producer and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip-hop scene and one of Dr.'s most talented protégés. Dre.

Earl Simmons (known by his stage name DMX) is a hip-hop artist born on December 18, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland. His father abandoned the family when Earl was young, and he was raised in a boarding school in Yonkers, New York. He spent most of his youth in prison. DMX began his career in Yonkers, where he MCed alongside his friends Lox and DJ Clue. His nickname was taken from the name of the drum machine "Oberheim DMX", which he later deciphered as "Dark Man X".

Notorious B.I.G., The Notorious B.I.G. - (May 21, 1972, Brooklyn, New York - March 9, 1997, Los Angeles, California) the most famous pseudonym of American rapper Christopher George Latore Wallace. He also performed under the pseudonyms Biggie Smalls and Frank White.

Kanye West, Kanye Omari West - American music producer and a multiple Grammy Award-winning rapper. He released his debut album, The College Dropout, in 2004, his second album, Late Registration, in 2005, his third album, Graduation, in 2007, and his fourth, 808s & Heartbreak, in 2008.

Ludacris (Ludacris), Ludacris began his music career as a DJ at a radio station in Atlanta under the name Chris Lova Lova. Thanks to his work on the radio, the famous hip-hop producer Timbaland found out about him and offered to collaborate. The first recording featuring Ludacris was the track "Phat Rabbit" from Timbaland's 1998 album Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment. Soon after, Ludacris released his first album, Incognegro.

We incur the wrath of the gods by compiling the top popularity of Russian rappers based on social networks.

How do you know which rapper is cooler? By the ability to weave rhymes or by a killer flow? Or maybe by the number of bullet holes in the body or Grammy on the shelf? Or take touring or iTunes sales? Perhaps everyone here will have their own measures of coolness, fame and popularity. But measuring how much a rapper is loved by his fans is not so difficult - it’s 2016, and relatively objective numbers of popularity are right in plain sight - on the musicians’ social networks.

With the help of our friend from the public Imho Analytics, we tried to compile a popularity rating of Russian rappers based on social networks. Why social networks? Because they have long become as commonplace as an aluminum pan in the kitchen or a smartphone in your pocket. Even the neighbors’ grandmothers have accounts in Odnoklassniki, and only DMX still doesn’t know how to use a computer. And even despite the possibility of cheating, numbers from social networks are more stable and generalized data than, for example, music sales figures or the density of the touring schedule.

What did we think?

We calculated the average number of subscribers of musicians on the social networks Twitter, Instagram and VKontakte, because... many listeners follow their favorite musicians on several social networks at once, and we didn’t want to inflate the numbers due to duplicate information.

Now let's go.

As you can see, the final ten turned out to be quite varied - here you have the veteran Karandash, and youngsters like Basota, and punk connoisseurs Anacondaz. Unexpectedly, Lupercal closes the top, which has been in the news all this year, and in the fall took part in revolutionizing the game by releasing the release “House of a Thousand Drafts.” Somewhere nearby there should have been Pharaoh, who was also widely known last year, but the Dead Dynasty association has a common VK account, so it did not pass the competition mechanics.

Here we have an even more diverse ten. Her parody projects Khleb and Big Russian Boss bring up the rear, the sweet-voiced Tati neighbors her labelmate and hero of the year Scryptonite, and Kravets and Joniboy dilute the patriotism of Misha Mavashi and Harry Topor with romance.

Strong rap fighters concentrated in the middle of the list - confidently and without surprises. ST starts the top ten, and closes it with Slim, who is almost neck and neck with his Centr colleague Ptah - 125 thousand subscribers versus 128. In the middle of the list is the name-dropping master Yanix, Smokey Mo, Rem Digga, The Chemodan Clan, MC Doni, Tony Raut and hit rock 25/17.

Perhaps the most controversial and interesting ten, about which the editors argued the most. Is it possible to include Dolphin in this list for old times sake? How close are Dorn or Jah Khalib and Bianca to rap? Also pay attention to the 14th position - Ukrainian rapper Yarmak has a strong and large community of fans.

If the artists of the Gazgolder label are evenly distributed according to the rating, then the representatives of Black Star were aiming for the top ten. There are four of them here at once - Mot, Christina Si, L "One and Timati. Plus Dzhigan, who left the ranks of the Black Star mafia. At the same time, the first place with an impressive margin from Basta was taken by Timati, and Oksimiron, who flashed literally everywhere, only closes the top ten.

What do you need to know before you start swearing in the comments?

1. The data is taken for the end of December and the first days of January of this year. Over the past time, the artists managed to gain a thousand or two additional subscribers, but due to the holidays, activity was not the highest and these numbers did not affect the final results.

2. Groups like Caste, Caspian Gruz, TGC and others had counts general indicators and individual followers on musicians’ accounts.

3. The sum of subscribers and individual data on social networks were rounded separately, so when summing up the data, the final picture may vary upward or downward by a thousand, but this does not in any way affect the final places.

Rap music is distinguished by its diversity. The presentation of the 10 best rappers becomes direct proof that every representative of the music world deserves fame and is ready to distinguish himself with special creativity and regularly delight his fans with impeccable music. So, who are already called the greatest rappers of the 21st century?

From the very beginning, the artist has been conducting his musical activities under the pseudonym The Notorious B.I.G.

The first album became the basis for the artist’s successful development in the music world. It is the collection ReadytoDie allowed us to show potential and lay the foundation for further advancement to fame and recognition. From the very beginning, one could have guessed how rapid and surprising the rapper’s development would be, and what a stunning success it would be.

Unfortunately, music career did not develop as long as we would like. Already in 1997, the rapper was killed during a street shooting. 2 weeks after the tragic event, the music album Life After Death was presented. Ten million copies sold earned it a diamond certificate.

Jay Z

Jay Z leads very active work in the music world for a couple of decades. During this time, 13 albums managed to be in the leading places in the ratings compiled with the help of Billboard.

The rapper first announced himself at the end of the 20th century and immediately entered the TOP of artists. Many listeners are fascinated by the manner of performance, which is based only on impromptu, thanks to which it is always possible to surprise admirers.

Jay Z is successful not only in music, but also in business. Despite this fact, rap-related activities still remain a priority.

In the journal Rolling Stone Eminem takes an honorable 83rd place among the 100 greatest artists in the world. This position indicates amazing glory. Moreover, Eminem has successfully sold more than one hundred million copies of albums in various countries around the world.

Eminem is successfully engaged not only in rap music, but also in other types of active activities:

• Development of the radio station.
• Music label management.
• Filming.

Eminem's activities contribute to successful progress in the right direction and achieving special heights.

Rakim

Rakim's musical creativity reflects the ideology that he has been passionate about since childhood. The rapper has internalized a disdain for white people, which is why he is a racist. Despite this circumstance, many appreciated the work of the artist, who is different from many rap artists.

The lyrics of Rakim's songs are related to Islamism and are of a religious nature. Moreover, the artist is confident that thanks to the help of Allah, he was able to avoid fights and theft, which could have led to serious consequences.

In his work, Rakim moves away from improvisational performance. At the same time, the rapper has a unique style, which is based on jazz notes, slowness and smoothness, and rhymes. Rakim delights his fans with compositions that have a hypnotic effect.

Rakim presented seven records, four of them written together with Eic B. Many albums were included in the TOP 500 of the best.

Nas

Nas has successfully found a surprising number of admirers, all of whom are willing to attest to the artist's special potential. In addition, his music album Illmatic is the greatest in the musical history of hip-hop, with total sales exceeding twenty-five million copies. Such successful career began to develop thanks to Columbia Records.

Nas had been in conflict for a long time with Jay Z, who claimed that Nas's work was fake and did not deserve any attention. However, in 2005, the feud between the two reputable artists was ended. After this, Nas began collaborating with the music label Def Jam Records, which is owned by Jay Z.

Andre is actively involved in creative life. He represents the famous rap group OutKast, which has existed since the early 1990s. In addition, Andre is an actor, a representative of his personal clothing line, and a music producer.

The greatest popularity was achieved thanks to the composition Ms. Jackson, included on the million-selling Stankonia compilation.

Snoop Dogg is one of the greatest rappers of the 21st century. The musician reached the best heights thanks to his friend Dr. Dre. The main difference is the calm performance of the songs, characterized by lyrical notes.

In 1993, the premiere of Snoop Dogg's first solo album, or rather DoggyStyle, took place. This album is a true rap classic.

2Pac

2Pac became famous throughout the world thanks to his unique creativity. He was a West Coast guy. Unfortunately, 2Pac's life ended tragically. The artist lived only 25 years. According to rumors, the murder was ordered by Notorious B.I.G, who represented East Coast rap. Despite this fact, 2Pac entered not only the TOP 100, but also the TOP 10 best singers and rap performers.

During his lifetime, the rapper sold 75 million albums, which continue to amaze people.

Curtis Jackson is a prominent figure in the rap world. Moreover, 50 cent became famous as a writer, actor, and producer.

Curtis was born in South Jamaica and grew up poor. At the age of 12, Curtis began selling cocaine, but the sale of drugs was suspended for the sake of his musical activities. The heyday of popularity came in 2002. After this, Curtis found his permanent admirers.

Artist since early childhood was interested in musical activities, and at the age of 9 he was already a representative of the famous Cash Money label. Lil Wayne later created his own label, Young Money. Such stages of development contributed to the achievement of the set goal and the opening of amazing opportunities for further development in the world of rap.

The first music collection is called Tha Block Is Hot. It was certified platinum. The next two albums, released under the names Lights Out and 500 Degreez, went gold. Thanks to the sixth album, Tha Carter III, it was possible to strengthen its position in the arena and sell a million copies of the collection in just a week of sales. It is important to note that Tha Carter III was recognized as the best at the 51st Grammy Awards.

Every famous rapper has significant achievements, thanks to which he opens up excellent facets of the musical world. The presented rappers are only the basis of immense rap, which can be incendiary and melodic. Modern tendencies music allows us to count on the fact that the TOP artists will change over time, but the best representatives have already made their names in history.

The hip-hop business is growing so rapidly that you don’t always have time to remember the names of the rising stars. The West is exploding with new faces such as Lil B, Gucci Mane and Chance The Rapper. Russian stars of the new school, in turn, like to announce the next “revolution of the game,” but is this really so? The term soundcloud-rap has recently taken root in the foreign press. The new tag was needed to identify a wave of young American rap artists who have not yet hit the radar of old media and are generally not very well known wide audience, but they are already leading the charts of more search-oriented new music SoundCloud. Russian hip-hop today is also actively developing. With the change in the meaning of hip-hop in the music market, with the acquisition of significant influence by hip-hop, the type of performers has also changed, some of whom will eventually become new classics. We have compiled our list of young but famous rappers of our generation.

1. LSP - Oleg Savchenko (28 years old/Vitebsk, Belarus)

A Belarusian rap group that captured the summer of 2015 with the track “Madness” and the incredibly successful album “Tragic City”. LSP fell in love with the listener not only with its atypical presentation for Russian hip-hop music, electronic beats and sound, but also with excellent storytelling skills about difficult life circumstances. LSP is a romantic intellectual who constantly vacillates between cynicism and vulnerability. Last summer, one of the group members, Roma the Englishman, died, after which Oleg LSP announced that he would continue to work with the group and dedicated the video for the song “Body” to Roma, which amazed all listeners with its sincerity and message.

Albums:

- “YOP” (2014)

- “The Gallows” (2014)

- “Magic city” (2015)

- “Tragic city” (2017)

2. Scriptonite - Adil Zhalelov (27 years old/Leninsky village/Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)

Adil Zhalelov, who fell ill with hip-hop in his early childhood, already at the age of 11 began writing poems, texts, and at 15 already beats that were used by Klava Gidroponka during her participation in the “Battle for Respect.” A little later, these beats began to sell out, but the tracks, of which a lot were written, were not posted anywhere. In 2014, a locally famous Kazakh rapper posted on the network the video VBVVCTND (stands for “Choice without options - all you gave us”), which was filmed for six months, and received an unimaginable resonance. 2 major labels immediately offered Skryptonite a contract, but the choice fell on TO “Gazgolder”.

Scryptonite’s full-fledged debut took place in 2015, after the release of the album “House with Normal Phenomena,” which was unanimously named by critics and music lovers as the best Russian-language album of 2015. Main feature All tracks are not only the originality of the music, but also the predisposition to repeated listening, and each time new details are discovered in the music, complementing or completely changing the overall picture. The latest double album “Ouroboros” once again proved that Skryptonite is one of the brightest and most influential figures in Russian hip-hop, an artist whose tracks have been heard from every speaker throughout Russia and the CIS countries for the last couple of years.

Albums:

- “House with Normal Phenomena” (2015)

- “Holiday on 36 Street” (2017)

- “Ouroboros” (2017)

3. ATL - Sergey Kruppov (29 years old / Novocheboksarsk, Russia)

An intriguing and talented artist from Novocheboksarsk, ex-member of the Aztecs group, which broke up in 2012 after the release of the album “Music will be above us,” writing tracks under the name ATL. His pseudonym has two interpretations at once - the first letters of the city of Atlanta and an allusion to the Aztec god of water Atlu. The musician's creative inspiration was Eminem. After the “white rapper”’s tape fell into his hands, he decided to move in the same direction and become famous at any cost.

Wide popularity came to the rapper when he won the battle Versus serious opponent - Andy Cartwright. His style most of all gravitates towards trip-hop (a mixture of experimental hop, jazz, soul, rock), although the performer himself prefers not to force himself into the framework of one stylistic direction. ATL loves to use complex metaphors and allusions in his songs, the leitmotif of his works is anxiety, the end of utopia, the threat of war and complete surrender of peace on earth.

Albums:

- “Cyclone Center” (2014)

- “Limbo” (2017)

4. Max Korzh - Maxim Korzh (29 years old / Luninets, Belarus)

Max Korzh is a young promising performer from Belarus. In one of the courtyards of the Belarusian city of Luninets, Max Korzh began making music in the mid-2000s. But all this was more like school fun, until the time came to enroll: the whole company moved to Minsk - and Max Korzh felt the spirit of the big city.

Shortly before joining the army, he recorded the song “Heaven will help us,” which, one might say, brought real fame to the musicians. The studio recording cost him $300, which he borrowed from his mother. Then Max posted his debut composition on the Internet and went to fulfill his military duty. “Heaven will help us” received a lot of likes, the composition was played on the air by some local radio stations, and was widely distributed on VKontakte - at the moment it exists there in the amount of almost 100 thousand copies. The guy found out about this when he returned home, and received a powerful incentive for further creativity. The songs he wrote quickly became popular. The singer has already released several albums. He is known not only in Belarus, Korzh performs in Russia, Ukraine and European countries. Max is the winner of several music awards.

Albums:

- “Animal World” (2012)

- “Home” (2014)

- “The little one has grown up. Part 1” (2016)

5. Oxxxymiron - Miron Fedorov (33 years old / St. Petersburg, Russia)

Oksimiron (Oxxxymiron) is a well-known and revered rapper in Russia and abroad, who emigrated to Germany at a young age. He became famous for his extraordinary polysyllabic rhymes, rather witty metaphors and high vocabulary. He is considered an innovator of the grime genre in Russia. Miron “appeared” on the radar of the general public around 2008 - at this time he began posting his demo recordings on the Internet. By this time, he had taken the pseudonym Oxxxymiron, which was a reference, firstly, to his real name, secondly, to the literary term “oxymoron”, and the triple “x” referred to the generous use of obscene language in his tracks. Oxy’s debut video, “I’m a Hater,” caused a lot of noise in Russian rap.

Miron creates mostly battle rap, but some tracks, such as “Last Call,” have proven that he is also great at lyrics. Released suddenly, without any promotions, singles or videos, the album “Gorgorod” broke more than one record; it is one of the most recognizable hip-hop releases of recent years. It was after Gorgorod that they began to talk about “turning the game around.”

Albums:

- “The Eternal Jew” (2011)

- “miXXXtape II” (2013)

- “Gorgorod” (2015)

6. T-fest - Kirill Nezboretsky (21 years old / Chernivtsi, Ukraine)

As it turned out, Ukraine is the main exporter of not only young pop stars, but also rap artists. Kirill is a young popular Russian rapper who has already achieved so much. Kirill began his activity with covers of famous artists, and he began rapping back in 2009. He released one mixtape in his hometown, after which he wrote several more albums over the course of several years. And only in 2017 he released his first official release, the album “0372”. Its name is the telephone code of Chernivtsi.

Later, Schokk drew attention to the guy, taking him under his patronage. Melodic and musical tracks about difficult childhood years, discussions about girls, money and blunts, in particular, the video “One thing I knew” interested the rapper Skryptonite, who represents the interests of the Gazgolder label. But then Kirill didn’t know about it, he was going to Moscow to perform at the concert of his friend Schokk, and already in early March T-Fest and Scryptonite will present a joint video “Lambada”. A little later it becomes known that Gazgolder signed T-Fest to their label. It is worth noting that Kirill performs together with his brother Maxim Nezboretsky (MacRae). In October 2017, Kirill presented his second studio solo album, called T-Fest - “Youth ‘97”, which blew up the Russian charts.

Albums:

- “0372” (2017)

- “Youth’97” (2017)

7. Pharaoh - Gleb Golubin (22 years old / Moscow, Russia)

Ex-member of the group Grindhouse, now the leader of the Dead Dynasty team - PHARAOH - rapper from Moscow. From the age of 6 to 13, Gleb worked hard at football and dreamed of a professional career as an athlete. He played for the football clubs Lokomotiv, CSKA and Dynamo, but eventually left football on the orders of his parents, who considered the footballer’s career unpromising. For the first time about rapper Pharaoh started talking at the end of 2014, thanks to the video for the song “Nothing Has Changed” and the subsequent mixtape “Wadget”. In a short time, the composition of “Dead Dynasty”, which was created by the rapper from Ufa BOULEVARD DEPO and headed by Gleb, was replenished with a number of talented and promising beatmakers of all sorts and stripes, some of whom worked with representatives of the Western rap scene.

In his tracks, Pharaoh uses terminology, the understanding of which comes only with time, with long and thoughtful listening. His original natural metaphors and the sound of his voice have made hundreds of people fall in love with him. The voice often sounds like part of the beat, making most of the tracks feel like a DJ set. Within a week, his video “Wildly, for example” collected 5 million views on YouTube, and at the same time almost 150 thousand views on Genius.

Albums:

- “PHLORA” (2014)

- “Dolor” (2015)

- “Pink Phloyd” (2017)

8. Jah Khalib - Bakhtiyar Mamedov (24 years old / Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Jah Khalib is not only a talented Kazakh singer, but also a beatmaker and hip-hop producer. He became interested in rap in early childhood at the age of six under the influence of his older brother. He brought him records of black rappers and Bakhtiyar was very interested in them. These were released by the famous American record label “Def Jam Recordings” - “DMX”, “Onyx”, “Swizz Beatz”. And my mother, who played the piano professionally, instilled a love for jazz and symphonic music. This significantly influenced the formation of his musical tastes in the future. Unlike many rap artists, Bakhtiyar has musical education: music school for saxophone and Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy. Due to the fact that as a child he had to face problems of a national nature, from the age of thirteen he worked in a studio, mixing vocals, and at sixteen he worked in six studios at the same time, tried to study, wrote his own music and posted it on the Internet. This was necessary for the family to have money.

His first widespread popularity was brought to him by the songs “All we love is sex, drugs”, “Your sleepy eyes”, “Burning to the ground”, “Let’s fly far”, posted on the Internet, which became the main hits of 2013. At the end of 2015, according to “The Flow”, Bakhtiyar Mamedov’s album “Khalibaniya of the Soul” was included in the list of thirty-three best albums of the year (took the thirtieth place); in 2017, his album “If anything, I am Bach” became the most popular album of the year among users Apple Music, and new clip“Medina” received 5 million views in 2 days. “I will never compete under the flag of another country. I will not perform under the flag of “Gazgolder” or “Black Star”. I do not need it. As for labels, one label is enough for me - this is my Kazakhstan,” says Jah Khalib.

Albums:

- “Khalibaniya of the soul” (2015)

- “Everything We Love” (2016)

- “If anything, I am Bach” (2016)

- "E.G.O" (2018)

Markul’s journey to London was the longest: until the 7th grade he lived in Khabarovsk. When Mark was a twelve-year-old teenager, the family decided to move to the capital of the United Kingdom. The guy studied at the local educational institution, which was not famous for its prestige and good reputation, at the same time he worked as a loader and at a construction site. Under the influence of a dysfunctional environment, Markul dabbled in soft drugs, got his first tattoo at the age of 13, and later became interested in rap.

At the age of 13, Markul started trying to write, accidentally found out on some forum that a rap scene was beginning to form in London, and ended up in Green Park, forming the group “Tribe”, which included two more Russian-speaking guys - Den Bro and Chiff . "Tribe" existed for a couple of years, and then everyone gradually went free. Markul released a solo video and disappeared for two years. And only in 2014 I posted it new job“Dry from the Water,” in which the artist spoke about the risky ways of making money that he had to cross paths with in London, the video became a hit in Russian rap. On November 10, 2016, a video was published for our hero’s track with POSSESSES. This collaboration has become one of the most successful in the Russian hip-hop segment. In September, the premiere of Mark and Oxxxymiron’s single with an impressive cyberpunk adaptation called “FATA MORGANA” premiered, which still tops the music charts.

10. 104 and Truwer - Yuri Drobitko and Sayan Zhimbaev (25 years old, 23 years old / Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)

Yuche is a hip-hop artist from Kazakhstan, formerly known as Yurik Thursday, a former member of the Jillzay team, a permanent collaborator of Skryptonite, and now an artist on his new label Zorski. Back in 2008, 104 started trying to write beats, and only 2 years later he started rapping. In 2016, the group Jillzay released the album “718 Jungle,” a street and powerful album that shot like lightning and made the band members famous. And before all this, 104 lived in China and studied languages, but, as he himself claims, he got tired of all this and he returned to his hometown of Pavlodar to study music. In 2017, he, together with his friend and label member Zorski Truwer, released the album “Safari”, which immediately took first place on Apple Music! By the end of the year, Yura pleased his fans with two tracks “Money and Power” and “Queen”.

Sayan Zhimbaev is a young and talented artist of the Scryptonite Zorski music label. Sayan was born and raised in Pavlodar, at the age of six he began training in Kyokushinkai karate, becoming the champion of Kazakhstan several times. In 2013, he suffered a serious chest injury, thereby putting an end to his sports career. In parallel with sports, Sayan was interested in music, in particular rap, listening to 50 Cent. He fruitfully began to engage in hip choir after a chance acquaintance with Scriptonite, who, a couple of years after this acquaintance, offered to work together. Thus began a new chapter in life called “Jillzay”, which blew up all sorts of charts. In 2017, he, together with his friend and member of the Zorski 104 label, released the album “Safari”, which immediately took first place in Apple Music! And already in April 2018 their first solo concert will take place in Moscow.

11. Feduk - Fedor Insarov (26 years old / Moscow, Russia)

Fedor Insarov, aka Feduk - popular Russian musician, whose compositions invariably become hits among fans of music of this genre. Fedor’s style in music is quite versatile, not confined to one genre. From early childhood, Fedor was lucky enough to travel around distant countries - when the boy was five years old, the Insarov family moved to China, and at the age of 11, Fedor ended up in Hungary, where he lived for another four years. There, fate brought him together with rapper Rodnique, with whom they later began recording joint tracks. Along with 2012, Feduk received an offer that would later bring him significant fame - he was invited to record an OST (soundtrack) and a video for the film “Okolofutbola”.

Over the next years, Fedor released new albums, but in the summer of 2017 he presented his most successful work to date - the album “F&Q”. The album received an unusual sound, because it was produced by the famous electronic engineer Qoss. Many tracks from “F&Q” broke into trends. Later, Feduk shot a video for the track “WATER COLOR”. Peak of popularity young performer became the track “Pink Wine”, recorded together with Novosibirsk rapper Eldzhey. It became a real musical event of 2017, took pride of place in the top ten of Russian iTunes and collected a huge number of views on YouTube.

Albums:

- “Ghetto Space” (2014)

- “Our Island” (2015)

- “Free” (2016)

- “F&Q” (2017)

12. Husky - Dmitry Kuznetsov (25 years old / Ulan-Ude, Russia)

The rapper who quickly conquered the musical Olympus, Husky is considered typical hero new time. He started writing rap at the age of 15 under the influence of “Caste” and “Ellipsis”. He also says that he has always been attracted to black women. musical culture. Husky's images and metaphors are complex; he spent many sleepless nights fiddling with them, but he presents them to us as if we had known them for just as long and intimately. He first gained fame in 2011 thanks to the music video for the song “Seventh of October”. The video was published on YouTube. The composition had a highly social overtone and was dedicated to the birthday of Vladimir Putin.

Over the course of several years, the rapper has been gaining increased interest in himself both from colleagues and from ordinary listeners and netizens. In particular, Dmitry received positive reviews from such rappers as: ATL, Oxxxymiron, Karandash. In 2016, Dmitry released a video for the song “Black-Black”. Next came the video clips “Panelka”, “Bullet-Fool” and “Ai”. And on April 1, 2017, Husky’s first full-length studio album was released - "(Imaginary) People's Favorite Songs", which reached the top five on iTunes.

Albums:

- “Sbch life” (2013)

- “Favorite songs of (imaginary) people” (2017)

13. Eldzhey - Alexey Uzenyuk (23 years old / Novosibirsk, Russia)

Eljay is a young rap artist from Novosibirsk, who this year blew up the charts with his tracks. By the way, Alexey’s appearance and image are etched in the memory just as much as the lyrics of his songs. Creative path Eldzheya began in 2009. Eljay records his first tracks and posts them on VKontakte. In 2013, Alexey began working with rapper Malaya. The duo released the album “Gundezh”, in which Alexey shared with listeners his beliefs about the world order.

After that, he released several more albums, but the turning point in Eldzhey’s work can be noted in September 2016, it was then that the joint track with Kravets “Disconnect” was released, which instantly “shots”, takes first place in all charts and becomes a hit at all parties. After this, Eljay’s career took off rapidly; he released the album “Sayonara Boy”, which for a long time remained in the first positions in “iTunes” and “PlayMusic”. In 2017, Eljay released another solo album, “Sayonara Boy ろ”. With the release of which, one’s own style is formed, namely appearance, tattoos, and of course the recognizable white eyes. The peak of popularity is August 2017, because it was then that the joint composition with Feduk, “Pink Wine,” and the solo track “Torn Jeans” were released, which, without any doubt, became the main hit of the summer of 2017.

Albums:

- “Bosses are smoking” (2014)

- “Cannon” (EP) (2015)

- “Catacombs” (2016)

- "Sayonara Boy" (2016)

- "Sayonara Boyろ" (2017)

14. Face – Ivan Dremin (20 years old / Ufa, Russia)

Face is a rap artist whose work, full of parodic humor and references to youth Internet culture, is classified as “meme-rap.” The original version of the current pseudonym was “PunkFace”, but my brother dissuaded me from removing the first part of it and leaving only “Face”. The artist explains that he is the face of youth.

The young artist burst into the game in 2015, releasing the mini-album “Cursed Seal.” Ivan himself does not consider this work to be indicative, because the compositions from the release were not very serious, and if I describe the entire EP in a few words, then these are some “thoughts of a teenager.” However, the song “Gosha Rubchinsky”, which brought Ivan a lot of hype, was released on this release.

In 2016, the performer released an EP "VLONE" and EP "PlayBoy" , and already on these releases the compositions sounded modern and stylish, and the themes of the lyrics were wildly relevant, so these works can be called high-quality. But in the same year, Face released the unusual track “Payback” and the EP “Mayhem,” where the themes of all the works sharply contradicted the previous ones, and the sound became completely different. In April, Face released the album “Hate Love” and went on a tour of 23 cities. Face is an extremely controversial figure, but he knows how to catch trends, thanks to this he gathers huge halls all over Russia. His tracks are full of obscene language, so not every listener may like it. However, Face does not believe that there is anything bad in his tracks. On the contrary, he is convinced that there are serious social topics, they are simply not seen or understood yet.

Albums:

- “Hate Love” (2017)

- “No Love” (2017)

15. Obladaet - Nazar Votyakov (26 years old / Irkutsk, Russia)

Young grime rapper Obladaet was born and raised in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. As a teenager, Nazar left his hometown and moved to live in St. Petersburg, where his development as a rapper began. Nazar went to the masses after he won the Grime Music Group grime battle, where he showed only good results throughout the entire battle. Undeterred, on the wave of hype, he releases a remix of Drake’s track “0 to 100,” which only reinforced the hype from the won battle. But, of course, you shouldn’t perceive him only as a grime artist, because he is quite versatile. Participant of the first Russian-language Grime Clash, where his opponent was Redo. Nazar also participated in the “Beats & Vibes” rap contest, from which, unfortunately, he was eliminated.

At the moment, OBLADAET is one of the strongest, most productive and promising “new school” rappers. With enviable frequency, he releases compositions, videos and goes on city tours with concerts.

Albums:

- “Home run” (2016)

- “Double tap” (2016)

- “Files” (2017)

- “Friends & Family” (2017)

16. Yanix - Yanis Badurov (24 years old / Krasnogorsk, Russia)

Yanix is ​​a rap artist, about whom, as well as about many other rappers, it can be said that the musician achieved everything on his own. Yanix has been creatively active since 2010. In his work he always strives for the southern sound, even before such a direction aroused interest and found its audience. In 2011, Yanix’s first release, “Finish Him,” was released. The mixtape, which is a collection of tracks recorded to Western instrumentals, did not bear any fruit and went unnoticed. The next segment of Yanix’s biography can be called short creative crisis. In 2013, he appeared on 4EU3’s mixtape, after which he presented his own record called “Ghetto Streets Show”.

2014 was a turning point for the artist - it was then that the artist presented the release “Ghetto Street Show II”, in which such rappers as Decl (Le Truk), ATL, Obe 1 Kanobe, Hiro and others appeared. Two years later, in 2016, Janis’s next album was released - “ Gianni." The songs from this record “Don't tell them”, “Night Life” (a duet with the Belarusian performer LSP) and “Chain” were loved most by fans of rap music.

- “Street Show 2” (2014)

- “Block star” (2015)

- “Gianni” (2016)

- “Bla bla land” (2017)

- “Till Trap Do Us Part” (2018)

17. Jacques Anthony - Jacques-Anthony Menshikov (25 years old/ Vologda, Russia)

Jacques-Anthony (formerly Dxn Bnlvdn) is a rap artist who is an artist on the Reigun Records label. His first release was the 2014 mixtape “Molly Cyrus,” which was officially re-released in 2015. However, wide fame came to the artist a little later - after the release of a video called “Old Testament”, which blew up all Russian rap, and the composition itself was included in the release “Live and Do”. On the wave of fame, the performer releases the mixtape “#NONAME” (2015). In the fall of the same year, his debut album “Breathless” was released. In 2016, Jacques released Dorian Gray, and almost immediately announced its sequel, which the performer is still busy writing to this day.

In 2017, the singer released several new songs, one of them, “Our District,” became the soundtrack to Fyodor Bondarchuk’s fantasy film “Attraction.” This is a real breakthrough. The famous director liked the song, so he decided to make it the soundtrack. Learn more about Jacques Anthony more people. The singer did not stop there; he continues to work on music and create new songs. He travels around Russia and neighboring countries on tour.

- “Breathless” (2015)

- "Dorian Gray. Volume 1" (2016)

- “DoroGo” ​​(2017)

18.Garry Topor - Garry Alexandrov (29 years old / St. Petersburg, Russia)

Harry Topor is a rap artist and battle MC distinguished by his dark, compelling underground rap. The rap artist positions himself in his work as “Angry Rap,” combining aggression and humor at the same time. In a relatively short period of his biography, the rap artist managed to work with performers from Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, Turkey, Germany, France, Canada and Israel. Now he is recording at the Berlin Records studio, like many other famous St. Petersburg rappers.

Harry Topor takes a position in life that despises alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, this is reflected in many of his tracks. Most likely this is because of what he saw as a child on Piterskaya Street « Dybenko." However, he found company with people like Tony Routh, with whom he remains to this day. To date, Igor has 5 releases behind him. This « Postulates of rage » , « My enemy » , « Echoes of War » , « Echo of war. Reissue » , « Autopsy will show » and in 2013 « Anatomical Theater » , and « Guatemala Coffee Trip » . At the same time, Harry Ax is a very strong battle MC, which he proved at Versus Battle. Four rivals and three Ax victories!

- “Anatomical Theater” (2012)

- “Our people” (2013)

- “Wasp Country” (2015)

- "Makintosh Bootleg" (2010)

- “The Man with an Iron Glove” (2017)

19. Naughty Molly- Kirill Bledny (20 years old / Zmiev, Kharkov, Ukraine)

Kirill Bledny, better known as the lead singer of the group “Vulgar Molly”, is a musician of Ukrainian origin, who gained great popularity after the release of the album “Vulgar Molly” - “8 Ways to Quit Jerk Off”. In a short period of time, the no-name band Vulgar Molly became very popular, releasing just one album, something not every musician can achieve. The band begins touring concert tours, both in Ukraine and in Russia.

A year after the release of the first album, the group released its second studio album on January 30, entitled “SAD GIRL WITH EYES LIKE A DOG.” The album includes 6 compositions, which sound significantly different from the first album, but the themes of the tracks are similar modern youth remained unchanged.

- “8 ways to stop jerking off” (2017)

- “Sad girl with eyes like a dog” (2018)

20. Bumble Beezy - Anton Vatlin (23 years old / Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)

Bumble Beezy is one of the most technical and incredibly productive performers of the new school. Flow, rhythm, technique and delivery - Bumblebee’s work has all this in abundance. At the beginning of 2014, Anthony released his debut album - Wasabi. The album turns out to be of high quality, but due to the fact that Busy was not yet known to anyone at that time, there were few people who listened to Wasabi. But it so happened that Big Russian Boss and Young PH appreciated one of the tracks “No Hook” by Bumble Beezy, as a result of which the rappers’ joint track “Black Snow” was released in the fall of 2014.
In 2016, Bumble Busy's new album, Wasabi 2, was released, which really took off. Thanks to the release of Wassabi 2, Busy’s flow even tagged Oksimiron on his Twitter.

After many months of anticipation, in the spring of 2017, Bumble Beezy finally presented the album to the public, called “BeezyNOVA: Main Effect.” The album included 10 tracks, and the only guest on the release was Steam. Later, the artist presents his new release “BeezyNOVA: Side Effects” and is a full-fledged addition to the “BeezyNOVA: Main Effect” released less than a month ago. In October 2017, a record called “Wasabi III” was released, which aims to be the best release in the entire trilogy.

- “Wasabi” (2013)

- “Wasabi-2” (2016)

- “BeezyNOVA: Main Effects” (2017)

- “BeezyNOVA: Side Effects” (2017)

- “Wasabi-III” (2017)