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Our top 10 richest rappers in Russia will provide information about such rap artists, whose annual income is in the millions.

10 Group "25/17"

The group was created in 2002 in Omsk by Anton Zavyalov and Andrey Pozdnukhov and was named Ezekiel 25:17. The name was later simplified to "25/17". Its composition changed periodically. During their career, the group has created 5 albums, 8 mini-albums, 4 mixtapes, 6 live albums. Information about exact income is not publicly available.

9 Seryoga

Full name Sergei Vasilyevich Parkhomenko. While studying in Germany, he meets rapper Azad and records a track with him. Upon returning to his homeland, he begins to build his musical career. And already in 2004, Seryoga appeared on the M1 music channel. Popularity came to him after the hit "Black Boomer". There is no information about the exact income in the public domain.

8 Guf

Full name Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov. In 2000, the Rolexx group was created, the members of which were Roma and Lesha. Alexey then took on the creative pseudonym Guf. In 2004, Guf, together with Princip, created the Centr group, from which Alexei left in 2009 and created a new label, ZM Nation. Since 2014, he has been working with ex-members of the Centr group. There is no information about the annual income, it is only known that the fee for 1 concert averages 1-1.7 million rubles.

7 Max Korzh

Full name Maxim Anatolyevich Korzh. Max posted his first song on the social network VKontakte, gathering quite a lot of fans. The song was played even by radio stations. After that, Max began to actively engage in musical activities and toss his songs to club DJs. In 2012, Max recorded his first album and signed a contract with the Respect Production label. In 2014, a concert tour was held, which brought together an audience of many thousands. In the same year, Max became the winner of the Muz-TV 2014 Award in the Album of the Year nomination. Annual income - 36 million rubles.

6 Jah Khalib

Full name Bakhtiyar Mammadov. As soon as he took up solo work, he immediately took the stage name Jah Khalib. Popularity came to him through social networks, where his tracks were posted. In 2016, his solo album was released. In 2017, in the Breakthrough of the Year nomination, he became the laureate of the Muz-TV 2017 Prize. Annual income is 57.6 million rubles.

5 Noize MC

Full name Ivan Aleksandrovich Alekseev. In 2000, he was a member of the Levers of Machines group. In the same year, taking the pseudonym Noize MC, Ivan, together with his classmate Adik, formed the rap duet "Face2Face". In 2000, he leaves the group and is engaged in solo work. In 2003 he created the rock band "Protivo Gunz". In 2006, Ivan signed a contract with the rap label Respect Production and began his solo career. And in 2007 - a contract between Ivan, Respect Production and Universal Music Group, which makes him an artist of the label with an international name. In 2008 this contract was terminated. Ivan is currently performing with the group "Protivo Gunz". Annual income - 72 million rubles.

4 Oxxxymiron

Full name Miron Yanovich Fedorov. In 2001, he released several tracks under the pseudonym Mif and participated in the first independent battle Hip-Hop.ru. Then he arranged for himself a “vacation” for 7 years. In 2008, he was noticed by the German label Optik Russia, thanks to which Miron gained popularity. In 2010, he left Optik Russia. In 2011, Miron designed and created the independent label Vagabund. In 2017, he became the director of the Booking Machine concert agency. Annual income - 116 million rubles.

3 L'One

In 2005, two guys from Yakutia - Nel and L'One - created a rap group. And in 2012, this group broke up. From this year, L'One begins solo work. In 2016, his solo album is released. Annual income - 119 million rubles.

2 Basta

Full name Vasily Mikhailovich Vakulenko. Known in the world of show business under the pseudonyms Basta Oink, Basta Bastillio, Basta, Noggano, N1NT3NDO (Nintendo). Since 1997, he has been a member of the Psycholyric group, which in 1999 was renamed the United Caste. In 2002, Basta, together with Yuri Volos, came to Moscow and, with the support of Bogdan Titomir, ended up in the Gazgolder creative association. Since 2007, he has been a co-owner of the Gazgolder label. Released 4 solo albums. Annual income - 189 million rubles.

1 Timati

Full name Timur Ildarovich Yunusov. In 1998, he founded the VIP77 group, which broke up in 2004. In the same 2004, he participated in the Star Factory 4 project. In 2006, the debut solo album "Black Star" was released, and in 2007 he gave his first solo concert. From 2009 to 2016 he organized 4 concert tours and gave 6 big concerts. Annual income - 201 million rubles.

If you love rap and have the ability to perform, now you have an incentive to develop your talent.

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

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

The first album became the basis for the successful development of the artist in the music world. Precisely the collection ReadytoDie allowed to show potential and lay the foundation for further progress towards fame and recognition. From the very beginning, it was possible to assume how rapid and surprising the development of the rapper would be, what a stunning success would be.

Unfortunately, the musical 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 led to a diamond certificate.

Jay Z

Jay Z has been very active in the music world for a couple of decades now. During this time, 13 albums managed to visit 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 artists. Many listeners are fascinated by the manner of performance based only on impromptu, thanks to which admirers always manage to surprise.

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

In Rolling Stone magazine, Eminem takes an honorable 83rd place among the 100 greatest artists in the world. Such a position testifies to amazing glory. Moreover, Eminem has successfully sold over one hundred million albums worldwide.

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

• Radio development.
• Music label management.
• Filming.

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

Rakim

Rakim's musical work reflects the ideology he has been fascinated with since childhood. The rapper has absorbed the disdain for white people, so 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 have a religious character. Moreover, the artist is sure that thanks to the help of Allah, fights and theft were avoided, which could lead 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, rhymes. Rakim delights his admirers with compositions that act hypnotically.

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

Nas

Nas has successfully found an amazing number of fans, each of whom is ready to confirm the special potential of the artist. In addition, his music album Illmatic is the greatest in the musical history of hip-hop, because the total number of sales exceeded twenty-five million copies. Such a successful career began to develop thanks to Columbia Records.

Nas had a long conflict with Jay Z, who claimed that Nas' work is fake and does not deserve any attention. However, in 2005, the feud between the two influential artists was terminated. After that, Nas began a collaboration with the music label Def Jam Records, owned by Jay Z.

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

The greatest popularity was won 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, which is distinguished by lyrical notes.

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

2pac

2Pac has become famous all over the world thanks to the unique creativity. He was a West Coast representative. Unfortunately, 2Pac's fate was tragically cut short. 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 of the best singers and rap artists.

During his lifetime, the rapper has sold 75 million albums that still amaze people.

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

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

The artist from early childhood was interested in musical activities, and at the age of 9 he was already a representative of the famous Cash Money label. Later, Lil Wayne created his own label, Young Money. Such stages of development contributed to the achievement of the goal and the discovery 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, they managed to strengthen their position in the arena and sell a million copies of the collection in just a week of sale. 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 discovers the excellent facets of the musical world. The presented rappers are only the basis of an immense rap, which can be incendiary and melodic. Modern music trends allow 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 most Russian adaptation of Western sound at the moment. Husky passes through the developments of mobile Western colleagues like Desiigner and Denzel Curry, and at the end he gets a real post-Soviet longing. "Panelka" finally convinced the intelligentsia, who were completely in love with Husky, that another great artist appeared on the stage. The lyrical hero of the single is doomed to a meaningless search for his father in a dilapidated homeland dotted with indifferent panel houses: “I’m going through Russia, I won’t reach the end. / Where is my father's socket? Recently, the track was included in the official soundtrack for a new film about difficult relationships in a dysfunctional family, “How Vitka Chesnok took Lyokha Shtyr to a nursing home,” which won the Grand Prix at the Window to Europe festival.

"Mushrooms" - "The Ice Melts"

All-Consuming Mushroom Virus

Behind the song with a catchy chorus and a funny clip is the clever calculation of an experienced producer and founder of the group, Yuri Bardash. On the eve of the release, "Mushrooms" swept with the first major tour in the CIS. This case was captured in thousands of short-lived Instagram stories: jerky videos shouted “We are like mushrooms, like mushrooms!” with easily parodied dances. The desire to ride the wave of fashion pushed hundreds of bloggers, schoolchildren, TV presenters and even scientists to rivet endless parodies. Everyone strove to hype, including those who had not even had time to learn what the word “hype” was. But it was the "Mushrooms" that received the largest dividends, which in a matter of months became the most popular rap group in the entire post-Soviet space.

Timati - "Lada Sedan"

Meme Recycling

Known to everyone who has ever had a TV, the main hits of this rap artist, in contrast to "Mushrooms", are an open calculation. Instead of complementing the culture, it beautifully packages what is already there. “Che is so daring”, “Goodbye”, “You have a beard - I’ll tell you yes” - all these hits hated by aesthetes were built on popular Internet and slang expressions. The culmination was the Lada Sedan, where the luxury businessman Timur reincarnated as a 100% stereotypical taxi driver Teimuraz. Again, I didn’t have to puzzle over the catchy chorus for a long time - it had already been composed by the ironic rock band Record Orchestra. The group began to exploit stereotypes earlier, much more subtle, but much less clear to the masses than Timati's Black Star label managers do.

Face - "I Fuck"

First level protest

If the parents of Face fans heard the refrain from this song, about half of them could permanently deprive their child of access to the Internet. In fact, this guy, who looks like a young Merlin Manson, just embodies the most primitive rebellion against the elders. This is the moment when adults turn their backs, and a teenager quickly tries to do everything that was forbidden to him: ingest poison and spit out taboo words: "I smoke, and I don't care / I drink, and I don't y…” and so on. If you still find this in the playlist of your younger relative, do not rush to panic. Boasting nonsense about self-destruction can even be helpful, because boasting is much safer than doing.

LSP - "Coin"

Clown awaiting his death

If a young cheerful Face sings about hedonism, this is bravado, but for LSP it was a timid confession of depression - a description of a state when a hole in the heart cannot be plugged either with coins or women. Recently, LSP tragically turned from a duet into a solo project of the Belarusian rapper Oleg Savchenko. Permanent beatmaker and sound engineer LSP Roma Anglichanin died under unnamed circumstances. The most terrible thing here is that he did not surprise anyone with this. In the latest videos, the musician looked pretty tired and invariably drunk, and quotes from doctors with bad prognosis slipped through his speech. It is significant that the group's latest hit, the single "Coin", is the only LSP song in which Roma himself approaches the microphone. Under today's circumstances, the text about the dismissive attitude towards numerous groupies already sounds like a clear warning about the imminent departure: "And after the gameover / I will only be glad that my song is sung."

Scryptonite - "Vitamin"

Music created by instincts

In the song “Vitamin”, the impudent rapper immediately appropriates the sweetheart of the listener: “I am the interest of your heifer!” This approach angers and turns many people away from Scryptonite, not to mention those who cannot make out the words at all due to the dense Kazakh accent. But self-doubt nitpicks are not even taken into account by the author. The music of Adil Zhalelov (real name of the performer) is an animal eclecticism, where all the styles that have turned up from techno to blues on a whim are assembled into an impressive multi-level structure. You can feel all this only by letting go of all civilization. In response, Scriptonite escorts the listener to a special club, located somewhere between American dramas about the mafia and Hong Kong militants about the triad, right to the capital's closed parties.

Pharaoh and Boulevard Depo - "5 Minutes Ago"

The anthem of those who are always half a length ahead

While the older generation belatedly comprehends the trends, these guys have already managed to make a fortune on the fashionable sound. Best of all, the meaning of the song, against his will, was illustrated by Alexander Tolmatsky, the father of Decl, the first big rap star in Russia. The producer and media mogul commented on the clip on his Facebook page with the words "I think they will be popular." Meanwhile, behind Pharaoh's shoulders there was already more than one sold-out concert, the slang invented by his colleague Boulevard Depot has long become generally accepted in rap, and that very clip has gained tens of millions of views on YouTube.

Porchy, LSP and Oxxxymiron - “Imperial”

A quarrel between two key figures of the new Russian rap in one song

The track "Imperial" was supposed to be included in the release of Miron's closest friend, the Portuguese beatmaker Porcha, and become a song description of the comrades' program to create their own rap empire. The song was recorded remotely. Everything did not go according to plan when the sworn friend of ambitious artists, Oleg LSP, sent a snarky verse, where he almost openly mocked Miron's label Booking Machine. In response, the "emperor" decided to supplement the song with his verse, where he directly attacks his former friend. After a while, the Porchy mixtape remained useless, despite a cunning advertising campaign. But the conflict between Oksimiron and LSP is still a hot topic for discussion.

Mozee Montana, Masha Hima and Emelevskaya - "Not bad for a woman"

Women's fights for a place in a man's world

For more than thirty years of the existence of hip-hop culture in the former USSR, the scene has not seen a single really significant girl in the genre. Of course, there were attempts (the first albums of Lika Star and Propaganda, Hydroponka and Lentos), but all projects quickly reached their very low ceiling. Now the most notable girls in hip-hop show themselves in the notorious battles. Thanks to performances at the 140 BPM Cup and Rip the Beat events, 19-year-old Mozzie Montana has become a real star. Angry men believe none of this would have happened were it not for the "emperor's" long-standing tweet and laugh at her habit of quacking between the lines. At the last battle with the participation of Montana, this track was born - a daring answer to the aggressive majority: "Congratulations, boy, you're doing well for a woman."

Jah Khalib - "Layla"

Variety romance with a conscientious approach

An imposing man of oriental appearance and sound under the nickname Jah Khalib is Valery Meladze and his brother Konstantin from Russian rap rolled into one. True, he himself calls Timbaland and Jay-Z his idols, and his most viral hit "Layla" was written under the influence of Sting's song "Desert Rose". Bahu (as the artist is called by his friends) as well as his countryman Skryptonite is praised for the complex music and scolded for the silly texts. But this is the second Russian-speaking rapper after Basta, who can be put to any viewer of Blue Lights, and he will most likely agree that Bach sounds better than all the Stasov Mikhailovs and Grigoriev Lepsov combined.

Pasha Technician - "Xanax"

Intolerant, dissonant, but colorful rap

The song "Xanax" can equally be seen as an empty set of words and as an artistic description of the confused thoughts of a man who missed a harmful drug. The former leader of the group “Kunteynir” is a representative of the naive art in hip-hop. He gained fame after he sabotaged the first open Versus Battle, giving out incoherent nonsense instead of punches, insulting the audience more often than his opponent and showing his underwear. He himself claims that he loves all rappers without exception, but you can hear from the tracks that Pasha does not feel any reverence for rap itself. Therefore, he composes deliberately idiotic, but often very funny texts. Despite the general incoherence in creativity, the Technician is the most integral character in Russian rap. He prefers to be an honest fool, instead of building himself into something presentable and pleasant to society.

Bread - "21"

Videoblogging pandemic. Zero Patients

In the hip-hop environment, it is customary to openly dislike rap vloggers. Most of them don't even try to take culture seriously, concentrating on puberty jokes, intra-blog squabbles, or memes. The Khleb trio, which grew out of the comedy show “I like it”, became the first bloggers to make rap their main job, thus paving the way for colleagues Danila Poperechny, Eldar Dzharakhov, MS Khovansky, Tatarka, and many others of a smaller caliber. Rap from bloggers has become a standard advertising service. For example, Klinskoye beer recently launched a large-scale advertising campaign involving a whole battery of reading video makers, and Khleb was also among the first here. The song "21" is built on the infantile pun standard for "Bread", where a simple card game rhymes with anal sex. The video was not without product placement either.

ATL - "C4"

Rave on the bones

Over the past two years, one of the most successful new wave rappers ATL has released two clever concept albums. The works put the Novocheboksary artist as close as possible to the inhabitants of the peaks Scryptonite and Oksimiron. However, Sergey and his team have been going to the themes and sound of "Marabu" (2015) and "Limba" (2017) for more than one year. Thoughts that have received a detailed development on the releases, you can already hear on the first big hit called "C4". There is a little robotic scavenger turning into a formidable transformer from Iskra, a concert described as a pagan ritual in Burn Clearly, and the main theme is death as a natural part of a party called "life" from the song "Dance". The music in "C4" is not so much hip-hop, but rather aggressive dance electronics, which in terms of energy is not inferior to the wildest hits of "The Prodigy". The mess that happens at concerts under this track is highly recommended to see firsthand, but participation is at your own peril and risk. The total amount of energy accumulated by young bodies in the hall would be enough for a single explosive.

Glory to the CPSU (aka - Purulent, aka - Valentin Dyadka, aka - Sonya Marmeladova) - any track

The brighter the battles, the paler the songs

Everything this guy records sounds bad or very bad. In the years since the release of the very first Versus, his rival Miron Fedorov has remained the only successful battle rapper with really good songs in his discography. All other winners received fame and tours solely due to their bright duels. Concert goers didn’t care much what Harry Topor was shouting into the microphone and what Rickey F was thinking about. It was in such conditions that specialized battle MCs appeared, the most famous of which today is the many-sided Vyacheslav Karelin. The discography of all his alter egos is completely uncountable and does not linger in memory. All these are momentary disses on popular topics: like fashionable clothes or a noticeable song, often this is a challenge to another rival for another battle. Most of Slava's punches from the famous battle are difficult to understand without knowing the context that was centered around the opponent, and most of Slava's songs cannot be understood if you are not familiar with the phenomenon or artist who is ridiculed in the text.

Oxxxymiron - "Where we are not"

Conceptuality and invincibility

The song "Where We Are Not" is an epilogue of a protest audio novel, performed on the air of the main state channel. Oksimiron's Gorgorod album, crushed to smithereens by an opponent, a couple of days after the battle and two years after the release, again topped the top of Russian iTunes. Gorgorod, by all accounts, lost hopelessly to its closest competitors in the face of ATL and Scryptonite in music. The content should come as no surprise to anyone who has read at least one major dystopia, and even more so to those who have gotten their hands on Kurt Vonnegut and Frank Miller, who also peek out from a long list of inspirations. The album, however, gave a lot of room for interpretation. Philology students make reports about Gorgorod, and glossy journalists see Miron Fedorov as the inspirer of recent protest rallies that brought together an unprecedented number of young people. The repeated success of the work does not in the least contradict the recent defeat of the author. In the penultimate song, the narrator also dies, but manages to leave a mark in the form of his works. Looking at this, it’s hard not to suspect Miron of a deliberate loss predicted in the final round of the battle: “And, let’s say, today, maybe you will be able to kill me. / I will go further by stadiums, you will continue me troll and t".

20 more songs, if you got carried away, and it seemed to you not enough

Basta - "Samsara"

The main delegate from hip-hop to the stage with a ballad about reincarnation.

Caste - "They"

The most popular rap group seriously jokes about everyday problems.

Thrill Pill - "I'm fucking rap"

Probably the nastiest composition in modern Russian hip-hop.

Aigel - "Tatar"

The liveliest female rap, born outside of the big rap party.

Yegor Creed - "What do they know?"

The answer of the pop idol and the favorite of the girls to all the terrible colleagues.

Antokha MS - "Time Current"

Another rapper is not from the world of hip-hop and seems to be a little out of this world.

Mirny - "Skin"

A failed attempt by cumbersome producer Max Fadeev to infiltrate the rap environment with the help of schoolboy slang.

Obladaet - "I am"

The most beautifully dressed rapper talks beautifully about his exclusivity.

Aljay and Kravts - "Disconnect"

Stylish dance-hit about love under substances from a future big star and a not-so-big acting one.

"Anacondaz" - "Mom, I love"

A satirical declaration of love for Satan from the most rock rappers that pissed off Orthodox activist Enteo.

Horus and Eecii McFly - "Walk"

The socially oriented Lupercal, reborn as the multifaceted Horus, is saddened by the lost romance.

Max Korzh - "Small has matured"

The story of growing up in Minsk scenery. Dialogue of the named elder brother with young listeners.

Pharaoh - "Wild, for example"

Cold decadence and attractive narcissism.

Tipsy Tip - "See you soon"

A Ukrainian immigrant, given a second wind in Moscow, jokes darkly and waits for trouble.

Gross Caspian - "COCO"

Russian thug rap, unexpectedly fashionable sounded under the influence of the new American school.

Vander Fil - "Young"

Egor Creed 2.0 compares favorably with his label colleague, because the authorship is beyond doubt and because he is a bully.

Guf - "More"

A veteran of the hip-hop revolution and a former member of the Centr group, he understands trends well, complicates rhymes and reads to trendy cloud beats.

Bird - "Freedom 2.017"

A veteran of the hip-hop revolution and a former member of the Centr group, he understands nothing, scolds the protests in a funny way and collects 140 thousand dislikes.

T-Fest and Scryptonite - "Lambada"

The new hope of the label "Gazgolder" will soon go on tour, but his main hit is still a joint song with Scryptonite.

"Krovostok" - "Nails"

The least recent track on our list made it here because of one line. A reliable description of the thoughts of a Russian listener who, out of habit, continues to look for content in rap, not form: "The Germans do things - we fuck tragedy."

Russian rap - as a cultural phenomenon, emerged in the late nineties. A lot of bands and solo artists appeared at that time, but only a few managed to stay without losing their style and popularity. The best underground Russian rappers - that's what we want to tell you today.

Slaves Lamps

Having recorded only one album, the group entered the history of Russian rap forever 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 from childhood, and every year, his texts became more and more rigid, reflecting the reality that surrounded him. This resulted in a passion for rap, and with their friend they recorded their debut album “It doesn’t hurt?”, Which became a classic of Russian rap and set standards for a long time, both readings and themes used in texts. Unfortunately, the group did not last long - Alexei's addiction to drugs became a disease and subsequently ruined him. After the death of the poet, a collection of his poems, My Decadence, was published. The book begins with an epigraph written by Alexei himself:
"Loud dirt. Filth in bulk.
My decadence is the Red Cross"

Largest Prime Number

SPBCh is a creative formation, which includes journalist Kirill Ivanov and a duet of electronic musicians: Ilya Baramia and Alexander Zaitsev - "Christmas Toys". Initially, the songs were a mixture of ambient and reading strange, painful, children's poems by Kirill. A characteristic feature is the absence of a beat and any drums, this role is played by the melody, and the recitative should have torn the “fabric” of the music. According to Ivanov himself, music should be detached and to hear it you need to strain as if it is 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 original: images and intonations seem to be familiar from childhood, it is very remarkable that several generations have these associations at once. 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 Purulent, he has many more pseudonyms that he uses from time to time, depending on which direction the track goes: Slava KPSS, Valentin Dyadka, Sonya Marmeladova and many others. Today, he is considered the best battle rapper in Russia. His last battle with Oxxxymiron got a huge response, this verbal duel became the best in the history of Russian battles. Slava himself speaks of his work in this way: "a narrowly subcultural rap with a bunch of internal jokes." Anarchism and punk culture had a notable influence on him, echoes that can be heard in the current texts of Purulent. Also, according to him, he was influenced by such groups as Bruno's 4 Positions, Lenina Paket, and the leader of the Auction group, Leonid Fedorov. Purulent is the most productive rapper in Russia - in just a couple of years, he released a huge number of albums, surpassing the meters in 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: Serpent, 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 trousers and exclamations of “Yo” were already perceived as a stamp, and something monolithic and more progressive had to be done. Without copying foreign artists, Casta developed her own style, showing that rap can be original and sincere. The first collection of songs - "Three-dimensional rhymes" they released in 1999, with their own money. Since then, success has followed the group: album after album, adding listeners to them, Casta occupied the first lines in the music charts, they are invited to television, they shoot clip after clip. Today it is the most famous group in Russia, which has a huge army of fans.

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 Tonych Goglev and Vetl Udalykh were members. Later, Sasha Gorbaty joined the group, who arranged the compositions. The first disc of the group - "Unconscious", was released in 2009, more than half of the minuses for him were written by Gorbaty, the rest was written by Vetl. After the first album, Tonych leaves the formation and starts 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 clips - 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 in its texts on the promotion of sports and the fight against drugs.

Kunteynir

The Moscow team, formed in 2003, consisting of three people - Pasha Technik, Blev MS and Maxim Sinitsyn - is the only black who reads Russian rap. In 2008, Pasha Technik (real name - Ivlev), went to jail for selling LSD - doba, according to reports, he was handed over by a fan who overdosed on the brand. After leaving prison, Paul decided to return to his former glory, and multiply. The first moment when they started talking about him again was a performance against rapper Broll at Versus Battle in 2014. In 2016, Pasha opposed Nikolai Dolzhansky in a rap battle. On the covers, as well 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 direction. The members of the group can often be seen in the fan sector, they often attend football matches. They have a lot of feats: TVZh, Price of Laughter, Market relations were noted in the tracks with Kunteynir.

Lenin Pack

The composition of the team is Babangida, Vanya Ivan, Double V, Ivan Laughter. They are also occasionally joined by Guru Mihajlovic (Vail Skam) who works on the arrangements. In 2008, the debut EP was released - "Signs of the Unconscious" with the participation of the SpaceCave team - famous beatmakers. The civic position of the team is almost always reflected in the texts, they try to instill in the listener a craving for beauty and show them the true aesthetic expanses of the word. The rejection of consumerism, the stupidity and failure of capitalism, the obscenity of bourgeois and base values ​​are the leitmotifs of the formation's creativity. Everyone will find something of their own in Lenin's Package: whether it's wise advice, or a kind word, or a joke that you can laugh with all your heart. 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. Lenina Packet worked with many underground musicians: RZhB, Corpse Troupe, Buchenwald Flava, Resistance Rows and many others.

Night movers

The Moscow duet, represented by Evgeny Alekhin and Mikhal Enotov (Stanislav Mikhailov), was 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." 2009 - a new album - "Oh man". In 2010 comes out - "Critique of the Pure Heart", the last album in the group's discography to date. In 2011, the band went on an indefinite hiatus to focus on other musician projects. The group hits existential texts right in the face, making the listener a shell for their thoughts, which, after several listenings, begins to think independently.

Corpse Troupe

The Troupe 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 site Last Fm assigned the group several genres at once: abstract hip-hop, underground hip-hop, russian hip-hop, underground rap. They have many feats with other underground bands: Lenina package, SpaceCave, Alcohol after sports, KUNTEYNIR and many others. The team has many more names: Republic of Coma, Three Microbes, July 77, Renaissance, Autonomous movement of the inanimate, Epoha Woz; also each of the performers is engaged in a solo career. Very little is known about the musicians, there is almost no information and photos on the net, but you can find many songs written by the Corpse Troupe. The beats are made by Drim, just like the beatmaker, he has his own project - aboohashim. In the early period of creativity, the influence of the very first underground group in Russia, Slaves of the Lamp, is clearly audible.

Mutant Yhvlam

Mutant Ykhvlam is a team from Magnitogorsk, consisting of four people: Mikhail Shorokh, Alexei 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 artists, 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 - Baseball; 2014 - Buhovnost. The guys, for the entire existence of the group, gave only a few concerts, also for fans from all over the CIS, they held an online concert - “Broadcasting from hard-to-reach places”. Filmed video invitations for concerts are original, they can easily be assigned the arthouse category. Known for their feats, with such performers as: Pikul, The Tragedy of a Lifetime, Sound Theater, Litvin. Brother Two also paints, his paintings can be found on various resources. The group itself claims, “Mutants don't sell CDs. Mutants don't exist at all. It is a myth".

The hip-hop business is growing so fast that you don't always have time to remember the names of rising stars. The West is being blown up by new faces like Lil B, Gucci Mane and Chance The Rapper. Russian stars of the new school, in turn, like to announce the next "coup of the game", but is it really so? The term soundcloud-rap has recently taken root in the foreign press. The new tag was needed to mark a wave of young American rap artists who have not yet hit the radar of old media and are generally not very well known to a wide audience, but are already leading the charts of SoundCloud, which is more geared towards finding new music. Russian hip-hop is also actively developing today. With the change in the importance 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 which 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 an excellent narrative skill about difficult life circumstances. LSP is a romantic-intellectual who staggers all the time between cynicism and vulnerability. Last summer, one of the members of the group, 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 struck all listeners with his sincerity and message.

Albums:

- "EP" (2014)

- "Gallows" (2014)

- "Magic City" (2015)

- "Tragic city" (2017)

2. Scryptonite - Adil Zhalelov (27 years old / Leninsky settlement / Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)

Adil Zhalelov, who fell ill with hip-hop in his deep childhood, already at the age of 11 began to write poetry, lyrics, and at 15 already beats that were used by Klava Hydroponka during her participation in the Battle for Respect. A little later, these beats began to sell out, but the tracks, which were written a lot, were not laid out anywhere. In 2014, a locally famous Kazakh rapper posted a video clip VBVVCTND (stands for "Choice without options - everything you gave us"), which was filmed for six months, and received an unimaginable response. Immediately 2 major labels offered Scryptonit a contract, but the choice fell on TO "Gazgolder".

A full-fledged debut of Scryptonite took place in 2015, after the release of the album "House with Normal Phenomena", unanimously called by critics and music lovers the best Russian-language disc of 2015. The main feature of all tracks is not only the originality of music, but also a predisposition to repeated listening, and each time new details are found in the music, complementing or completely changing the overall picture. The last, double album "Ouroboros" once again proved that Scryptonite is one of the brightest and most influential figures of 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, an 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 water god Atl. The creative inspirer of the musician was Eminem. After he got his hands on a cassette of a "white rapper", he decided to move in the same direction and become famous at any cost.

Widespread popularity came to the rapper when he defeated a serious opponent in the Versus battle - Andy Cartwright. His style tends to trip-hop (a mixture of experimental hop, jazz, soul, rock), although the performer himself prefers not to drive 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 a utopia, the threat of war and the 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: the whole company moved to Minsk - and Max Korzh felt the spirit of a big city.

Shortly before leaving for 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 do his military duty. “Heaven will help us” gained a lot of likes, the composition was played on the air by some local radio stations, it was massively 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 written by him quickly become 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 owner of several music awards.

Albums:

- "Animal World" (2012)

- "Home" (2014)

- "Small has matured. 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 a high vocabulary. 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 to post his demos on the Internet. By this time, he had adopted 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 clip - "I'm a hater" - made a lot of noise in Russian rap.

Miron creates mainly battle rap, but some tracks, such as "Last Call", proved that he also does great lyrics. Released suddenly, without any promotions, singles and clips, the Gorgorod album 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 the "revolution of the game."

Albums:

- "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 but already accomplished popular Russian rapper. Kirill began his career with covers of famous artists, and he started rapping back in 2009. In his hometown, he released one mixtape, after which he wrote several more albums in a few years. And only in 2017 he released the first official release, the disc "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 clip "I knew one thing" interested rapper Skryptonit, representing the interests of the Gazgolder label. But then Kirill did not know about it, he went to Moscow to perform at a concert of his friend Schokk, and already in early March, T-Fest and Scryptonite will present a joint clip "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)

Former member of the Grindhouse group, now the leader of the Dead Dynasty band - PHARAOH - is a rapper from the city of Moscow. From the age of 6 to 13, Gleb played football hard and dreamed of a professional career as an athlete. He played for the football clubs Lokomotiv, CSKA and Dynamo, but eventually left football by order of his parents, who considered the career of a football player not promising. For the first time, the Pharaoh rapper was talked about at the end of 2014, thanks to the video for the song - “Nothing has changed” and the subsequent mixtape - “Wajet”. In a short time, the composition of Dead Dynasty, which was created by the rapper from Ufa BOULEVARD DEPO and headed by Gleb, has replenished with a number of talented and promising beatmakers of all sorts and stripes, some of whom have 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. Original natural metaphors and the sound of the voice fell in love with more than one hundred people. The voice often sounds like part of the beat, due to which most of the tracks are perceived as a DJ set. In 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 Mammadov (24 years old / Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan)

Jah Khalib is not only a talented Kazakh singer, but also a beatmaker and hip-hop producer. He became interested in rap at an early age at the age of six under the influence of his older brother. He brought him records of black rappers and they were very fascinated by Bakhtiyar. 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 a musical education: a music school in the saxophone class and the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory. Due to the fact that in childhood he had to face problems of a national nature, from the age of thirteen he worked at the studio, equalized vocals, and at sixteen he worked at six studios at the same time, tried to study, wrote his own music and put it on the Internet. It was necessary for the family to have money.

The first wide 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 away”, posted on the Internet, which became the main hits of 2013. According to the results of 2015, according to The Flow, Bakhtiyar Mammadov's album "Khalib̒aniya of the soul" was included in the list of thirty-three best albums of the year (ranked thirtieth), in 2017 his album "If Che, I'm Baha" became the most popular album of the year among users Apple Music, and the new clip "Medina" gained 5 million views in 2 days. “I will never compete under the flag of another country. I will not compete 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:

- "Khalib̒aniya of the soul" (2015)

- "Everything We Love" (2016)

- "If Che, I'm Baha" (2016)

- "E.G.O" (2018)

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

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

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 Chetverg, a former member of the Jillzay collective, a permanent collaborator of Scryptonite, and now an artist on his new label Zorski. Back in 2008, 104 began to try to write beats, and only after another 2 years he began to rap. In 2016, the Jillzay group released the album "718 Jungle", street and powerful, which immediately shot and glorified the members of the group. 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 native city 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 in Apple Music! By the end of the year, Yura pleased his fans with two tracks "Money and Power", "Queen".

Sayan Zhimbaev is a young and talented artist of the music label Scryptonita Zorski. Saiyan was born and raised in Pavlodar, from the age of six he began to practice Kyokushin karate, becoming the champion of Kazakhstan many times. In 2013, he received a serious chest injury, thus putting an end to his sports career. In parallel with sports, Saiyan was interested in music, in particular rap, listening to 50 Cent. He fruitfully began to engage in hip-choir after a chance meeting with Scryptonite, 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 label member Zorski 104, released the album "Safari", which immediately took first place in Apple Music! And 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, is a popular Russian musician whose compositions invariably become hits among fans of this genre of music. Fedor's style in music is quite versatile, not sustained for one genre. From early childhood, Fedor was lucky to travel to 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 he was brought together by fate with rapper Rodnique, with whom they later began to record joint tracks. Together with 2012, an offer came to Feduk, which in the future would bring him significant fame - he was called to record the OST (soundtrack) and the video for the movie "Okolofutbola".

Over the next years, Fedor releases new albums, but in the summer of 2017 he presented his most successful work to date - the F&Q album. The album received an unusual sound, because it was produced by the famous electronics artist Qoss. Many tracks from "F&Q" broke into trends. Later, Feduk shot a video for the track "WATERCOLORS". The peak of the popularity of the young artist was the track "Rose Wine", recorded together with the 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)

A rapper who quickly conquered the musical Olympus, Husky is considered a typical hero of the new time. He began writing rap at the age of 15 under the influence of "Casta" and "Dots". He also says that he has always been attracted to the Negro musical culture. Husky's images and metaphors are complex, he fiddled with them for more than one sleepless night, but he gives them to us as if we have known them for a long time and close. He received his first fame in 2011 thanks to the music video for the song "Seventh of October". The video was posted on YouTube. The composition had an acute social connotation and was timed to coincide with the birthday of Vladimir Putin.

For several years, the rapper has been gaining increased interest in himself both from colleagues and from ordinary listeners and netizens. In particular, Dmitry received favorable reviews from such rappers as: ATL, Oxxxymiron, Pencil. In 2016, Dmitry released a video for the song "Black and Black". Then came the video clips "Panelka", "Bullet-Fool" and "Ai". And on April 1, 2017, Husky's first full-length studio album was released. - "Favorite Songs of (Imaginary) People", 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)

Aljay is a young rap artist from Novosibirsk who blew up the charts this year with his tracks. By the way, the appearance and image of Alexei are burned into memory in the same way as the lyrics of his songs. Aljay's creative path began in 2009. Aljay records his first tracks and puts them on VKontakte. In 2013, Alexei began working with rapper Malaya. The duet released the album "Gundezh", in which Alexey shared his beliefs about the world order with the audience.

After he released a few more albums, but the turning point in Aljay's work can be noted in September 2016, it was then that the joint track with Kravets "Disconnect" was released, which instantly "shoots", takes first place in all charts and becomes a hit of all parties. After that, LJ's career quickly went up, he released the album "Sayonara Boy", which for a long time held the first positions in "iTunes" and "PlayMusic". In 2017 LJ releases another solo album "Sayonara Boy ろ". With the release of which his own style is formed, namely the 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 - “Rose Wine” and the solo track “Ripped Jeans” were released, which, without a doubt, became the main hit of the summer of 2017.

Albums:

- "Boskos are smoking" (2014)

- "Cannon" (EP) (2015)

- "Catacombs" (2016)

- "Sayonara Boy" (2016)

- "Sayonara Boyろ" (2017)

14. Face - Ivan Dryomin (20 years old / Ufa, Russia)

Face is a rap artist whose work, full of parodic humor and references to youth Internet culture, belongs to the meme-rap genre. The original version of the current pseudonym was "PunkFace", but the brother dissuaded him 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 you describe the entire EP in a couple of words, then these are some “teenager thoughts”. However, the song "Gosha Rubchinsky", which brought Ivan a lot of hype, was released on this particular release.

In 2016, the artist released an EP VLONE and EP play boy , and already on these releases, the compositions sounded modern and stylish, and the subject matter of the lyrics was 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 theme 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 tour from 23 cities. Face is an extremely controversial figure, but he knows how to catch trends, thanks to this he gathers huge halls throughout Russia. His tracks are full of obscene language, so not every listener may like it. However, Face does not believe that there is something bad in his tracks. On the contrary, there, in his opinion, there are serious social themes, they are simply not yet seen and understood.

Albums:

- "Hate Love" (2017)

- "No Love" (2017)

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

The 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 formation 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 battle. Not at a loss, on the wave of hype, he releases a remix of the Drake track "0 to 100", which only reinforced the hype from the won battle. But, of course, you should not perceive him only as a grime artist, because he is quite versatile. Member of the first Russian-speaking Grime Clash, where Redo was his opponent. Nazar also participated in the Beats & Vibes rap contest, from which, unfortunately, he flew out.

At the moment OBLADAET is one of the most powerful, productive and promising new school rappers. He releases compositions, videos with enviable frequency and goes on tours around cities 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, one can say that the musician has achieved everything himself. Janix has been creatively active since 2010. In his work, he always strives for a southern sound, even before such a direction aroused interest and found its audience. in 2011, the first release of Janix "Finish Him" ​​was released. The mixtape, which is a collection of tracks recorded with Western instrumentals, did not bring any fruit and went unnoticed. The next segment of Janix's biography can be called a small creative crisis. In 2013, he appeared on a mixtape with 4EU3, 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 rappers such as Decl (Le Truk), ATL, Obe 1 Kanobe, Hiro and others appeared. Two years later, in 2016, Janis released another album - “ Gianni. The songs from this disc "Don't Tell Them", "Night Life" (a duet with the Belarusian performer LSP) and "Chain" were loved by fans of rap music most of all.

- 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 under Reigun Records. His first release was the 2014 Molly Cyrus mixtape, which was officially re-released in 2015. However, the artist became widely known a little later - after the release of a video called "Old Testament", which blew up all Russian rap, the composition itself was included in the release "Live and Do". On the wave of fame, the artist releases the #NONAME mixtape (2015). In the autumn of the same year, his debut album, Breathless, was released. In 2016, Jacques released Dorian Gray, and almost immediately announced its sequel, which the artist is still 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. More people learned about Jacques Anthony. The singer did not stop there, continues to work on music, create new songs. He travels around Russia, neighboring countries with tours.

- "Breathless" (2015)

- "Dorian Gray. Volume 1 "(2016)

- DoroGo (2017)

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

Garry Topor is a rap artist and battle MC with dark, compelling underground rap. The rap artist positions himself in his work as "Evil Rap", combining aggression and humor at the same time. For a relatively short period of the rap artist's biography, he 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 stance on life that despises alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, and this is reflected in many of his tracks. Most likely this is due to what he saw as a child on Piterskaya Street « Dybenko. However, he found a company of people like Tony Routh, with whom he is to this day. To date, Igor has 5 releases behind him. it « Rage Postulates » , « My enemy » , « Echoes of war » , « Echo of war. Reissue » , « An autopsy will show » and in 2013 « Anatomical Theater » , as well as « Guatemala Coffee Trip » . Garry Ax at the same time is a very strong battle MC, which he proved at Versus Battle. Four rivals and three Ax wins!

- "Anatomical theater" (2012)

- "Our people" (2013)

- "Country Wasps" (2015)

- "Makintosh Bootleg" (2010)

- "The Man in the Hedgehog" (2017)

19. Vulgar Molly - Cyril Bledny (20 years old / Zmiev, Kharkov, Ukraine)

Kirill Bledny, better known as the lead singer of the Vulgar Molly group, is a musician of Ukrainian origin, gained great popularity after the release of the album Vulgar Molly - 8 Ways to Stop Masturbating. In a short period of time, the vulgar Molly group from no-name became very popular, releasing only one album, far from every musician succeeds in this. The group begins touring, concert tours, both in Ukraine and in Russia.

A year after the release of the first album, the group released their second studio album on January 30, entitled "SAD GIRL WITH EYES LIKE A DOG". The album included 6 compositions, which in their sound differ significantly from the first disc, but the themes of the tracks close to modern youth remained unchanged.

- "8 Ways to Stop Jerk 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 presentation - all this in the work of a bumblebee is enough in abundance. In early 2014, Antony 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 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 joint track of rappers “Black Snow” was released in the fall of 2014.
In 2016, Bumble Busy's new album, Wasabi 2, is released, which really shot. Thanks to the release of Wassabi 2, Beezi's flow was even noted by Oksimiron on his Twitter.

After many months of waiting, in the spring of 2017 Bumble Beezy finally released an album called "BeezyNOVA: Main Effect" to the public. The disc included 10 tracks, and Steam was the only guest on the release. 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 disc called "Wasabi III" saw the light of the day, which aims for the title of the best release in the entire trilogy.

- Wasabi (2013)

- "Wasabi-2" (2016)

- "BeezyNOVA: Main Effects" (2017)

- "BeezyNOVA: Side Effects" (2017)

- "Wasabi III" (2017)