Russian rap is very young, however, in the firmament of which many one-day stars and incomprehensible performers managed to appear, in the promotion of which a lot of money was invested, which no one remembered after a few years. However, some really cool bands have appeared and performers whose songs become timeless classics, have tens of thousands of fans and are able to gather full houses for their concerts. Although I must admit, I really didn’t manage to scribble ten really cool Russian rappers, whose albums are sold in large numbers from year to year. Meet the ten best Russian rappers.

10. Dzhigan

In tenth place we got the star of the last years of the hip-hop scene, Dzhigan, who loudly declared himself in 2009. His songs are constantly played on major radio stations, and received several awards, such as the Golden Gramophone and Song of the Year. In general, real pop from the world of rap that people like.

9. Max Korzh

Belarusian guy Max Korzh became a real discovery of the Russian rap scene in 2012. The musician released two studio albums, which immediately became hits, and every concert invariably gathers full halls of people. Most of the artist's singles are lyrical and revolve around relationships between people.

The Bad Balance team is not just a Russian rap legend, but his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother and uncle all rolled into one. In general, they stood at the origins of the emergence of such a direction in music as hip-hop in the USSR, and then in Russia and the CIS countries. For many years they remained trendsetters on the rap scene, raising the bar higher and higher every year. The most interesting thing is that Bad Balance, changing line-ups, perform quite well even today, releasing new albums with enviable regularity.

The British boy Oxxxymiron with Russian roots who graduated from Oxford literally broke into the Russian-speaking rap scene in 2009, becoming the best rapper of the year. He organically combines Electonic music with aggressive gloomy texts with fast recitation. The musician has released only one album so far and a bunch of individual tracks.

6. Bird

Bird, he is a Bore, was a member of several groups until he was ripe for solo career. Rapper becomes famous in the composition Centr groups, where together Guf and Slim, who, by the way, are also the heroes of our rating, release several very successful albums. In recent years, he has been experimenting a lot, releasing albums and single singles.

Noize MC is the freestyle king of the Russian rap scene who manages to put together several musical directions, creating simply roof-shattering mixes. Due to provocative tests, a musician is often sued and performances canceled.

4. Caste

Casta is a real legend of Russian turnip and the voice of the streets, however, gradually adding more and more lyrics to their texts. All tracks become timeless classics that do not lose relevance over time. Each album of the group, and they polish them to perfection for years, is a real holiday for fans, and they immediately get into the tops of sales, forcing second-rate creations of pop artists to stand in the corner and blush.

3.Slim

Slim, a veteran of the Russian rap scene, began her musical excrement in the mid-90s, but became a real star as part of the Centr group. His corporate style is texts with deep subtext. The rapper, as on stream, releases at least one album a year, which surprisingly turn out to be of very high quality, without obvious failures.

2. Guf

The real folk rapper of Russia is Guf, who is listened to from young to old, from an informal party to a glamorous audience. He was one of the members of the Centr group, from where he left with a scandal, having quarreled with all the participants, lived in China for some time and was seriously on drugs. His songs are dedicated to life, of which a lot are dedicated to drugs. His albums sell well, and every second song becomes a hit.

1. Basta

The best Russian rapper Vasily Vakulenko from Rostov-on-Don, was behind several successful projects musical projects, the most successful of which was "Basta". In just a few months, he was able to soar to the top of the Russian rap scene, setting the bar high for other performers. All Basta's songs are hits that you can listen to for months, and new albums set sales records.

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 new school, in turn, like to announce the next “flip 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 caught the radar of the old media and are generally not very famous. wide audience, but they are already leading in the charts of a more tailored search new music soundcloud. 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 uploaded a clip VBVVCTND (stands for "Choice without options - everything you gave us") to the network, 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. 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 the musicians real glory. 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” got a lot of likes, the composition was played on the air by some local radio stations, it was massively distributed on VKontakte - on this 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 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 took the pseudonym Oxxxymiron, which was a reference, firstly, to his real name, and secondly, to 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 his lyrics are also excellent. 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 for 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 team Dead Dynasty- PHARAOH - 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”. Per short term The composition of Dead Dynasty, which was created by 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 musical education: saxophone music school and Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory. Due to the fact that in childhood he had to face problems national character, 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 posted 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 year (ranked thirtieth place), in 2017 his album "If Che, I'm Baha" became the most popular album of the year among Apple Music users, 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 the local educational institution, which was not famous for its prestige and good reputation, 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, former member collective Jillzay, a permanent collaborator of Scryptonite, and now an artist of 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. This is how it started new chapter in a 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 young artist's popularity was the track "Rose Wine", recorded together with the Novosibirsk rapper Eldzhey. He became real musical event 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 to write rap at the age of 15 under the impression 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 first became famous in 2011 thanks to 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-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. creative way Eljeya started 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 a 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 appearance, tattoos, and of course all 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 playboy , 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 such rappers 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, wide fame came to the artist 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". 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 » , « Echoes 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 opponents 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- Kirill Bledny (20 years old / Zmiev, Kharkiv, 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 includes 6 tracks, which in their sound differ significantly from the first disc, but the themes of the tracks are close 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 rappers' joint track "Black Snow" was released in the fall of 2014.
Coming out in 2016 new album Bumble Busy - Wasabi 2, 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)

Per last years rap in Russia has developed to incredible proportions. There are many performers who work in different directions. Russian rappers write texts for every taste and have many fans. Their compositions are liked by different groups of people, but the masters of domestic rap will not leave almost anyone indifferent.

People's rating

• Guf - he not only performs ambiguous compositions, main theme which is drug addiction, but also actively gives rise to discussion by the press. What is worth only his arrest in Krasnoyarsk or the numerous novels that are attributed to the performer. At one time, there were rumors on the Internet that the rapper had died.
• Basta - many rappers (Russians) are guided by this artist, because for several years he has not left the top positions of the charts. His compositions are more lyrical and melodic, which attracts a fairly large audience of listeners.
• Noize MC is a controversial artist who actively collaborates with rock bands and often combines different sounds. He also became famous for his active citizenship.

There are many talented performers on the domestic stage who attract people by submitting texts. Many Russian rappers have achieved popularity thanks to the Internet, but there are other ratings.

The most outstanding rappers according to music critics

In 2016, many benchmarks received good marks from experts. The top three looks like this:

1. Oxxxymiron - on account of this rapper, who studied at Oxford, so far only two albums and countless tracks, which allowed him to become the "King of Rap 2016". In addition, he acts as the prototype for the protagonist of the Londongrad series, which is partly biographical.
2. Slim was liked by critics for the depth of the lyrics and diligence. He releases quality albums almost every year.
3. Ptakha (Nerd) has been gaining experience in various bands for a long time, now he experiments a lot and releases only high-quality material.

These rappers (Russian) have earned high marks not only from critics, but also from listeners. They actively tour and regularly get into the rotation of music channels.

Gaining popularity

It cannot be said that only novice performers are on the last list. Their ratings are simply not as great as those listed above.

• Max Korzh - became the discovery of the Russian rap scene. His lyrics are mostly about relationships.
• KReeD released his first album, The Bachelor, in 2015. Earlier, his first video scored 4 million views, thanks to which Black Star label employees paid attention to it.
• L'One is a Siberian of Georgian origin who is only gaining popularity. He was a participant in the Battle for Respect project on one of the music channels.

This top Russian rapper was created based on downloading and listening to their tracks over the past three months. Their compositions can also be often heard in series, films and on TV.

Rap music is distinguished by its diversity. The presentation of the 10 best rappers becomes direct evidence that every representative of the music 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, 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 was presented music album Life After Death. Ten million copies sold led to a diamond certificate.

Jay Z

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

The rapper first declared 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

AT musical creativity Rakim reflects an ideology that 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 unique style, which is based on jazz notes, slowness and smoothness, rhymes. Rakim pleases his fans 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 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.

André is actively involved in 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 Snoop Dogg, or rather DoggyStyle. Exactly this album represents real classic rap.

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, Notorious B.I.G, who represented east coast rap, ordered the assassination. Despite this fact, 2Pac entered not only the TOP-100, but also the TOP-10 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 activity, and at the age of 9 he was already a representative of the famous label Cash Money. 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.

Each 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 an immense rap, which can be incendiary and melodic. Modern tendencies music allows you to count on the fact that the TOP artists will change over time, but the best representatives have already made their names in history.

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Vasily Vakulenko from Rostov-on-Don, he is a real multi-station operator, whom colleagues on the stage are equal to. He performs under the pseudonyms Noggano and N1NT3ND0, participates in TV shootings, writes scripts, produces and manages his own label Gazgolder. Basta began writing rap at the age of 15, and at the age of 18 he performed the track "My Game" in the Rostov Palace of Sports. A hot time began for the young artist: the audience of concerts expanded day by day, and in 2006 Basta ascended to the pinnacle of fame in just a few months.

In 2009, there was a significant stir in the Russian-speaking rap scene with the appearance of a London-based Oxford graduate named Oxxxymiron. Hiding under a pseudonym, a young rhymer and a certified expert on medieval English literature Miron Fedorov won several serious battles and managed to quarrel with several top rappers in Russia at once, which only added to his figure of significance and weight. Now Oxxxymiron has two albums "Eternal Jew" and "Gorgorod", millions of views on YouTube and guaranteed full houses in several countries at once.

Guf

Teenage idol Guf (in the world - Alexei Dolmatov) first announced himself in 2000, but the real breakthrough in his career came four years later, when he joined the Moscow group Centr. The triumvirate represented by Guf "a, Ptakha and Slim" set the trends of Russian rap for five years, until the team broke up with a scandal. Guf did not sit idly by: since the album City of Roads, released in 2007, he has accumulated a lot of solo material. One of the founders of the label "CAO Records" is known for the drug theme of his tracks and the "Guf died" meme, which was actively promoted by Internet pranksters in 2011.

A native of the city of Yartsevo, Ivan Alekseev, now known as Noize MC, did not start with hip-hop at all, but with classes classical guitar in music school. Noize MC's career started at school discos, continued to tour with a rock band in Belgorod region, freestyle with a guitar in the Moscow dormitory of the Russian State Humanitarian University and successful battles to eventually lead to a contract with Universal Music Group and national recognition. Noize MC does not lose his grip, writes scandalous tracks and passes for his own at rock parties, recording either "Cockroaches!" or with "Lyapis Trubetskoy".

When the album of the Rostov group "Casta" "Louder than water, higher than grass" was released in 2002, it became clear that strong contenders for the rapper's throne appeared on the horizon. Soon the entire hip-hop community was discussing the author of most of the material and the producer of the team - the brutal Vladi (real name Vladislav Leshkevich). Poetic maturity, sincerity on the verge of confession, a serious masculine approach: simultaneously with the album "Casta", his debut solo album "What should we do in Greece?" With a series of subsequent releases, Vladi proved that he was worthy of the loans.