Timati: biography of the star of Russian hip-hop

Few people have not heard about the infamous singer of modern Russian pop music - Timati. The latest news about his musical career shows that the plans, which once seemed grandiose and impossible, began to be realized, and the singer becomes popular not only in his native country.

Biography Timati: childhood

The real name of the popular artist Timati is Yunusov Timur Ildarovich. A future star appeared in Moscow on August 15, 1983. The singer's parents are wealthy people. His father, Yunusov Ildar - a successful businessman. Despite this, Timati claims that he was brought up in harsh conditions and, from childhood, he got used to the idea that he should do everything himself.

Until 13 years, Timur lived in Moscow in his parents' house, then moved to the American Los Angeles, where he joined the hip-hop culture and fell in love with break-dance. According to him, the time spent in the US radically changed his perception of the world, music and himself. His circle of contacts included people of different nationalities, cultures, levels of life, which affected the change of many of his views on life. Already then, as a teenager, he began to write puns (in his words) texts, but that's how he looked for himself.

Timati: biography of the rapper

Career of Timur Yunusov as a rap artist began with the creation of a group called "VIP77". But she did not become as famous as the founder wanted, and did not last long. In 1999, Timati worked on a song in the team of the popular at that time Decl. No one then knew that he would sing with such sharks of the world's hip-hopa as Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and the dark-haired boy Timati.

Biography of Timur Yunusov: "Star Factory"

In a popular TV project, Timati did not want to participate initially, believing that his vision of music and the views promoted on the project are very different. But, having learned that the producer of the show is Igor Krutoy, he changed his mind. He wanted to show what he was capable of, to earn the respect of a great musician. Timati became the finalist of the project. And at the end - a member of the band "Band", blown to the whole country and nominated in 2006 to receive the MUZ TV award (category "Best Hip Hop Project").

Timati, biography: "Black Star"

In 2006, the graduate of the "Factory" released the first solo album entitled "Black Star". The title of the collection became his second stage name. The album contained a lot of duet compositions, such as "Dance with me" (with Ksenia Sobchak), "Wait" (with the band "Uma2rman"), "When you're around" (with Alexa).

"Heat"

Black Star played one of the main roles in the film "Heat", released in the rental in early 2007. Soundtracks of the film project were compositions from his 2006 album. The film made Timati's work even more popular.

Biography of the Russian singer has dozens of duets with world famous performers. Among them are Snoop Dogg, Kalenna Harper, Laurent Wolf, Busta Rhymes, DJ MEG, DJ Smash, DJ Antoine, Craig David, Mario Winans, Sergei Lazarev, Grigory Leps, Timbaland. And this is not going to stop Timati.

Biography: personal life Black Star

Girls from the famous rapper had a lot. This is Alexa (colleague of the "Factory"), and TV hostess Masha Malinovskaya, and Sofya Rudyeva ("Miss Russia 2009"), and Mila Volchek (student of the VGIK's directing faculty), and Angelina Bashkina (MGIMO student). According to the latest data, Timati's passion is Alena Shishkova - the model and the second Vice Miss Russia of Russia-2011.