America and its black population gave the world a huge number of wonderful discoveries: fast and fast dancing, amazing basketball, pretty hairstyles and, of course, rap. It is this culture that has gained a millionth fan audience. It is worth recalling the dark-skinned singer TuPak Shakur. Inspired by his work, his imitators began to appear on the stages of clubs and small venues. Many of them have grown into mature self-sufficient performers: Eminem, Dr. Dre and others.
Rap and the life of Vasily Vakulenko
Russian pop music also boasts successful rappers. One of them is singer Basta. The biography of this artist began far from musical culture, and his name was not so original. Vakulenko Vasily (at that time he was called the rapper who is now popular) was born in Rostov-on-Don in the year of the Olympics, 1980. His parents were far from creative - they were military. Normal and music schools are closely intertwined in the life of a singer with the rebellious name of Bast. Biography, personal life - all this has a touch of rap. Already at the age of 15, a young man organizes his own group and actively seeks to know such a direction of culture as hip-hop.
The first hits of Basta
Being fairly open and honest, Basta does not see himself as anything other than a rapper. After graduation, he enters the music school at the department of conductors. However, after the first year of study, the young man left the institution. Under the influence of Wu-tanc clan, Busta Rhymes and other popular rap groups at that time, the singer finds his own style. In 1997, on the Rostov radio, the hit "City" began to sound, the author and performer of which was Basta. The biography of the singer begins to sparkle with beats and rap rhythms. A year later, at the age of 18, the young man releases a new masterpiece - the composition “My Game”. This song blew up charts not only in Rostov, but throughout southern Russia. It’s hard to argue with the success of this masterpiece. It is worth taking a look at the lists of modern popular songs, and you can definitely see this track in them. Since that time, the concert life of the singer and his close, now deceased friend, Igor Zhelezka, began. The tour was only in the south of the country. Then a tragic event occurred: Igor died. After that, the singer disappeared for several long years for fans.
Re-takeoff
In 2002, a proposal was received from a close friend of Yuri Volos - to revive the Rostov rap idol “Basta”. The biography of the singer begins to radiate again the sounds of musical notation. A studio was already created at home, and new tracks appeared. Although no one doubted the talent of the performer, there were no people wishing to produce it. And only fans who had been waiting for his return for so long gave the singer new strength. And he went to conquer the capital.
For a long time, Basta and Yuri Volos tried to enlist the support of a company, but step by step they were overtaken by failure. In honor of those difficult days, a song was written about "dumb labels" and "lack of chances."
However, Moscow believed in them and gave luck in the person of Bogdan Titomir, who introduced the creative association "Gas Holder" to a singer named Basta. The biography of the artist begins a new round, and already all of Russia knows the talented rapper from Rostov. Then the first full-fledged project "Hyperlink" was born. Critics were delighted with this creation, and the large company "Monolith" aimed at the "adoption" of the group "Basta". The new album, released by this holding, did not cause such a stormy reaction of the public as the previous, non-commissioned tracks. Collaboration has ceased.
The lyrical image created by the singer was not entirely to his taste. And as a result - the emergence of two new artists: Noggano and Nintendo. The success of all three was confirmed by time. The singer is happily married to his longtime fan from Rostov, Elena Pinskaya. The couple has a daughter, Masha.