When they hear the combination “Rapper Guf”, only one thing comes to mind: the most popular song of 2009 is Ice baby. Former member of Centr, a Russian rapper with a memorable name, Guf, on December 1, 2009, released his album "Homes." By 2010, almost the whole of Russia knew the text from the cult song of the collection Ice baby.
Who would have thought that Guf would gain such popularity? This composition was dedicated now to the ex-wife of rapper Aiza. Since 2010, a lot of time has passed. What is the popular rapper doing now? What happens in his personal life? Are rumors that Guf an addict true? We will deal with the life of a celebrity together.
The biography of rapper Guf
Inking in the fall of 1979 in Moscow, the future famous Russian rap artist was born. 38 years have passed since that moment, the artist has long grown to 182 cm, got married, raised a son, divorced. Many events have happened since 1979, but we are only interested in the most unusual facts from the life of a celebrity. First you need to find out the name of the rapper Guf. And his name is the simplest: Lesha. But Lesha is only for family and friends. The whole country called the young man Alexei Sergeevich Dolmatov. A tall young man, brown eyes, dark hair, Virgo on the zodiac sign - the most commonplace that can be said about a man. The life of Alexei Dolmatov deserves to be told a little more about her than height and weight.
Photo rapper Guf can be seen below.
The creative side of life
So, using his name as one of the components of the name of the group, at the beginning of the 2000s, Alexey Dolmatov enters the world of hip-hop. Rolexx - this is exactly the name of the group Alexey and his partner Roman came up with to combine their creative abilities. By combining two proper names, they created their own "brand".
This was only the beginning of the creative path. Further more. At first, Guf used the name of a musical group as his pseudonym and only later became known as Guf. Then Alex becomes a member of the Centr group, where in addition to Guf there are also such colorful rappers as Slim, DJ Shved, Ptaha, Principle. This music community lasted relatively short time - 6 years. Many tracks were released, several albums.
But the hero of our story wanted to move on and develop in a solo career. Guf himself says that his vanity, commercialism and increased self-esteem due to popularity served as a departure from Centr. Alexey imagines himself a soloist. It was at that moment that the song Ice baby was born.
2009: Alexey is already married to Aiza, released a solo album, dedicated an insanely sweet rap song to her. In the near future, the Russian rap artist will have a son. It seems that Dolmatov’s life is full of colors, his career goes up, his beloved wife is nearby, but what really worries the singer?
A new stage in creativity
Alexey Dolmatov, starring for the popular channel on Yiutobe "vDud" admits that it was a very frank interview. In the course of communication with Yuri, the rapper says that he has the most ordinary days for a celebrity: he woke up, had breakfast, went for an interview.
That's just Dud invites really interesting personalities. The life of Aleksey Dolmatov now is not too full of events. The singer is engaged in the improvement of his country house, he has a lot of free time. Leads a quiet, measured life. It’s more comfortable for Guf to live outside the city, where there is no extra noise, neighbors.
The rap artist has a new idea in his creative life - co-creation with Slim, a former member of Centr. By the way, Alexey does not depart from tradition and in 2017 he again comes up with a name for the duet, combining two stage aliases: Guf + Slim = Gusli. Slim again with Guf, but without Ptah. Dolmatov explains this by the fact that he cannot find a common language with him. Despite the fact that they are good friends and Guf speaks of Ptakh with warm words, in everyday things, according to Alexei, they are incompatible. He can no longer work with this artist in one team, they can’t find a common language in their work.
Guf - real?
Guf tells Dudu that he has been having problems with rights to a creative pseudonym for about nine years now. Once Alexei signed a contract for 10 years with the producers, transferring them all the rights in his name. Further, the story acquires an interesting plot: producer Gufa breaks up in a car accident, rights are transferred to the new owner of the company - the wife of the producer. She, in turn, sells her husband's company and, accordingly, the contract with Guf passes to other unknown owners. And it was here that the problems began. Aleksey's pseudonym was no longer in his hands, the artist was called an impostor, 150 lawsuits were filed, but the rapper won the case, regained his invented name.
Speech problems
A dissonance occurs in the head when we find out that Guf has a speech impediment. And we are not about that rapper burrs. It turns out that Alex stutters, but this does not interfere with his career. When he hears a beat, this problem fades into the background and he begins to rap without obstacles.
Dolmatov admits that at school he could not even answer at the blackboard. I performed all the tasks in writing - the problem with stuttering was so strong. And even now, in his fourth decade of life, he cannot read a book without stuttering. At numerous court hearings, when Guf returned his name, he could not introduce himself. The judge spoke everything for him. Such a small uniqueness of the artist is to rap, neglecting stuttering. Perhaps music for him is a kind of treatment.
Guf is shy of the scene
It is very interesting that, despite the already sufficient age and extensive experience in the hip-hop industry, Dolmatov is shy of the public. At his concerts, it’s hard for him to show emotions, charge the hall. He cannot "make a drive", joke during performances. However, Guf is trying to correct the flaw and is jealous of those who can arouse emotions in the audience. But he does not consider it necessary to repeat after other rappers, it is stupid to jump around the stage by the age of forty, Guf believes.
Drug problems
Dolmatov does not hide information about existing drug problems. He says without hesitation that when he studied in China, he began to trade hash.
I was the coolest huckster in the hostel. Italians came separately to me, Germans separately, Koreans. I sat with a piece of hash and cut it like a Prague cake.
This story could not go on for long. The embassy found out that the young man was selling illegal goods. Alexei had to leave China in the luggage compartment, because staying there meant signing up for the death penalty.
The first time rapper Guf tried drugs at age 12.
I just went with the Armenians to smoke herbs.
Already at the age of 16-17, the rap artist was hooked on heroin. The artist associates his addiction to drugs with the fact that his father left him at 3 years old.
If we take statistics, then most drug addicts, most addicted people, they have one parent.
When the parents divorced, the mother with a new boyfriend left for China. From that moment on, Guf was left to his own devices; his whole life was with his grandmother. Drug addiction once almost brought rapper Guf to death. He actively fought this, went to Israel for treatment, but believes that it is impossible to recover from such addiction. Alexei says that he will do everything so that children are not addicted to drugs.
Failed marriage
The artist was married from 2008 to 2013. The ex-wife of rapper Guf Isa was always there, supported him in moments of weakness, and helped fight drug addiction. Once she even managed to get him out of this hole. The personal life of rapper Guf was public. Everything, like glass - half the country followed the development of their relationship.
The reason for the divorce was the numerous betrayals of Alexei. He began to flirt with other girls already during Isa’s pregnancy and continued to “walk on the side” even after the birth of his son. At one point, Guf stopped hiding his betrayals, disappeared into striptease bars for several days and was not shy about his behavior. For him it was in the order of things. Isa and Guf are now in conversation. Alexey believes that he is to blame for the breakup, and the relationship did not need to be flaunted. That is why there is practically no information about his current girlfriend. One thing is known - this is not a media personality.
"I will love you..."
The most popular rapper Guf song is Ice baby. The text of this track sank in the head of thousands of people, all young people who were fond of this genre of music sang lines. But now at concerts at Guf she is practically inaudible. Alexey says:
To read that I will love you even when I am in heaven is no longer relevant.
The songs of rapper Guf are a reflection of his whole life. The artist is inspired by the events of his days, reads only about what happens to him in this period.