Morgenshtern
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Alisher Tagirovich Morgenshtern[a] (born Alisher Tagirovich Valeyev[b]; February 17, 1998), known mononymously as Morgenshtern (stylized in all caps), is a Russian rapper, record producer, and songwriter.
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| Birth name | Alisher Tagirovich Valeyev |
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| Born | February 17, 1998 Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia |
| Origin | Moscow, Russia |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Spouse(s) | Dilara Zinatullina (m. 2021) |
He first gained fame in 2018 as the author of parodies of popular music artists of that time, publishing these videos on his YouTube channel.
Biography
Alisher was born on February 17, 1998 in Ufa;[1] he changed his last name to Morgenshtern (Russian and Bashkir: Моргенштерн) as a teenager. His mother was a florist; his parents divorced and when Alisher turned 11, his father died of liver cirrhosis due to severe alcoholism.[citation needed]
He has been interested in music since his childhood,[2] and as a teenager he stated that he loved skateboarding.[citation needed]
He released his first music video in 2010.[3]
He attended university for some time, but shortly after starting he was expelled due to his "frank activities on YouTube", as the rector of the university stated.[4]
Morgenshtern was also a street musician,[5] and was the head singer of the rock band MMD Crew, with whom he collaborated in a song with the Russian rapper Face.[6]
He's most known for his YouTube-show "#EasyRap".[7]
In April 2021, Morgenstern sent a donation to the fund for helping orphans "Our Children" in Bashkiria. This is reported on the foundation's page in VKontakte. The organization clarified that the musician sent a total of 666,666 rubles, which was the largest donation to the NGO from a private person. This money will be spent on the development of the project "Mentoring".[8]
Music career
On 17 January 2020 he released the album "Legendary Dust", which was recorded in a week on his live stream. The album became the most successful of Morgenshtern's career, gaining a million streams on VK in the first half hour of release and five million streams in eleven hours.[9] In the first two days after the release, the album was listened to on VK more than 21 million times, which is a record for this social network.[10] On 30th January 2020 he visited the Evening Urgant show.[11]
On 5th March 2020 he released the track "Malyshka" (ru: Малышка), collaborated with the russian musician Sharlot.[12] On 5 June 2020 he released the track "Pososi".[13] Official music video for this track, currently is the most disliked YouTube video in Russia.[14] On 9 June 2020 he released the track "Cadillac", collaborated with Eldzhey.[15] On 31 July 2020 he released the track "Ice",[16] which went viral on social network TikTok.[17]
On 3rd November 2020 Morgenshtern as Russia's Most Successful Showman and Artist 2020 was interviewed by Yury Dud. The interview lasted almost three hours.[18]
In July 2021 Spotify named Morgenshtern the most listened artist from Russia.[19]
Shortly thereafter, Morgenshtern went abroad, and all of his previously scheduled concerts in Russia were canceled.[20] On December 10, Morgenshtern released the single "Domoy" about his leaving Russia for the UAE.[21]
Business
In 2020 Morgenshtern announced his plan to open a restaurant in center of Moscow. On 25 June 2020 Alisher Morgenshtern and Eduard Popov, better known as an autoblogger "Janis Grek" and one of the members of the YouTube channel "Team A", registered Private limited company "KAIF".[22] On 26 October 2020 on the ground floor office building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka street opened the Kaif Provenance restaurant.[23] On 26 September 2021 Morgenstern opened Kaif Burger on Nikolskaya Street in Moscow.[24]
In March 2021, Morgenshtern was appointed as the “youth director” of Alfa-Bank. It is assumed[by whom?] that he will be able to attract at least 100 thousand new customers from among his fans.[25]
Discography
Studio albums
- Do togo kak stal izvesten (2018)
- Ulybnis, durak! (2019)
- Legendarnaya pyl (2020)
- Million Dollar: Happiness (2021)
- Million Dollar: Business (2021)
- Last One (2022)
EP
- Hate Me (2018)
Singles
- Kopy na khvoste (with TIMURKA BITS) (2018)
- Vot tak (2018)
- Otpuskayu (2018)
- Turn it on! (with PALC) (2019)
- Guerra (2019)
- Novyj merin (2019)
- Igrovoy computer (with EQT_ALBERT) (2019)
- Mne pokh (with Klava Coka) (2019)
- Yung Hefner (2019)
- Mne pokh (Acoustic Version) (with Klava Coka) (2020)
- Malyshka (2020)
- Pososi (2020)
- Cadillac (with Eldzhey) (2020)
- Cadillac (Remix Pack) (with Eldzhey) (2020)
- Ice (2020)
- Lollipop (with Eldzhey) (2020)
- El Problemá (with Timati) (2020)
- Watafuk?! (with Lil Pump) (2020)
- Klip za 10 lyamov (2020)
- Cristal & Moyot (2020)
- Degenerat (Deluxe) (with Dzharakhov) (2021)
- Rozovoye vino 2 (with Yung Trappa) (2021)
- Family (with Yung Trappa) (2021)
- Novaya volna (with DJ Smash) (2021)
- Leck (with Imanbek and Fetty Wap featuring KDDK) (2021)
- Dulo (2021)
- Cristal & Moyot (Remix) (with SODA LUV and OG Buda featuring blago white and MAYOT) (2021)
- Show (2021)
- Ya ne znayu (with Slava Marlow) (2021)
- Domoy (2021)
- Pochemu? (2022)
- 12 (2022)
- Selyavi (2022)
- Nomer (2022)
- Izvestnym (with The Limba) (2022)
- Daleko (with Aarne) (2022)
- 5:00 AM (with LSP) (2022)
- Skolko stoi lubov (with The Limba, Niletto and BoombI4) (2022)
- Priton (with VACÍO) (2022)
- Bugatti (with Arut) (2022)
- Ya ubil Marka (Oxxxymiron Diss) (2022)
Awards and honors
Notes
References
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- ^ "Самый свежий на YouTube: биография Моргенштерна" [Newest on YouTube: Morgenshtern's biography]. VSRAP (in Russian). 2018-02-06. from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ "Đžđ˝Ń‹Đš Morgenshternâ€"Đœń‹ Đ˛Ń‹ŃˆĐľ Đžđąđťđ°Đşđžđ˛". YouTube. from the original on 2021-11-18. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ Алишер Моргенштерн: биография музыканта 2020-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. nur.kz
- ^ MORGENSHTERN. "КАК Я ПЫТАЛСЯ ЗАРАБОТАТЬ НА ЖИЗНЬ / СКОЛЬКО СЕЙЧАС ПРИНОСИТ КАНАЛ?". YouTube. from the original on 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "12 фактов про Morgenshtern — видеоблогера, пародирующего русский рэп". The-Flow.ru (in Russian). from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ^ ""Изи фейм": кто такой Моргенштерн и почему он уже едет в тур по стране". from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ "Моргенштерн направил на поддержку детям-сиротам 666 666 рублей". Газета.Ru (in Russian). from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Morgenshtern выпустил экспресс-альбом "Легендарная пыль"" (in Russian). tntmusic.ru. from the original on 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "Как Моргенштерн выбесил всех и вылез в топы". Афиша. from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ "Леонид Слуцкий и Моргенштерн придут в "Вечерний Ургант"". www.intermedia.ru. 2020-01-27. from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ "Morgenshtern, Шарлот "Малышка"" (in Russian). The-Flow.ru. from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ ""Пососи" — это новый клип Morgenshtern" (in Russian). The-Flow.ru. from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Новое самое дизлайкнутое видео на российском ютьюбе — последний клип Моргенштерна". Афиша. from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Morgenshtern и Элджей выпустили фит Cadillac". Собака.ru. from the original on 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Morgenshtern выпустил трек "Ice"". The-Flow.ru (in Russian). from the original on 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ^ ""Эй, м, м, айс": американцы пытаются понять, что поет Моргенштерн в песне "Ice"". from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Вышел "вДудь" с Моргенштерном". The-Flow.ru (in Russian). from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ "В Spotify назвали самых прослушиваемых в России исполнителей". TASS (in Russian). from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ "Бастрыкин обвинил Моргенштерна в торговле наркотиками". from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ "Новый клип Моргенштерна собрал полтора миллиона просмотров за первые часы" [Morgenshtern's new music video garnered a million and a half views in the first hours]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2021-12-10. from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "Моргенштерн зарегистрировал фирму-общепит". from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "Каким получился ресторан Моргенштерна Kaif Provenance". from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "Morgenstern opened a burger in the center of the capital". World Today News. 26 September 2021. from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Альфа-банк нанял на работу Моргенштерна" (in Russian). RBC. 2021-03-15. from the original on 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ ""Бабы перевелись": Моргенштерн признан "женщиной года"". from the original on 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "Все победители премии «GQ Человек года» 2020". 12 November 2020. from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Моргенштерн, Богомолов и Ко: чем запомнилась премия "GQ Человек года"". 13 November 2020. from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.