Rapper tequila about love. Alexander Tarasov (T-Killah): biography, creativity and personal life

Childhood of Alexander Tarasov

Since childhood, Alexander has been involved in sports - basketball, volleyball, kickboxing. The guy’s education began at a school with an economic specialization, then continued at the Academy of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

It seemed that the guy’s future was predetermined, and there was no place for music in it. However creativity took its toll, and Alexander decided to start a career in show business, despite the lack music education.

The beginning of the career of Alexander Tarasov

T-killah – “At the Bottom (Master)” (2009)

Tarasov managed to consolidate his success thanks to joint work with Nastya Kochetkova, a participant in the Star Factory. Their common video for the song “Above the Ground” literally “torn” radio stations and music channels. The song remained at the top of various charts for a long time. Another duet composition that finally won the hearts of T-killah fans, “Radio,” recorded together with Masha Malinovskaya, was released in 2010.

T-killah ft. Masha Malinovskaya - “Radio” (2010)

T-Killah's debut album

The album consisted mainly of joint work with other performers. In addition to Kochetkova and Malinovskaya, Tarasov recorded songs and videos with Dom-2 star Olga Buzova, “manufacturer” Victoria Daineko, singer Loya, actress and politician Maria Kozhevnikova, ex-tattoo Lena Katina, Junior Eurovision winner Nastya Petrik, Anastasia Stotskaya and other stars domestic stage.

T-killah ft. Nastya Kochetkova - “Above the Ground” (2010)

The scale of the artist’s joint work amazed even DJ Smash, whom T-Killah also did not deprive of attention, recording a cover of his composition “ Best songs».

After the stunning success of the first album, T-killah hurried to release the next album, released in 2015 - “Puzzles”, which clearly demonstrated that the performer does not sit still, but is diligently developing creatively. The album finally included T-Killah's solo hits, but there were also joint recordings. Listeners especially loved the duets with Alexander Marshal and the Vintage group.

T-killah ft. Alexander Marshall - “I will remember” (2015)

After the release of the album, Alexander Tarasov pleased fans with a couple more new compositions: “Floors” (duet with Vera Brezhneva), “It’s Normal”, “ Good morning" and "Monkeys".

One of latest clips T-Killah – “Monkeys”, recorded with the participation of video blogger Amiran Sardarov (runs a channel called “Diary of a Khach”).

T-killah & Diary of a Khach – “Monkeys”

Social activities of Alexander Tarasov

Having become the author of the project of the production company “Star Technology”, Tarasov gave a chance to many aspiring performers to realize their dream of the stage. Star Technology represents the interests of both newcomers in the field of music and such established celebrities as Lena Katina and members of the Romanian group Morandi.

Tarasov was successfully involved in charity and social activities. He actively took part in the “Looking for a Home” charity project, helping homeless animals. T-killah is also passionate about Internet technologies and actively invests in various IT startups.

Personal life of T-Killah

New stars appear on the Russian horizon every now and then - some fade quickly, others linger longer. One such artist who appeared in show business relatively recently is Alexander Ivanovich Tarasov, known to a wide audience as T-Killah.

A little about hip-hop

This is the genre in which T-Killah works. Hip-hop is often confused with rap or generally considered synonymous, which is fundamentally wrong. Rap is the reading of text to music in the form of recitative. Fragments of rap performance can be interspersed not only in hip-hop, but also in various other genres - rhythm and blues, pop music, and so on. Hip-hop (from English “jump-jump”) is a union various forms art. In addition to music, this includes dance and graffiti. Musical direction Hip-hop is music with specific percussive rhythms, both with and without vocals. It originated from the music of African Americans, began to develop widely in America in the 70s of the last century, and only then captivated the whole world.

T-Killah: biography

Sasha Tarasov was born in Moscow on April 30, 1989. His father is the famous businessman Ivan Tarasov (he was engaged in construction, died last year), his mother’s name is Elena. The family was quite wealthy, intelligent, and Alexander received an appropriate upbringing. At school, according to the recollections of the artist himself, he studied well - mostly with B grades, although there were also C grades. At the same time, Sasha was not a good boy: once he even dyed the teacher’s hair during a lesson.

With friends from his teenage years, young T-Killah went to clubs and led a nocturnal lifestyle. Thoughts about music did not arise in his head then, nor, indeed, about serious education. However, Sasha’s father, having learned about his son’s adventures, decided to direct him “on the true path.” WITH light hand father Alexander and ended up at the Academy of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - despite the fact that the school in which he studied also had an economic bias. At the institute he studied smoothly and was known as a favorite among his peers and teachers. He says that tests and exams were mostly easy. The future artist graduated from the “Finance and Credit” major in 2010. However, at this time he was no longer a “future”, but a “real” artist. How did it all turn out?

The beginning of the way

There are no special details about this in T-Killah’s biography, but, as usually happens in life, everything happened because of a girl. Academy student Sasha Tarasov recorded a song for a friend, which she posted on the World Wide Web. Laudatory reviews appeared, and Alexander for the first time thought about making music on a professional level.

Then he chose a pseudonym not T-Killah - Taras: that’s what his friends called him. Later, having plunged more deeply into this field of activity, Sasha decided to change his stage name. He remembers that he definitely wanted to leave the first letter “T” - in honor of the surname, but he couldn’t think of anything else. An accident saved the matter - at a party, Alexander had too much tequila, then became curious about the meaning of this word, and discovered that in medicine there is a drug with a similar name, whose purpose is to kill harmful cells in cancer. This is how T-Killah emerged from Alexander Ivanovich Tarasov, whose vocation determined the cleansing of the stage from low-quality performers.

Career takeoff

Sasha’s first song to hit the charts was called “At the Lower Depths.” He recorded it in 2009, and it also owes its appearance to the girl: it was love suffering that prompted young man for creativity. The song soared to the top of the charts, and the video for it collected several million views on YouTube. For the first time they started talking about Sasha. But for complete success this was not enough - the next song was required, which would also become a hit. And Sasha remembered his school friend, Nastya Kochetkova. While still teenagers, they agreed to record sooner or later joint track. Then Nastya got involved in the popular Channel One project “Star Factory” and took up creativity. The girl responded to Alexander’s offer to work with joy. Thanks to their tandem, the song “Above the Ground” was born, which quickly became a hit and strengthened T-Killah’s position on the Russian stage.

And then everything started to turn around. Sasha wrote songs and shot videos. In 2013, his debut album Boom was released, two years later - his second album called “Puzzles”. The artist recalls that for a long time I didn’t tell my parents about my hobby. Having learned about Sasha’s occupation, my mother did not believe in his success for a long time - until two girls approached her on the street and asked her to say hello to her son. His father, according to Alexander, always supported his endeavors. In memory of him, this year Sasha released the song and video clip “Papa”.

Duets

Duet creativity occupies a special position in the biography of T-Killah. In addition to the song with, the artist’s archive includes works with Victoria Daineko, Olga Buzova, Loya, Anastasia Stotskaya. By the way, his first record practically consists of duets. Among the singer’s latest collaborations, one can note a recording with Alexander Marshal, the Vintage group, and Vera Brezhneva.

Personal life and social activities

T-Killah doesn't talk too much about his personal life. For a long time he reported that he did not have a girlfriend at all, he was free, in search and, like the hero of his “Good Morning” video, wakes up every morning in the arms of a new girlfriend. All this cemented Sasha’s image as a Casanova. However, in Lately There were allegations that T-Killah still has a girlfriend. Allegedly, since October last year, the artist has been dating Maria Belova, the host of one of the Russian TV channels. Sasha appeared with her at the wedding of one of popular musicians and, according to witnesses, did not leave her side.

But about social activities There is more information in T-Killah's biography. He is involved in production, owns the production company Star Technology, and is actively involved in charity work, helping homeless animals.

1. He has been involved in sports since childhood, and recently became interested in CrossFit.
2. Loves playing football, but hates watching it.
3. He loves dogs and hates cats; he is allergic to the latter. Two dogs live at home.
4. I picked up a love of extreme sports from my mother.
5. I like Kanye West's work.
6. He loves action films and dreams of starring in films in this genre.
7. Sasha's height is 193 centimeters.
8. One of Sasha’s dogs, named Marshal, got its name in honor of Alexander Marshal - it was during the recording of a duet with the artist that this dog was acquired.

There is an opinion that getting into domestic show business There are two ways - either to give someone very influential a lot of money, or - through bed. Sasha T-Killah - shining example how to achieve success on your own, bypassing both, without having a musical education. So if you have talent, everything will certainly work out.

Rapper T-Killah, also known to everyone as Alexander Tarasov, spoke on the microblog about the terrible tragedy that befell his family. The performer’s beloved father, businessman Ivan Tarasov, has passed away. The 69-year-old entrepreneur died in the intensive care unit of one of the capital’s clinics after suffering two strokes.

Rapper T-Killah remained silent for several days about the trouble that came to their house. And only nine days after the funeral, he decided to inform his fans about the bereavement that had befallen his family. The 27-year-old young man admits that he still cannot come to terms with the death of his father, with whom he was very close.

“A little more than nine days have already passed, but I still can’t believe it. For me, as you were the most important example in life, you will remain forever. Forever in my heart. I promise to love and take care of our mother. Your son,” the rapper T-Killah wrote on the microblog, publishing a joint photo with his father.

The rap artist's fans did not ignore the poignant post. In the comments they write words of grief, support and sympathy to Alexander Tarasov. “San, hold on, we are with you”, “This is very difficult, accept condolences, be strong!”, “People, appreciate your parents while they are alive. Sasha, my condolences!”, “ Everlasting memory! Dads never die, they just stop being around,” “Kingdom of Heaven! Great loss for family and loved ones. The most precious thing about us is our parents,” his subscribers responded to the performer’s grief.

According to some reports, the father of rapper T-Killah, Ivan Tarasov, suffered his first stroke five years ago. After that terrible diagnosis all the family’s forces and resources were devoted to the restoration and rehabilitation of Ivan Alekseevich. It is known that Ivan Tarasov was engaged in the construction business, in the 80s he was the director of a large plant for the production of trucks - ZIL. He approved of his son's choice to study music and supported him as best he could. According to the performer, his father was the most best friend and advisor.

Let us remind you for the first time about the rapper T-Killah, as promising musician they started talking in 2010, when in a duet with a graduate of the Star Factory project he performed the song “Above the Ground.”

// Photo: InstagramRapper T-Killah

Alexander Ivanovich Tarasov under the creative pseudonym T-killah is a Russian rap/hip-hop/R’n’B performer. The artist is famous joint projects with Russian pop and rock performers. The number of people watching T-killah's video clips is breaking records on YouTube.

Alexander Ivanovich Tarasov was born on April 30, 1989 in Moscow. Mother - Elena Tarasova, father - Ivan Alekseevich. Ivan Tarasov was at the head of the ZIL plant in the 80s; after the collapse of the USSR, he went to Building bussiness. Alexander studied at a school with an economic focus. He played volleyball, basketball and kickboxing.

After graduating from school, the future rapper entered the Academy of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But he didn’t work in his specialty and took up music. The lack of musical education did not prevent him from connecting his life with show business. Alexander’s desire to engage in creativity evoked support from Ivan Alekseevich. His father, according to the musician, was his best friend.

Music

The creative biography of Alexander Tarasov began in 2009. T-killah made his public debut when "In contact with" the rapper’s composition “To the Bottom (Boss)” appeared. The video for the song collected 2 million views on YouTube. The song “To the Bottom (Boss)” was followed by the song “Above the Ground,” recorded together with a participant in “Star Factory.” The composition was played on radio and music channels. The popularity of rapper T-killah was cemented by the 2010 composition “Radio”, performed together with.

The video for the song “I'll Be Around,” included in the album “Boom,” was filmed in the Arabian desert, with Bedouins and camels. T-killah sang it in a duet with the ex-soloist of the Tatu group. The clip is dedicated to the eternal theme - the relationship between two lovers. The heroes of the song “I’ll Be There” have to decide what to choose - a passing hobby or serious relationship. Shooting a clip creative Group traveled through the desert, visited nomadic settlements and made sea voyages.

The scale of the rapper’s joint videos amazed even T-Killah, whom T-Killah also did not ignore, recording a cover of the song “Best Songs.” T-killah's next disc, “Puzzles,” was released in 2015. It includes both the rapper’s solo compositions (“Hello, how are you,” “Fly away,” “Invisible”) and duets.

In the fall of 2015, a video was released for the duet of the 58-year-old rock musician and 26-year-old rapper T-killah “I will remember.” The video was filmed in a green area in the center of Moscow, decorated as a cemetery. In the song main character dies, becoming an angel for his beloved. The song was included in the “Puzzles” disc.

In February 2015, rapper T-killah had an unpleasant incident with iTunes. Alexander signed a contract with iTunes to release the Puzzle disc. A month before the official release of the disc, a photo of the unedited cover of the disc and the rapper’s duets with Alexander Marshal and the Vintage group, included in new album. The American company questioned further work with Tarasov and threatened with a fine.

T-killah’s video for the song “Alcoholic” was not included in rotation on any TV channel in Russia. The reason for this was the large amount of alcohol appearing in the frame. Despite the refusal of music channels, many of the rapper’s fans watched the video clip on the Internet. The video was filmed in a student village near Amsterdam and, according to T-killah, the video looks exactly like any party he attends.

For the filming of the 2016 video for the song “Good Morning,” the musician’s creative team invited 7 girls with luxurious shapes to the set. According to the plot of the video, beauties replace one another in the singer’s dreams. The heroines doused in colored paint add brightness to the rapper’s “dreams.”

In 2016, the rapper’s album “Drink” was released. The composition “Heel,” which was included in this album and appeared on air on August 25, 2016, created a real sensation. The video clip for the song collected more than 1 million views in less than 24 hours. The video for the song “It's Normal” has collected more than 18 million views on YouTube. The album included the popular songs “Piggy Bank”, “The World Is Not Enough”, etc. In addition, the album included the song “Come Forever”, performed by the artist in a duet with.

Personal life

In July 2016, Alexander’s beloved father died of a second heart attack. The family struggled with Ivan Alekseevich’s illness for 5 years. In 2017, T-killah released the song “Your Dream” and a video clip for the song “Papa” dedicated to memory deceased father.

Alexander Tarasov, like many rappers, has a trail of fame as a womanizer. Learn about the artist's personal life from "Instagram" It’s difficult - T-killah doesn’t post photos of girls. According to rumors, Alexander’s unsuccessful first novel left its mark on creative biography artist. The debut composition “At the Depths” is dedicated to this relationship.

Alexander was credited in the media with different time relationships with Olga Buzova, Katrin Grigorenko. The rapper had a long affair with the director of the T-killah project, Olya Rudenko. The couple started dating in 2010 and lasted 4 years. The break in relations, according to rumors, occurred due to Alexander’s reluctance to tie himself into marriage.

Now the press is discussing Tarasov’s possible affair with the presenter of the Rossiya 24 channel. The artist hid his relationship with ex-wife businessman Ilya Likhtenfeld. The couple’s relationship became known at the wedding of the artist Black Star and Maria Gural. Maria and Alexander came to the wedding together and in every possible way demonstrated their tender feelings for each other in public.

T-killah now

In March 2017, the world saw the release of a joint video by T-killah and a participant in the shows “Dom-2” and “Voice. Season 4". The clip is called “Your Dream.” One of the latest clips from T-killah “Monkeys” was created together with a blogger known as the host of the “Diary of a Khach” channel. The video “Vasya in disarray” was watched by more than 6 million YouTube users.

On August 3, 2017, the premiere took place on YouTube T-killah songs“Well done on your legs,” and on September 4, 2017, the T-killah video “We’re burning, we’re burning” was shown on the channel “Diary of a Khach.” In addition to creativity, the artist Alexander Tarasov is a businessman: he runs the production company “Star Technology”, helps aspiring artists together with the production center “Garage Raver”.

Tarasov invests in interesting IT projects and has created several Internet portals with like-minded people. The artist together with famous artists took part in the “Looking for a Home” charity program, the goal of which is to give shelter to homeless animals. Loves fishing and sports.

Discography

• 2013 - "Boom"
• 2015 - “Sak Noel, T-Killah, Veigar - GTFO”
• 2015 - “Slider & Magnit feat. T-Killah - Alcoholic"
• 2015 - “Puzzles”
• 2015 - “Floors”
• 2015 - “It’s normal”
• 2015 - “I will remember”
• 2016 - “Good Morning”
• 2016 - “Drink”
• 2016 - “Monkeys”

Despite the fact that he did not receive a musical education, T-killah dreamed of becoming a musician since childhood. Alexander came up with the stage name “T-killlah” at the age of 14 after his first unsuccessful acquaintance with the drink of the same name.

The artist's main hobbies are music and sports, in particular football and basketball. Alexander played volleyball professionally for 7 years, as well as boxing and kickboxing. It is thanks to good physical fitness the artist was invited to film the 3rd season of the extreme show “ Cruel Games» Channel One.

Creation

In 2010, the track “Above the Ground” followed, which T-killah performed in a duet with popular singer Nastya Kochetkova. This composition brought the artist wide fame. The track got into active radio rotation, and the video was broadcast on major music channels. Filming of the video took place in spanish city Alicante, where an unpleasant story happened to the artists: they were robbed right on film set. The artists' passports and expensive musical equipment were stolen.

Also in 2010, a video clip was released for the song “Radio”, performed together with the popular TV presenter Masha Malinovskaya. The video clip premiered on February 25 at his birthday socialite and had positive responses from colleagues from show business.

In 2011, T-killah released two more duets with show business stars. In the summer of 2011, the song “Don’t Forget” was released, which T-killah performed together with the host of the TV project “House 2” Olga Buzova. The song premiered on the TNT channel during the finals of the Doma 2 beauty contest. The video for the song was filmed on the beach in Los Angeles. The clip was included in the rotation of MTV, Muz-TV, M1-Ukraine TV channels.

In the fall of 2011, the premiere of the song “Come Back” took place. The lyrical composition “Come Back” became one of latest works Oleg Mironov, producer of the groups “23:45”, “5sta family” and singer Loya, with whom the song was performed. The composition became a radio hit and a leader among Russian-language songs in October 2011. In November 2011, the premiere of the video clip of the same name took place. Loya herself was unable to take part in the filming due to the death of Oleg Mironov, but, nevertheless, T-Killah decided to continue working on the video, which had begun famous producer, and bring his plans for the duet “Come Back” to completion.

In addition to solo songs and duets with famous performers T-killah also managed to make two cover versions already famous hits. In March 2011, it was the track “I Love Rock"n"Roll", originally recorded by the Arrows, but subsequently covered many times by other artists, including Britney Spears. It was Britney's version that was presented in a new way by T-killah. The presentation of the song was prepared jointly with Sony Music, which proposed to make T-killah a cover of one of the singer’s old hits in honor of the release of Britney Spears’ new album “Famme Fatale”.

In December 2011, T-killah also performed a cover version of the hit "Best Songs" by DJ Smash. Alexander was very flattered that DJ Smash himself invited him to cover his track, and he took work on it very seriously. As a result, performed by T-killah famous composition sounded completely new: new guitar parts were recorded, all instruments and arrangements became live. In addition, the rapper came up with a new verse for the song, composed of lines from famous hits by DJ Smash. Smash himself was pleased with the work of the young musician.

At the beginning of April 2014, T-Killah presented a cover of the hit of Leni Nerushenko, the lead singer of the Dynamite group, “Hello How Are You” on Love Radio (106.6 fm). The main character the video for this song has become American model and the face of the legendary Victoria's Secret brand - Xenia Deli.

In March 2015, the second album was released, which was called “Puzzles”. Unlike the debut album, it includes solo songs. But there were also duets - “I will remember” with Alexander Marshal and “Maya Universe” with the Vintage group. On September 10, the premiere of the video clip for the song “I Will Remember” took place, which caused a stir on the Internet. Within two weeks, the number of views on YouTube surpassed 500,000, and the number of song additions in social networks - 100 000.

First album

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