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Vasily Mikhailovich Vakulenko (rus - Василий Михайлович Вакуленко) (born April 20, 1980, Rostov-on-Don, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian musician (rapper and other genres, beatmaker, composer), TV and radio host, actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Since 2007 - co-owner of the label "Gazgolder". Since October 2019, he has been the owner of the SKA football club (Rostov-on-Don).

Known under the creative pseudonyms and projects of Basta, Noggano, N1NT3ND0 (Nintendo); formerly - Basta Oink, Basta Bastilio. Former member of the bands "Street Sounds" (1996), "Psycholyric" (1997-1998), "Free Zone" (2000-2001), Bratia Stereo (2011-2018).

Alexander Mikhailovich Zhvakin (рус. Александр Михайлович Жвакин) born January 25, 1989, Ulyanovsk, better known under the pseudonym Loc-Dog , is a Russian hip-hop artist, a former member of the Sides of Ra group. He became the first Russian-speaking performer of music in the styles of electrorap (a symbiosis of rap and electro) and hip-house.

To date, he has released nine numbered albums ("Paranoia", "Goodbye to everyone", "Apocalypse 2012", "Arrived", Electrodog 2, "Disconnect", "Don't lie to yourself", "Wings", "Noisy City", " Happiness is in the simple.

Miron Yanovich FyodorovMiron Yanovich Fyodorov (Russian: Мирон Янович Фёдоров; born 31 January 1985), known by stage name OxxxymironOxxxymiron, is a Russian hip-hop artist and former executive director of the Booking Machine booking agency, as well as a co-founder and former member of the record label Vagabund. He is one of the most influential and prominent hip-hop performers in Russia, and his albums The Eternal Jew and Gorgorod are considered by the community as the most important releases of Russian rap.

Miron Yanovich Fyodorov (Russian: Мирон Янович Фёдоров; born 31 January 1985), known by stage name Oxxxymiron, is a Russian hip-hop artist and former executive director of the Booking Machine booking agency, as well as a co-founder and former member of the record label Vagabund. He is one of the most influential and prominent hip-hop performers in Russia, and his albums The Eternal Jew and Gorgorod are considered by the community as the most important releases of Russian rap.

Abel Makkonen TesfayeAbel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weekndthe Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, Tesfaye's music explores escapism, romance, and melancholia, and is often inspired by personal experiences. He has received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, nineteen Billboard Music Awards, fifteen Juno Awards, six American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and an Academy Award nomination.

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, Tesfaye's music explores escapism, romance, and melancholia, and is often inspired by personal experiences. He has received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, nineteen Billboard Music Awards, fifteen Juno Awards, six American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and an Academy Award nomination.

Born and raised in Toronto, Tesfaye began his recording career in 2009 by anonymously releasing music on YouTube. Two years later, he co-founded the XO record label and released the critically acclaimed mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, quickly gaining recognition for his dark style of contemporary and alternative R&B, and for the mystique surrounding his identity. In 2012, Tesfaye signed with Republic Records and re-released the mixtapes in the compilation album Trilogy. His debut studio album Kiss Land was released in 2013, which saw him experiment with dark wave. His chamber pop and R&B single "Earned It", from the soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Tesfaye earned major critical and commercial success with his second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015); it became his first number one album on the US Billboard 200, and became one of the year's best-selling albums, while the singles "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills" topped the US Billboard Hot 100. Beauty Behind the Madness also won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. His third studio album Starboy (2016), which included the number-one single of the same name, saw similar commercial success. Like its predecessor, Starboy won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Tesfaye explored new wave and dream pop with his acclaimed fourth studio album After Hours (2020), which featured the number-one singles "Heartless" and "Save Your Tears", as well as the chart record-setting "Blinding Lights". His dance-pop inspired fifth studio album Dawn FM (2022) was also acclaimed, and included the US top-ten single "Take My Breath".

Among the world's best-selling music artists, with over 75 million records sold, Tesfaye holds several streaming and Billboard chart records. He is the first artist to simultaneously debut on the top three on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, while "Blinding Lights" is the longest-charting song in Billboard history. Considered an influential figure in contemporary popular music, Tesfaye was listed by Time as one of the world's most influential people in 2020.