Timur Ildarovich Yunusov (born August 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Timati (Russian: Ти́мати), is a Russian rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.
Russian rapper
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Ildarovichand the family name is Yunusov .
Timati
Тимати
Timati in 2018
Background information
Birth name
Timur Ildarovich Yunusov
Born
(1983-08-15) August 15, 1983 (age39) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Genres
Hip hop
R&B
trap
gangsta rap
breakcore
pornogrind
hip house
hardcore hip hop
Occupation(s)
Rapper
singer
songwriter
record producer
actor
entrepreneur
Labels
Timati (since 2020)
Black Star Group (2006–2020)
SBA Production/Gala Records (2004–2013)
Musical artist
Biography
Early life
Timur Ildarovich Yunusov (Tatar: Тимур Илдар улы Юнусов, Russian: Тиму́р Ильда́рович Юну́сов) was born on August 15, 1983, in Moscow to an ethnically mixed family[1] of Tatar father Ildar Vakhitovich Yunusov and Jewish mother Simona Yakovlevna Yunusova (née Chernomorskaya), he also has a younger brother, Artyom. He grew up in a wealthy industrialist family, saying "I have very wealthy parents", but "I was never spoiled."[2][3]
He was raised mainly on Mira Avenue in Moscow. His current stage name "Timati" has stuck with him since he was young.[4] Yunusov also lived in Los Angeles for 3 years. At the urgent request of his grandfather, composer and conductor Yakov Chervomorsky, Timur graduated from violin class in music school.[5] He studied at the Higher School of Economics, finished his third year but left to focus on his music career. He later became associated with the YPS squad. His first single came out with Konaldo.
Career
He became well known to the Russian community from the music reality show Star Factory 4, but before it he collaborated with Detsl. Member of the group Banda (Russian: Банда; lit. "Gang") and co-founder of VIP 77. Former owner of B-Club nightclub, the bar Black October and the stores Ё-Life. He is the CEO of his own label called "Black Star Inc". In 2006, was featured in Heat produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk. In 2008, Timati was featured in a Fat Joe song called "Put U Take It", also featuring German rapper Nox and Raul, produced by Scott Storch, which references Jacob Arabo. In 2008 Mario Winans featured Timati in the single "Forever". In the same year, Timati appeared in the comedy film Hitler goes Kaput!. Timati, in 2009, featured Snoop Dogg in the single "Groove On" although some make unverified claims that Snoop Dogg (and also Busta Rhymes) was simply paid for the collaboration.[3]
Michael 'Mike' David is currently Timati's UK producer. He is responsible for Timati's collaborations with foreign artists, such as Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, and Mario Winans, and much of Timati's popularity in the Western world.
In Summer 2011 he topped the charts in Luxembourg, Poland, and Romania with the single "Welcome to St. Tropez" vs. DJ Antoine and feat. Kalenna Harper from Diddy – Dirty Money, shortly after being nominated for the best clip in Russia's Capital Moscow with "I'm on You" feat. P Diddy. The clip was created by Timati's old friend and partner Pavel Hoodyakov in the U.S.
In 2016 Timati gave his biggest solo performance to date in Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Moscow. The concert was attended by 15,000 people and featured a 3D-installation, a car on stage and other spectacular show elements.[6]
On the night of June 21, 2018 Timati and Egor Kreed held an unauthorized mass event in Moscow on Bolshaya Dmitrovka by staging an impromptu performance right on the roof of a car, which caused a major traffic jam on the street.[7] This action was devoted to the opening of Timati's beauty salon. The next day, lawyer Alexander Khaminsky filed an application to initiate a case on this incident in the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tver and the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate.[8][9][10] The court was appointed on August 1, 2018.[11]
In 2021, Timati's music video ''Scandal'' featuring Hanza and Oweek received a nomination at the Berlin Music Video Awards for Best Visual Effects. The VFX company behind the music video is HoodyFX.[12]
Friendship with Ramzan Kadyrov
Timati calls the Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov a friend and brother.[13][verification needed] In 2017, Timati shared an Instagram post of himself posing in Kadyrov's private jet.[14] When anti-corruption activists highlighted this, Timati removed the Instagram post.[14]
Support for Vladimir Putin
He participated in a political video to support Vladimir Putin during the 2012 Russian presidential election.[15] During the 2018 Russian presidential election, he endorsed and was an official supporter of Vladimir Putin.[16]
During the repression of candidates for the election of the Moscow State Duma, police brutality was used to hold back protestors and Timati collaborated with another rapper "Guf" to make "Москва" (Moscow), a song including the chorus "my best friend is President Putin", dissing the protesters and Russian opposition movement while praising the mayor of Moscow, the Kremlin, and Vladimir Putin and the video amassed 1.48 million dislikes on YouTube, the highest amount for a Russian video on YouTube before Russian rapper MORGENSHTERN broke the record for a music video for song "Pososi". Later, Timati deleted the "Moscow" video due to a "wave of negativity".[17][18][19][20][3][21][22][23][24]
On 18 March 2022, Timati sang at Vladimir Putin's Moscow rally celebrating the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation from Ukraine and justifying the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[25]
AliExpress Scandal
On Timati's merchandise store, Black Star Wear, Timati collaborated with the Russian Army with military-style clothes but users found near identical clothing being sold on Chinese online marketplace AliExpress being rebranded and price gouged on Black Star Wear. Similarly, the wireless earphones also sold on Black Star Wear that were branded as "unique" also were traced back to near identical AliExpress counterparts. Timati then did a brand deal with AliExpress, making a short rap video promoting AliExpress, praising AliExpress for delivery speed and good deals on the website.[26][27][28][29][30]
2009 – "Audio of Audi. History of the brand"[32][33] – Executive audiobooks
2010 – "Tatar folk tales" – Executive audiobooks
2012 – "A boy of twelve. Tatar folk tale" – Executive audiobooks
2012 − "A white serpent. Tatar folk tales" − Executive audiobooks
2012 − "Kamyr-Batyr. Tatar folk tales" − Executive audiobooks
Business
Timati has several successful businesses including:
"Black Star Wear" - clothing line.
"Black Star Burger" - restaurant opened in 2016 in Moscow, it later became a franchise with several locations such as Los Angeles and Cheljabinsk.[3][34] The burger restaurant is popular among the youths in Russia.[35]
"13 by Black Star" - barber shop and a tattoo shop in Moscow.
"Stars Coffee", taking over the former Starbucks coffees in Russia after the company withdrew due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[36]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Awards
Berlin Music Video Awards
Best Visual Effect ''Scandal'' - 2021 (nominated)
MTV Russian Music Awards
Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2007 (nominated)
Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2008 (nominated)
Best Artist – 2008 (nominated)
Best Male Act – 2008 (nominated)
MUZ-TV Awards
Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2009 (nominated)
Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2010 (won)
Best Album "The Boss" – 2010 (won)
Best Video "Love You" – 2010 (won)
Best Video "I'm on You" – 2011 (won)
MTV Europe Music Awards
Best Russian Act – 2009 (nominated)
Best Russian Act – 2010 (nominated)
Best Russian Act – 2011 (nominated)
Golden Gramophone Award
Award winner for the "I love you..." song – 2008
Award winner for the "Moscow Never Sleeps..." song − 2009
Award winner for the "London" song (together with Grigory Leps) − 2013
Night Life Awards
Best club hit – 2003
Best club figure of the year − 2007
World Fashion Awards
Best R'n'B artist – 2007
Fashion R'n'B project − 2008
Other awards
2008 − MTV RMA Award (Best club project for the Black Star Club)
2009 − In Da Awards (Best album according to Indarnb.ru)
2010 − Love Radio Awards (Best artist according to Love Radio)
2010 − "Trud" newspaper award - (Best-looking man)
2014 − World Music Awards (Best Russian Artist and Best RnB Artist of Russia)
Other achievements
His 2019 pro-Kremlin and anti-gay music video "Moscow" became the most disliked Russian video on YouTube, with 1.48 million dislikes before it was removed from YouTube.[46]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he argued in favor of the Russian attack.[47]
Timati was in a relationship with Alexa – his colleague from the “Fabrika Zvyozd” – a popular Russian television talent show. The pair split up in 2007.
He was also in a relationship with model Alena Shishkova. They share a daughter named Alisa (born 19 March 2014).
Since 2015, Timati has been dating Russian model Anastasia Reshetova. On October 16, 2019, the couple had a son, named Ratmir.
See also
MD&C Pavlov
References
Kamenev, Marina (January 18, 2008). "The word on the streetArchived September 18, 2012, at archive.today". The St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
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