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, USSR), better known by his stage name ST- Russian rap artist, former member of the Phlatline association, finalist of the first season of the show "Battle for Respect".
From 2011 to December 2013, together with Dino MC 47 led the RapInfo program. Nominee for the Muz-TV Prize 2013 in the category "Best Hip-Hop Project". He is also a fan of the Spartak football club, to which he dedicated several of his compositions.
Biography
Was born in 1988 in Moscow.
He made his first recording in 2003 as part of the Souljar's Family group, which included ST (at that time $ t Soulja), Shodi and Lil ’Soulja.ST and Lil’Soulja are former classmates, studied at school 711, ZAO, Q2za
In 2006, his work attracted the attention of Seryoga, head of the KingRing label, who immediately offered ST a contract with a production company. Having quickly won the attention and love of listeners, the rapper became a welcome guest in the best clubs in Moscow, as well as a participant in many public events (the Coffee Grinder festival, a joint performance with Seryoga at the RMA and the Golden Gramophone, the Splash! Hip-hop festival, etc. ). In 2008, ST left the KingRing label.
In 2007, he began active cooperation with the first hip-hop agency in Russia, Phlatline. In October of the same year, together with the recording company "Monolith", the artist released his debut album "One Hundred Out of a Hundred".
The album brought ST even more popularity, he became an honorary guest in the prestigious clubs of the capital (B-Club, ZHARA, R&B cafe, Black October DJ Bar, Diamond Hall, Bar Fly), began to participate in various mass events and music awards.
With the support of Phlatline, many ST videos were shot, which have been on the air for a long time on such well-known TV channels as A-One, RU.TV, Music Box, Muz-TV and MTV. One of his most famous clips of that time is the video for the song "Peter-Moscow", also on his account the clips "BEEF", "Respect", "Fall in love", "In another way" (teacher Guf), "We Made It Remix ”and“ In Your House ”.
On February 11, 2011, a new ST video was filmed for the track "Girl from the Periphery" from the album "N100". The track was produced by Nel from the group "Marselle", and the singer Alexandra Streltsova, who sang the chorus, played the main character of the video. "Girl from the Periphery" was included in the track-list of ST's second album "Na100ashchiy", the release of which is scheduled for early December. The clip was directed by Sarik Andreasyan, who directed the films "Mugs" and the modern sequel to "Office Romance".
In 2012 ST starts cooperation with Universam Kultury LLC. In the summer, a video for the track "Rap'N'Roll" was filmed in Los Angeles. The Motion Family took over the filming process. "Rap'N'Roll" is the first single from rap artist ST's third studio album, Bulletproof.
On December 22, 2012, a video clip for the song "Going to the Bottom" was released. Even before the film adaptation, the song caused a great resonance in the hip-hop community. Immediately after the release of the track, it turned out that the video for it had already been filmed and was in post-production. Worked on the video production group 2rbina 2rista. The release of the album "Bulletproof" took place on March 5, 2013, and its presentation took place on March 9.
On September 23, his birthday, he uploads a video clip for the updated version of the song "Beef", the original of which was released back in 2008. At the end of 2013, he ends cooperation with Invisible Management.
In 2014 he took part in the Internet show Versus Battle. The issue was released on March 9, 2014. His opponent was the St. Petersburg rapper Harry Topor, who defeated such hip-hop artists as Billy Milligan, Czar and Noize MC on the same project. The fight ended with the victory of ST.
On March 10, 2015, the fourth studio album Handwriting was released, the track list of which included 15 songs. Also, in addition to the album, there is a booklet with his own poems. In September of the same year, he married the TV presenter Assol.
In June 2016, he again participated in the Versus Battle project, where his opponent was Oxxxymiron. ST lost by decision of the judges with a score of 3: 0, which sparked debate among the Internet audience.
In the fall of 2016, ST announced the opening of its Istoria Music label.
"Battle for respect"
In 2008, ST took part in the reality show BiTVa for Respect (Muz-TV), where he became the finalist of the most memorable Hip-Hop TV project in the history of Russian television.
- Qualifying round, Mad-a vs. ST (won)
- Quarter-finals, D.masta vs. ST (won)
- 1/2 finals, L'One vs. ST (won by audience votes)
- Final: Ant vs. ST (lost: 49% for ST versus 51% for Ant)
Versus battle
- Versus Battle (Season 2): ST vs Harry Ax (ST won 2-1)
- Versus Battle All Stars: ST vs D.Masta (ST won)
- Versus Battle (Season 3): Oxxxymiron VS ST (ST lost 3-0)
Discography
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Prod. by Capella / Diamond Style Productions
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Participation in video clips
- 2007 - "My Game" (Basta and Guf)
- 2012 - "XXIV" (Nel)
- 2013 - "Time" (Ptah)
- 2013 - X-ray (Timati)
- 2013 - "Magical" (Timati and Snoop Dogg)
Filmography
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Despite the fact that already on the 20th of August, almost all of the Rostovs' acquaintances left Moscow, despite the fact that everyone tried to persuade the Countess to leave as soon as possible, she did not want to hear anything about leaving until her treasure returned, adored Peter. Petya arrived on August 28. The painfully passionate tenderness with which his mother greeted him did not like the sixteen-year-old officer. Despite the fact that his mother concealed from him her intention not to let him out from under her wing now, Petya understood her plans and, instinctively fearing that he would not be flattering with his mother, would not be fucked up (so he thought to himself), he treated himself coldly with her, avoided her, and during his stay in Moscow he exclusively adhered to Natasha's company, for whom he always had a special, almost in love, fraternal tenderness.By the usual carelessness of the count, on August 28, nothing was yet ready for departure, and the carts expected from Ryazan and Moscow villages to lift all the property from the house arrived only on the 30th.
From 28 to 31 August, all of Moscow was in trouble and movement. Every day, thousands of wounded in the Battle of Borodino were brought into the Dorogomilovskaya outpost and transported across Moscow, and thousands of carts, with residents and property, went to other outposts. Despite the posters of Rostopchin, or independently of them, or as a result of them, the most contradictory and strange news was broadcast throughout the city. Who said that no one was ordered to leave; who, on the contrary, said that they had raised all the icons from the churches and that they were all expelled by force; who said that there was still a battle after Borodinsky, in which the French were defeated; who said, on the contrary, that the entire Russian army was destroyed; who spoke about the Moscow militia, which will go with the clergy in front of the Three Mountains; who quietly told that Augustine was not allowed to leave, that traitors were caught, that the peasants were rebelling and robbing those who were leaving, etc., etc. and those who remained (despite the fact that there was still no council in Fili, at which it was decided to leave Moscow), everyone felt, although they did not show it, that Moscow would certainly be surrendered and that it was necessary to get out as soon as possible and save your property. It was felt that everything should suddenly burst and change, but until the 1st, nothing had changed yet. Just as a criminal who is being led to execution knows that he is about to die, but still looks around him and straightens a badly worn hat, so Moscow involuntarily continued its normal life, although it knew that the time of death was near, when everyone would be torn apart. those conditional relationships of life to which they are accustomed to submit.
During these three days, which preceded the capture of Moscow, the entire Rostov family was in various everyday worries. The head of the family, Count Ilya Andreevich, incessantly traveled around the city, collecting rumors from all sides, and at home made general superficial and hasty orders about preparations for departure.
The Countess watched the cleaning of things, was unhappy with everything and followed Petya, who was constantly running away from her, jealous of Natasha, with whom he spent all the time. Sonya alone was in charge of the practical side of the matter: packing things. But Sonya has been especially sad and silent all this lately. Nicolas's letter, in which he mentioned Princess Marya, provoked in her presence the countess's joyful reasoning about how she saw God's providence in Princess Marya's meeting with Nicolas.
“I was never happy then,” said the countess, “when Bolkonsky was Natasha’s fiancé, and I always wished, and I have a presentiment that Nikolinka would marry the princess. And how good it would be!
Sonya felt that it was true, that the only way to improve the Rostovs' affairs was to marry a rich woman, and that the princess was a good match. But it was very bitter for her. Despite her grief, or perhaps precisely because of her grief, she took upon herself all the difficult worries of making orders for cleaning and packing things, and was busy for days. The Count and Countess turned to her when they needed to order something. Petya and Natasha, on the contrary, not only did not help their parents, but for the most part bored and disturbed everyone in the house. And the whole day they were almost audible in the house of their running, screaming and unreasonable laughter. They laughed and rejoiced not at all because there was a reason for their laughter; but they felt joyful and cheerful in their souls, and therefore everything that happened was the cause of joy and laughter for them. Petya was happy because, having left home as a boy, he returned (as everyone told him) a good man; it was fun because he was at home, because he was from Belaya Tserkov, where there was no soon hope of getting into a battle, he ended up in Moscow, where one of these days they would fight; and most importantly, it was cheerful because Natasha, to whose mood he always obeyed, was cheerful. Natasha was cheerful because she had been sad for too long, and now nothing reminded her of the reason for her sadness, and she was healthy. She was also cheerful because there was a person who admired her (the admiration of others was the ointment of the wheels, which was necessary for her car to move completely freely), and Petya admired her. Most importantly, they were cheerful because the war was near Moscow, that they would fight at the outpost, that they were distributing weapons, that everyone was running, that they were leaving somewhere, that something extraordinary was happening, which was always joyful for a person, especially for a young person.
On the 31st of August, Saturday, everything in the Rostovs' house seemed to be turned upside down. All doors were opened, all furniture was taken out or rearranged, mirrors, paintings were removed. The rooms were filled with chests, hay, wrapping paper, and ropes. The peasants and courtyards, who were carrying things out, walked with heavy steps on the parquet. In the courtyard were crowded peasant carts, some already packed on horseback and tied up, some still empty.
The voices and footsteps of the huge courtyard and of the peasants who had arrived with carts sounded, echoing, in the yard and in the house. The count left somewhere in the morning. The Countess, who had a headache from the hustle and bustle, was lying in the new couch with vinegar bandages on her head. Petya was not at home (he went to a friend with whom he intended to go from the militia to the active army). Sonya was present in the hall while the crystal and porcelain were being laid. Natasha sat in her ruined room on the floor, between the scattered dresses, ribbons, scarves, and, motionlessly looking at the floor, held in her hands an old ball gown, the very (already old fashion) dress in which she was for the first time in St. ball.
Natasha was ashamed not to do anything in the house, while everyone was so busy, and several times in the morning she tried to get down to business; but her soul was not in this business; but she could not and did not know how to do something not with all her heart, not with all her strength. She stood over Sonya while packing the porcelain, wanted to help, but immediately left it and went to her place to pack her things. At first she was amused by the fact that she handed out her dresses and ribbons to the maids, but then, when the rest still had to be packed, it seemed boring to her.
- Dunyasha, will you go to bed, my dear? Yes? Yes?
And when Dunyasha willingly promised to do everything to her, Natasha sat down on the floor, picked up an old ball gown and thought at all about what should have occupied her now. From the reverie in which Natasha was, brought her to the talk of the girls in the next maiden's room and the sounds of their hasty steps from the maiden's to the back porch. Natasha got up and looked out the window. A huge train of wounded stopped in the street.
Girls, footmen, housekeeper, nanny, cook, coachmen, posters, cooks stood at the gate, looking at the wounded.
Natasha, throwing a white handkerchief over her hair and holding it by the ends with both hands, went out into the street.
The former housekeeper, the old woman Mavra Kuzminishna, separated from the crowd standing at the gate, and, going up to the cart with the matted wagon, talked to the pale young officer who was lying in this cart. Natasha moved a few steps away and timidly stopped, continuing to hold her handkerchief and listening to what the housekeeper was saying.
- Well, then you don't have anyone in Moscow? - said Mavra Kuzminishna. - You would be calmer where in the apartment ... If only to us. The gentlemen are leaving.
“I don’t know if they will,” the officer said in a weak voice. - There is the chief ... ask, - and he pointed to the fat major, who was returning back down the street along a row of carts.
Natasha looked with frightened eyes into the face of the wounded officer and immediately went to meet the major.
- Can the wounded stay in our house? She asked.
The major put his hand to the visor with a smile.
- Who do you want, Mamsel? He said, narrowing his eyes and smiling.
Natasha calmly repeated her question, and her face and her whole manner, despite the fact that she continued to hold her handkerchief by the ends, were so serious that the major stopped smiling and, at first thinking, as if asking herself to what extent this was possible, answered her in the affirmative.
“Oh, yes, why, you can,” he said.
Natasha slightly bowed her head and with quick steps returned to Mavra Kuzminishna, who was standing above the officer and talking to him with plaintive sympathy.
- You can, he said, you can! - Natasha said in a whisper.
The officer in the wagon turned into the Rostovs' courtyard, and dozens of carts with the wounded began, at the invitation of city residents, to turn into the courtyards and drive up to the entrances of the houses of Povarskaya Street. Natasha, apparently, recovered from these, outside the usual conditions of life, relations with new people. She, together with Mavra Kuzminishna, tried to turn as many wounded as possible into her yard.
“I must tell my daddy all the same,” said Mavra Kuzminishna.
- Nothing, nothing, isn't it all the same! For one day we will move into the living room. You can give all of our half to them.
- Well, you, young lady, will come up with it! Yes, even in the outbuilding, in the bachelor, to the nanny, and then you have to ask.
- Well, I'll ask.
Natasha ran into the house and tiptoed into the half-open door of the sofa, from which smelled of vinegar and Hoffman drops.
- Are you sleeping, Mom?
- Oh, what a dream! - said, waking up, the countess who had just dozed off.
“Mom, darling,” Natasha said, kneeling down in front of her mother and putting her face close to hers. - I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I never will, I woke you up. Mavra Kuzminishna sent me, here they brought the wounded, officers, will you? And they have nowhere to go; I know that you will allow ... - she spoke quickly, without taking a breath.
- What officers? Whom did they bring? I don’t understand, ”said the Countess.
Natasha laughed, the Countess also smiled faintly.
“I knew that you would let me ... so I will say so. - And Natasha, kissing her mother, got up and went to the door.
In the hall she met her father, who had returned home with bad news.
- We were sitting too long! The count said with involuntary annoyance. - And the club is closed and the police are leaving.
- Dad, is it okay that I invited the wounded into the house? Natasha said to him.
“Nothing, of course,” the count said absently. “That’s not the point, but now I ask you not to deal with trifles, but to help pack and go, go, go tomorrow ...” And the count conveyed the same order to the butler and the people. At dinner, Petya returned to tell his news.
He said that today the people were dismantling weapons in the Kremlin, that although Rostopchin's poster says that he will call the cry in two days, but that the order has probably been made that tomorrow all the people go to the Three Mountains with weapons, and that there there will be a big battle.
The Countess looked with timid horror at the merry, flushed face of her son while he was saying this. She knew that if she said a word that she was asking Petya not to go to this battle (she knew that he was happy about this upcoming battle), he would say something about men, about honor, about a fatherland, something like that. meaningless, masculine, stubborn, against which one cannot object, and the matter will be ruined, and therefore, hoping to arrange so as to leave before this and take Petya with her, as a protector and patron, she did not say anything to Petya, and after dinner she called the count and with tears she begged him to take her away as soon as possible, on the same night, if possible. With a woman's, involuntary cunning of love, she, who until now had shown complete fearlessness, said that she would die of fear if they did not leave that night. She, without pretending, was now afraid of everything.
M me Schoss, who went to see her daughter, further increased the countess's fear by telling stories about what she saw in the drinking office on Myasnitskaya Street. Returning down the street, she could not walk home from the drunken crowd of people raging outside the office. She took a cab and drove home in an alley; and the cabman told her that the people were breaking barrels in the drinking office, which was so ordered.
After dinner, all the Rostovs' household with enthusiastic haste set to work packing up their things and preparing for their departure. The old count, suddenly getting down to business, kept walking from courtyard to house and back after dinner, stupidly shouting at the hurrying people and hurrying them even more. Petya gave orders in the yard. Sonya did not know what to do under the influence of the count's contradictory orders, and was completely lost. People, shouting, arguing and noisy, ran through the rooms and the courtyard. Natasha, with her characteristic passion in everything, suddenly got down to business too. At first, her interference in the bedding business was met with disbelief. Everyone expected a joke from her and did not want to obey her; but with persistence and passion she demanded obedience to herself, was angry, almost cried that they did not listen to her, and, finally, achieved the fact that they believed in her. Her first feat, which cost her enormous efforts and gave her power, was the laying of carpets. The count had expensive gobelins and Persian rugs in his house. When Natasha got down to business, there were two open boxes in the hall: one almost stacked with porcelain, the other with carpets. There was still a lot of porcelain on the tables, and still everything was carried from the pantry. It was necessary to start a new, third box, and people followed it.
The rapper ST has many faces: he is a popular hip-hop artist, a presenter, a battle rapper, a songwriter and just a poet. Sometimes it seems that different people work under this pseudonym. But this is not so - in all forms one and the same person manages to prove himself: Alexander Stepanov.
Sasha was born in the capital of the USSR in the family of a naval officer. Since the boy's father was often transferred from garrison to garrison, other close relatives followed the head of the family.
From Belokamennaya, the Stepanovs went beyond the Arctic Circle to the small town of Gadzhievo, where one of the bases of the Northern Fleet was located. Then Sasha's father was transferred to serve in Kaluga, and mother and son returned to Moscow.
In childhood, Sasha was not particularly different from his peers: he studied at school, played with friends in the yard, attended the sports section. At some point, the boy became interested in music. Hearing the compositions of Tupac Shakur, one of the iconic American rap artists, Sasha also became interested in this direction.
In adolescence, the guy not only wrote poetry on his own, but, having incited two comrades to a joint business, recorded the first music track with them. This is how the Souljar's Family group was born, which soon became quite famous in the Moscow musical environment.
Closer to graduation, Alexander's relations with his parents deteriorated. The father left the family, and the guy couldn't communicate normally with his mother. Having taken a certificate of secondary education from school, Sasha took the documents to the Institute of International Relations. It was not possible to enter the budgetary form of education, and Stepanov went to the paid form.
To pay for his studies on time, the guy had to work hard after school. There was no time for music. Sasha did not like this state of affairs, and he decided to quit school and devote himself entirely to his hobby... Subsequently, Stepanov never regretted his decision.
The underachieved young man was noticed by Sergei Parkhomenko (better known as rapper Serega). He took Sasha under his wing, and soon the rapper ST became one of the most popular performers in the domestic show business. Alexander's efforts and talent did not go unnoticed by music critics, the rapper was awarded prestigious prizes.
In 2008 ST took part in the show "BiTVa for Respect", which was organized by the channel MUZ-TV... Alexander was a bit short of the victory (won MC Antu). But ST was not a loser - the Phlatline label expressed a desire to cooperate with the young rapper. The management of this company not only provided Alexander with a constant touring schedule throughout the country, but also helped to record his debut album "One Hundred of a Hundred". Joint tracks with ST were soon recorded by Basta, Guf, L`One.
The first album did not stay behind and the second - "N100". This disc caused an enthusiastic reaction from the fans and made the artist even more famous. In support of the album, ST shot several videos, the most popular of which were "Girl from the Periphery" and "Peter-Moscow".
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The singles "Rap'N'Roll", "Going to the Bottom" only consolidated the success. But ST did not stop there - in 2013 he released his third solo album called "Bulletproof", which Guf, Linda, Katya Nova and the group "Semantic Hallucinations" helped Alexander to record.
2014 in ST's career was marked by the fact that he first agreed to participate in the "Versus Battle", in which he won by defeating Harry Ax. Two years later, Alexander once again participated in the battle and defeated even such an opponent as.
In 2015, the performer presented to the public his fourth album entitled "Handwriting", which was complemented by the original cover with verses written by Alexander by hand. In 2016, ST wrote for the song "Sea". A year later, the rapper began close cooperation with the Leningrad group, with which he shot several videos.
Currently, ST continues to successfully tour with the group and create songs for other artists. In particular, he wrote compositions for and for Olga Buzova. The rapper told the journalist Irina Shikhman about this in the YouTube show “And Talk?”.
In the summer of 2018, the performer gave many concerts in support of the world football championship, which was held in Russia, performing at fan zones in various cities. He also presented the book "Rapper Against Music", which included poems written by Alexander, but did not become part of musical compositions.
In addition to concerts and work in a recording studio, ST tried his hand at cinema. In 2011, he played a cameo role as a hallucinating guy in the comedy Pregnant. Two years later, Alexander appeared in one of the episodes of the comedy melodrama Odnoklassniki.ru.
In Alexander's personal life, everything is as good as in his professional career. He is married to a television presenter and fashion model Assol Vasilyeva. Together with his wife, the performer can often be seen among the fans of the Moscow "Spartak". In addition to creating a cozy home, Assol managed to try on her husband with his parents. Alexander has established relations with his father and mother, and now there is peace and harmony in the Stepanov family.
Rapper ST has a hobby - he collects vinyl records. And even at leisure, he does not let go of the guitar, so that soon he will please fans of his work with new compositions.
Alexander Stepanov, better known under the pseudonym ST, is a Russian rap artist from the Phlatline association, a finalist of the show "BiTVa for Respect".
Alexander Stepanov made his first recording in 2003 as a member of the SouLJa Family group. And in 2006, his work attracted the attention of Seryoga, the head of the “KingRing” label, who immediately offered ST assistance in recording a solo album and a contract with a production company.
Having quickly won the attention and love of listeners, the rapper became a welcome guest in the best clubs in Moscow, as well as a participant in many public events (the Coffee Grinder Festival, a joint performance with Seryoga at the RMA and Golden Gramophone, hip-hop - the Splash festival, etc. .).
In 2008 ST left the “KingRing” label and began active cooperation with the first Russian hip-hop agency Phlatline. In October of the same year, together with the recording company "Monolit", the artist released his debut album "One Hundred from a Hundred".
In the creative piggy bank of the performer there are already more than one successfully implemented project. In 2008, Alexander showed himself brightly in the reality show "BiTVa for Respect" (Muz-TV) and became the finalist of the most memorable Hip-Hop TV project in the history of Russian television. The clip "BEEF", directed by Ivan Kulak, made a splash [source not specified 109 days] and brought ST a new audience of listeners, and the soundtrack "Fall in love" recorded in 2009 for the film "LOPUKHI" and the clip shot for this composition , showed the rapper from a completely different, lyrical side. The joint work with Guf on the track "In another way" also deserves special attention. The duo caused a heated discussion among the representatives of the Russian hip-hop community, and the video filmed for this "fit" broke all records for its viewing and downloading. The last video for the track "Mama" from the debut album "One Hundred from the Sta" aired on almost all the leading music channels in Russia.
Now ST is actively preparing for the release of its second album "Present", and continues to tour the cities of Russia and the CIS.
The track "Girl from the Periphery" will be released on the "Present" album, which is scheduled for release in early December. On February 11, the shooting of a new ST video for the track "Girl from the Periphery" will take place.
The track was produced by Nel from the group "Marselle", and the singer Alexandra Streltsova, who performed the chorus, will play the main character of the video.
"Girl from the Periphery" will be included in the track list of ST's second album "Present", which is scheduled for release in early December.
The clip was directed by Sarik Andreasyan, who directed the films "LOPUKHI" and the modern sequel to "Office Romance".
ST shoots a video for a new album
The album, which has been postponed due to illness, will be released in February. But now available for download, prepared by Phlatline, EP "Hokku".
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Interesting Facts
He recorded the track "Differently" with Guf, performed at his wedding.
ST was born on the same day as Guf (September 23rd), but Guf is seven years older.
In 2008 he took part in the Muz-TV project "Battle for Respect", where he took second place. (first - Ant)
Lives on Kutuzovsky Prospekt (Moscow). [Source not specified 302 days]
Was an artist for the KingRing label.
Prior to the release of the album “One hundred from a hundred” he collaborated with ST1M (ex- “KingRing”), Seryoga and CD (“UnderWater a.k.a. UnderWHAT ??”).
He is a club MC.
Released a mixtape with a German DJ (DJ Maxxx).
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Discography
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Studio albums
One hundred of the hundred (2008)
100% (2011)
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Mixtapes, EP
We are in the club (feat. L'One) (2008)
Russian lessons (2008)
Russian club Bangers (2008)
Time to Rejoice (feat. DisbalanZ (a.k.a D158)) (2009)
Peter-Moscow (feat.DJ Pill-One) (2009)
Phlatline In Da Building (feat. Marselle) (2009)
Tell me who? (ST & DJ Maxxx) (2010)
Hokku (2010)
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Singles
Eats (internet release)
In a different way (feat. Guf)
ST - Girl from the periphery
Rap is not stamped
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Clips
I'm rap (Long mix)
Peter-Moscow
BEEF
Respect
Fall in love
In a different way (feat. Guf)
We Made It Remix
In Your House (feat. Marselle)
Mama
20 lines (DJ Maxxx)
Tell me who? (DJ Maxxx feat. ST)
Rap is not stamped.
“The turning point for me was the day when my father came and said that he was ready to pay for my education, provided that I would stop doing, as he put it,“ nonsense ”.
Real name:Alexander Andreevich Stepanov
Date of Birth:September 23, 1988
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Town: Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Height: 185 cm
The weight: 83 kg
Alexander Stepanov, better known by his pseudonymST (One hundred out of a hundred, $ t Soulja)- Russian rap artist, lyricist, poet, finalist of the first season of the show "Battle for Respect", a former member of the Phlatline association, nominee for the Muz-TV 2013 Award in the category "Best Hip-Hop Project", multiple participant of Versus Battle.
ST has 3 battles on its account - 2 victories and 1 defeat (2016 - ).
In addition, the artist has already released4 albums: in 2008- “One hundred out of a hundred”, in 2011- "100%", in 2013 — "Bulletproof" , in 2015- "Handwriting".
Today ST is one of the most recognizable and outstanding Russian rap artists... After the release of his first album, his popularity began to skyrocket, and at the same timedoes not subside until now.
Throughout his career, ST has acquireda huge number of fans, hundreds of thousands of subscribersin social networks. At the same time, the artist is absolutely not conceited, and continues to delight his fans with the quality of his tracks.
STBiography
Alexander Stepanov was born in Moscow. BecauseST's father served in the navy,the family was constantly moving. For the same reason, allST spent his childhood in Murmansk and Kaluga.
“When I was little, I had a particularly sound sleep. Mom told me that once, in winter, she was taking me on a sled. And she became thoughtful. And then, she realizes that the sled has become too light. He looks, and in about two hundred meters I am lying in a ball, sleeping. It was funny. "
From an early age, ST was fond of music, and he was especially attracted by new musical trends. Over time, he took up what began to arouse his greatest interest - rap and hip-hop. In one of his interviews, ST admitted thathis musical taste was directly influenced by the world hip-hop legend2Pac .
“As for Russian hip-hop, I started listening to Decl, the album“ Who? You ”, even now I remember all the songs by heart. As for foreign rap music, of course, Tupac Shakur, Cypress Hill, I'm an ardent fan of the west coast. Tupac is my number one, I grew up listening to his music ”
To date, his favorite performers on the western stage areEminem, Jay Z, Pusha T, Nas.As for Russia, he really likes artists such asBasta, Timati, Guf.
“I really praise Bast, because this person has an amazing flair for what people need. Efficient, energetic. I think that Vasya deserves respect more than anyone else. We communicate well with Guf, I really like what he does. Smokey Mo's creativity is pleasant. And, of course, the music of the band Marselle ”
During his school years, ST began to write his first poems.According to him, he remembers his first works very clearly.
“I then wrote the first big verse, printed it out, made 10 copies. I wrote that all the teachers do not understand us, they underestimate us, but we are the future, we are the new generation. When I came to school and distributed it to the children, everyone read it. This was the first manifestation of interest in me as a person who writes ”
It is known that after school STentered the Institute of International Relations at the paid department.And in order to pay for his studies, he also had to work.
“The turning point for me was the day when my father came (at that time he had another family) and said that he was ready to pay for my education, provided that I would stop practicing, as he put it,“ nonsense ”. I said that I would think about it, and the next day I took the documents from the institute and quit my job. In fact, I decided everything for myself very quickly ”
ST Biography - Musical career
ST made his first steps towards a musical careerin 2003.Then, as part of the Souljar's Family group,he recorded his first song.In addition to ST, the group included artists such as Shodi and Lil 'Soulja. It was no coincidence that these guys ended up together, because the latter is a former classmate of ST - they studied together at school 711.In the same yearST begins to master the art of recitative and flow.
2006-2007. KingRing
In 2006 yearthe work of ST was appreciated by the famous Russian rap artist, head of the KingRing labelSeryoga ... He offered ST to sign a contract with a production company.The contract became the starting point for ST, because after that he began to rapidly gain popularity and win the love of listeners.
“The clearest example is Seryoga, who was such a folk kid with ditties and a black“ boomer ”. And at some point he made money on this boomer. And according to Western technology, his next songs were about something else. They were just as honest - "Million US Dollars", "Discomalaria" - they became hilarious because the person had satisfied his first hunger and started making other songs ”
ST began to be invited not only to the best Moscow clubs, but also to various festivals.So ST became a participant in the Coffee Grinder festival, followed by a joint performance with Seryoga at the RMA, Golden Gramophone, participation in the Splash hip-hop festival! and etc.).
2007-2011. Phlatline
In 2007ST begins to actively cooperate with the first Russian hip-hop agency Phlatline.In October of the same yearAlexander Stepanov released his first debut album titled"One hundred out of a hundred" , in which he was helped by the recording company "Monolith".
“For me, every album is my child. And the parent will never be able to answer whom he loves more, the elder or the youngest, or maybe the middle one? “One Hundred of a Hundred” is my firstborn and, you know, how it happens, you think that you are raising a child, but in fact, he is raising you. So, the first album taught me a lot, for which I will always be grateful to him ”
The release of the album contributed to an even greater growth in the artist's popularity.He was invited to various prestigious clubs in Moscow, among which there were such establishments as ZHARA, B-Club, R&B cafe, Black October DJ Bar, Diamond Hall.
Then ST began to be nominated for music awards, he wasa welcome guest at public events.In addition, from that moment ST began to actively tour the cities of Russia.The first tour in his life lasted from 2006 to 2008.
In 2008ST announced his departure from KingRing Records without giving a reason.
“I am grateful to Seryoga for everything he did for me. If not for him at that moment, then now there would be no rapper ST. For me personally, Seryoga has largely become an example of how an artist should work and devote himself to his work. And although now I am familiar with the "dinosaurs" of Russian rap, and with those who are just starting out, I have never seen in anyone such a love for this music and such a desire to get respect and be recognized. But he was not given this respect. I have not seen a more tragic story ”
Thanks to cooperation with the agency Phlatline ST, we managed to shoot most of their videos. Perhaps,one of the most famous video works at that time was the ST video for the song"Peter-Moscow" . Then the clips saw the light"BEEF" , "Respect" , "Fall in love" , "Differently" , "In your house" ... By the way, the track called "Fall in love" became the soundtrack for the movie "Lopuhi".
In February 2011an album called"100%". Famous performers took part in the recording of the album, among whom wereL'One and Guf.
“My second album, 'N100', appeared in a rather difficult time, which undoubtedly influenced both me and him, but, over the years, I am glad to see that it has grown into a strong and independent album”
In March 2011 Alexander Stepanov(ST) announced his departure from Phlatline Records. Performers Marselle and Dj Booch followed suit. The reason for this act is still unknown.
2012-2013. Invisible Management
In 2012the beginning of cooperation between ST and LLC "Universam Kultury" was laid.In the summer of the same yearin Los Angeles, a video for a track called "Rap'N'Roll" was filmed. The track became the first single from the artist's third studio album, "Bulletproof".
“Bulletproof” - an album with a big heart! He took all my pain and threw it out like a rainbow after the rain. Took all my fears and worries and taught me how to deal with them! He is a child of a new era - an indigo child. And just as he helped me, I am sure he will help people who hear him! Each song on it is already a small album! ”
In the same 2012ST took part in cypher"" #Davaydosvidanie ", together with Timati, Jenee, 5 Plyukh, Misha Krupin and other performers.
“There are many talented guys who appear on television and radio. I believe it happened after the pivotal "Goodbye". Before him, a wide user knew who Basta was, who Guf was, heard the word Casta, saw Noise on the Internet. And everything else is a mystery to him. As a maximum, they caught a couple of love songs from the performer and that's it, no more. And here for the first time there are so many rappers on such a long track ”
December 2012saw the light of the clip to the track"I'm going to the bottom".
“When“ I'm Going to the Bottom ”just came out, we saw Levan and he said to me:“ Sasha, well, you can make funny songs. Why are you sad? " Somewhere I'm really funny, but when I, for example, sit in silence alone at home, words wake up in me that I have long wanted to say ”
In March 2013the album was released"Bulletproof" .
“In early January, when everyone was still celebrating the new year, my team and I were already busy preparing the album. In the first days, we already had a photo session for the cover and booklet. And towards the end of January, I was already flying to New York to shoot a video for the new single! ”
In September of the same yeara video was released for an updated version of the song called"Beef",the original of which has become the property of the audience.in 2008. Late 2013ST announced the termination of cooperation with Invisible Management.
“I am constantly writing something, taking notes. Probably, for the first time in three albums, I rewrote many songs, brought them to mind. There was no such thing that I wrote the lyrics, came to the studio, recorded - and that's it, I forgot. We listened to the songs, changed the arrangements, somewhere I corrected the verses ”
ST Biography - ST Today
Spring 2014ST presented his new track called"Smile with you" , which became a joint work with the performer Mojito. In his song, ST appeared before the audience from the lyrical side. Subsequently, the song became the soundtrack for the series "Immersion".
In 2015ST presented his new album titled"Handwriting".
“In the album“ Handwriting ”, in the tab on which lyrics are usually printed, I wrote poetry. Then I thought that there are probably a lot of people who write poetry, but do not have a platform where they could share their work. And I created the #superSTIKHI project and released the first collection of poems by contemporary poets ”
2017 yearwas marked by the release of a joint soundtrack with Elena Temnikova"Crazy Russian" for the film "The Defenders".
Preparations are currently underwayto the fifth solo album STwhose output is assignedfor the spring of 2018.
ST at Versus Battle
In March 2014ST took part in the Versus Battle for the first time.
His first rival was the well-known rap artist from St. Petersburg Harry Axe.
ST and Harry Ax Versus Battle
Although before that all battles of Harry Ax ended in his victory, this time the judges awarded the victory to ST.
“For the first time, it was a challenge to myself. This is not my element at all, but I really wanted to speak out. I found the most important thing, it was then Harry Ax, and expressed everything. It was the most difficult and unpleasant battle - you go out, and a person says all sorts of nasty things in your face, and you have to accept the conditions of the game, stand and listen ”
November 2014ST versus D.Masta... The fight ended with the victory of ST.
June 2016ST and Oxxxymiron... The battle ended with the victory of the latter.
“Then there were D.Masta and Oxxxymiron. I am grateful to each of them that we did not bring up the topic of the family and behaved with dignity. In general, I am the only media artist (let's say, from pop-rap) who dared to come there. Now I am waiting for a suitable opponent, I still have something to say ”
ST and "Battle for Respect"
In 2008ST decided to take part in a popular reality show called "BiTVa for Respect." He managed to reach the final, because ST was remembered by the audience for its bright performances and charisma. However, in the final, he lost with a minimal margin to his opponent, known under the pseudonym Ant.
“I really like the lyric songs that guys put out on 25/17. I believe that Ant is a very talented musician, performer, but, alas, our paths and paths do not intersect. It’s not good, not bad, it’s that simple.
ST - Personal life - Wife ST
In 2015ST married a beautiful girl named Assol. Fans of ST behind the back call his chosen one “Russian Angelina Jolie”, because the girl is incredibly similar to the famous actress. Their wedding took place in a narrow family circle.
“I saw her in the photo and fell in love with her eyes - I immediately realized that it was mine. Through friends I agreed to be introduced. And I still consider myself that alpha male, I never had a problem meeting someone, but here I looked like a schoolboy in love with a high school student and literally could not put two words together. Then I realized that everything was hit. By the way, Assol had no idea who I was and what I was, and indeed, at the word "rapper" she did not expect anything good. But in the end I came to her in Tver and said: "You will be my wife." She laughed, after four months we moved in, and a year later we got married. "
Assol has a higher education in geographyand, by the way, he works in his specialty.She is a successful businesswoman, which owns its own travel company.
“I really fell in love, found the woman I was looking for and for whom I am grateful. Now, in general, the institution of marriage and family is not in trend - copulating with everything that moves is considered cool, but being faithful to one woman is the cost of antiquity. But I live by my own principles - my parents divorced, and I never had the feeling of a complete family, so I always dreamed of creating a strong social unit myself ”
Family ST
ST parents are known to be divorced. According to him, after that he did not communicate with his father, and with his mother there were rather tense relations.
“By the way, for which I am especially grateful to Assol - she reconciled me with my whole family. Assol first reconciled me with my mother and regularly calls up with her, then with her father (he already has two children). This year we even went to the 90th birthday of my grandmother, my father's mother. The whole family rests on her. "
ST admits thatsince childhood, his parents wanted a slightly different future for him.
“My parents, like everyone else, were brought up with the absolute understanding that a child first goes to kindergarten, then to school, to college, and, ultimately, to work. At the time, it was a simple and understandable picture of the future. However, there was no other one ”
But now ST's mom is happy to watch the Rap-Info project, where ST is the host.
“I bought her a laptop, now she's all on the Internet. At the expense of only music, I now support myself and my mother and grandmother. I believe that I have proven that my music is work.
Hobbies ST
Football
ST is a devoted fan of Spartak.According to him, the love of football came to him on its own, since there was no culture of support for a football club in his family.
“I don’t remember my father watching any football matches. There is something like this animal around football, real and not hidden. And this is very valuable to me, this outburst of emotions. And gradually I began to go to matches, matches of Spartak, because this is a Moscow team with a history. That is, I first fell in love with colors, and then I became a fan. Now I don’t miss a single home game if I’m in town ”
"The Simpsons"
It is known that ST isan ardent fan of the famous animated series "The Simpsons".
“I'm a really big fan of this show and Homer Simpson in particular! Now I watch it, as if reading a new issue of my favorite comic. Season after season, the series began to lose "between the lines." And the same South Park is much more daring and unpredictable. However, in the last season of The Simpsons, the all-conquering line of the family began to be traced, as the main thing in a person's life, with which I completely agree. "
ST Tattoos
To date, ST has about 18 tattoos on his body.The first was made at the age of 18 - the inscription "One hundred out of a hundred" in Gothic on the left hand.
“In general, I think that getting a tattoo for the sake of a beautiful picture is stupid. Every tattoo means something to me. Of the latter ... On my side is Lyuba - she symbolizes my Love. And on the back there is Vera. True, the latter was hard for me. I never ask for anesthesia, but after 5 hours I asked for a pill. In general, I believe that a tattoo is a kind of cleansing through pain. If you haven't felt all this pain, you won't remember this tattoo. "
ST in life
In his spare time, ST, like many people,listens to music, watches films and TV series and, of course, reads books.ST especially recommends the book “The Master and Margarita”, which he called “a storehouse of wisdom”. She also adds such books as "Fight Club", "Alchemist", "Shogun", "The Godfather" and "Big Pike".
“Recently, I really fell in love with the work of Lana Del Ray. From the cinema ... the last time I came out directly under the impression was the film "Vysotsky, thank you for being alive" and "Happy New Year, Mom. I also like to read, I read quite a lot. I always take a book with me on the road. I just can't finish reading Homer's Odyssey ”
ST does not hide its bad habitsand addictions to cigarettes and alcohol.However, the topic of drugs does not interest him at all and is not discussed in any interview.
However, in one of his interviews, ST admitted thathis favorite alcoholic drink is “Jack Daniels for the classics and Jameson for the soul”.To this he added andB-52calling it “our musketeer drink”.
“I collect vinyl and enjoy buying a new record, playing guitar and writing songs 24/7. And I am also the person who has not seen any of Dud's interviews, and I do not watch serials at all. But I have on January 3, when the New Year has already been celebrated, and Christmas has not yet begun. It's Sony Playstation day that I play some cool game. And of course, shopping - I buy myself new sneakers ”
An important attribute of ST is a cap, of which he has quite a lot in his closet.
“For me, a cap is an integral part of my wardrobe and image. Even those who may not know my songs, from somewhere know that - "my baseball cap is red." I have a lot of caps! Once I tried to count it and got lost! This is despite the fact that I periodically give them away and scatter them at concerts ”.
List of battles
2016 year
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