Влади Каста | es

Вла́ди (настоящее имя — Владисла́в Вале́рьевич Лешке́вич) — российский рэп-исполнитель, участник группы «Каста». Родился 17 декабря 1978 года в Ростове-на-Дону. Вот что Влади говорит о начале своего увлечения рэпом: Припоминаю, что впервые рэп-музыку я услышал даже в 12 лет — на дне рождения приятеля с соседней улицы. Старшие ребята вскользь отреагировали: «а, это рэп, знаем». А я не знал, и даже само слово «рэп» не разобрал и не запомнил, но очень заинтересовался. В итоге я был абсолютно невероятно увлечен, я облазил все киоски звукозаписи, постоянно бубнил какие-то слова из песен, подбирал мелодии на гитаре, и был очень рад, когда находились...

Kasta (Russian: Каста, Russian for caste) is Russian rap band from Rostov-on-Don. Group is led by MC and beatmaker Vladi. Other members include MC's Shim, Hamil and Zmei, as well as DJ Hobot. Although Kasta is notably influenced by New York rap tradition, especially Wu-Tang Clan, they have always written in Russian. Vladi, Shim and Hamil met rap music in very young age. Vladi made his first rap when he was 13 years old. In 1995 he and his friend Tidan (Тидан) made a group Psycholyric (Russian: Психолирик). One year after that Shim connected to Psycholyric. In 1997 Psycholyric and...

Vladimir Semeonovich Vysotsky (1938-1980) was a Soviet singer-songwriter, as well as a theatre and movie actor. With his song lyrics, often humorous, often melancholic, and his harsh, passionate voice Vysotsky gained wide popularity despite his criticism of the Soviet government, which considered him a dissident. By the mid-1970s, Vysotsky had been suffering from alcoholism for quite some time. This was also the height of his popularity, when, as described in Marina Vlady's book about her husband, walking down the street on a summer night, one could hear Vystotsky's recognizable voice coming literally from every open window. Unable to completely ignore...