Guf is a Russian rap musician. Guf gained fame first as a member of the CENTR group, and then as a solo artist. The rapper was called by listeners and won prestigious music awards, including MTV Russia Music Awards, Rock Alternative Music Prize and others.
Alexey Dolmatov, better known as rapper Guf, was born on September 23, 1979 in Moscow. In the 90s, his parents moved to China, and he graduated from cola in another country. There he entered the university and received a linguistic education.
Guf spent almost seven years in China, but he missed Russia and returned. In Moscow, he entered the Faculty of Economics and received a second higher education.
Music
Rap has attracted the musician since childhood. Guf recorded the first track at the age of 19, but then there was a break in his creative biography, according to loyal media, associated with his studies at the university. According to another version, Guf had serious drug problems. Later, the rapper honestly admitted that he was addicted to drugs, took valuables out of the apartment to buy a dose, and experienced "withdrawal" more than once. According to him, the passion for music helped to overcome the addiction, but not for long.
In 2000, Alexey Dolmatov made his debut in the music world as part of the Rolexx group. The group brings the musician the first popularity. The rapper uses the name of the group as part of his own pseudonym, until 2005 the musician signs discs as Guf aka Rolexx.
In 2002, Guf began work on a new album. In the same year, the musician recorded the song "Wedding" together with the rapper, beatmaker and member of the Smoke Screen group Slim. With this song, a long-term collaboration of musicians begins.
Group "CENTER"
The Centr group appeared in 2004 - Guf created it with his colleague Princip. Their first album was called "Gifts" and consisted of only 13 discs that the rappers gave to friends as a New Year's gift. Fans of musicians who are not part of the rappers' circle of friends could only download Guf's songs from the Internet.
Fateful in the career of Guf was 2006. The composition of the musicians "Gossip" instantly became popular, sounded at discos and on the radio. Centr performed it at the corporate event of the newspaper "Life".
In the same year, a video for the song "New Year" was released on Ren-Tv, and Guf recorded another hit - "My Game". In 2006, the rapper became very famous. Since this year, the musician has been using only the well-established pseudonym Guf without band names and other additions.
Guf works not only with his bandmates. The rapper records joint tracks with Noggano, Ak-47, Zhigan and others.
In the fall of 2007, the group recorded the album "Swing". The staff of the "Center" has increased to four people, its popularity has grown. But, as often happens, at the peak of fame, the project began to collapse. Nikolai Princip has problems with the police, and Guf is increasingly engaged in a solo career and other interesting projects.
In August 2009, Guf leaves the musical group. He did not give a reason for his decision. Journalists considered the conflict with other members of the group to be the reason for his break with Centr.
Solo career
Guf's debut solo album City of Roads was released in 2007. After some time, he recorded several more tracks in a duet with a colleague from Rostov.
In 2009, the rapper released his second solo album, Doma, which became one of the main musical novelties of the year, and Guf received the title of the best performer of the year according to the Rap.ru Internet resource. The record "Doma" was awarded the prize in the nominations "Best Video" and "Best Album".
In 2009, the musician appears in the 32nd episode of the cycle "Hip-hop in Russia: from the 1st person".
In 2010, the composition "Ice Baby" was released and instantly gained popularity. Like other songs of the rapper, she carried a personal meaning: Guf jokingly called his wife "ice baby". The musician generally likes to give cute nicknames to close people: the rapper nicknamed his son Gufik, and his grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna called Original Ba XX. The musician did not bypass himself either, jokingly introducing himself as Kagtavy Guf, ironically over criticism in the direction of his speech impediment.
Since 2010, Guf began performing with Basta, they released an album. In the same year, he received the title of artist of the year, and in 2011 MUZ-TV recognized his project as the best project of the year.
At the concert of Basta and Guf at the Green Theater on July 21, 2011, 8,000 people gathered, as Basta stated in Twitter. In July 2012, rappers are gathering another concert at the Green Theatre.
In November 2012, the presentation of Guf's third solo album "Sam and ..." took place. Subsequently, the musician posted songs from the album on the hip-hop portal Rap.ru, thus allowing free download of new songs from the site. In December of the same year, Guf was expelled from the list of musicians of the Gazgolder creative association, while Basta stated in an interview that Guf was not a member of the association. The musicians just worked together on a certain project.
On April 20, 2013, on the unofficial day of marijuana use, Guf presented the single "420", recorded together with dancehall musician Rigos.
On October 24, 2013, Guf released the song and video clip "Sad". In the new track, the rapper spoke about the reasons why the musician left the Center group, which have long been worrying fans. The rapper took the blame for the collapse of the group on himself, honestly telling the audience about his own star disease and commercialism. From that moment, the slow reconciliation of Guf with ex-colleagues in the group began.
In 2014, the group "Caspian cargo" presented the song "Winter", which she recorded together with Guf and Slim. Guf and in an interview told the fans that a common concert of the ex-members of the "Center" is quite possible.
March 4, 2014 Guf released the song "Industry". In this composition, the musician expressed his opinion about rap battles and mentioned the organizers of the Russian Internet show about battles "Versus Battle".
In the same year, the rapper took part in the filming of the film "Gasholder".
In 2015, the premiere of the rapper's new solo album "More" took place.
Personal life
In August 2008, Guf married an old friend, Aiza Vagapova. In many of his compositions, he confessed his feelings to the chosen one. In May 2010, the son of Sami was born to the Dolmatovs.
The couple, by their own admission, had a good relationship, but towards the middle of 2013, reports began to appear in the press about the upcoming. The reasons were different: Guf got hooked on drugs again, Guf had a new girlfriend, Aiza had an affair with a snowboarder. The couple initially denied the information, but broke up in the same year. They turned the parting into a show, exchanging claims and insults at.
Problems in family life are reflected in Guf's track "Letter Home".
drugs
Alexey Dolmatov is involved in several high-profile scandals. He publicly stated that his ex-wife Aiza was a disgrace to the family, recalled to her an imaginary faint in Yalta and accused the woman of using a lot of drugs, and fainting was supposedly the result of an overdose.
Other scandals involving him are also related to drugs. So, on September 9, 2011, Dolmatov was already detained by representatives of the State Drug Control Service. Then, drugs were not found in his things, although they were present in the blood. The rapper paid the fine and was released.
On December 13, 2014, Guf was detained at the X club. Tests showed that he performed on stage while under the influence of drugs.
Guf spent his 36th birthday in the Krasnoyarsk pre-trial detention center. Law enforcement officers detained the musician and his colleague Vadim Motylev after the concert on suspicion of drug use. Representatives of the Antidealer public movement participated in the detention. Social activists accuse Guf of promoting drugs at their concerts and say that they will achieve a ban on his concert activities.
The musician had to pass drug tests: the results of these tests were not disclosed. September 27 Guf. The local court ordered him to undergo a diagnosis and treatment for drug addiction.
Guf now
In 2016, rumors about Guf's new novel appeared in the media. Journalists called the singer the rapper's girlfriend. Guf and the soloist of A "Studio spent the New Year holidays together on Koh Samui. From the photographs in "", in which both musicians have accounts, one might think that the stars are resting alone. The musicians did not post joint photos and hid their joint vacation, but, on which Guf and Katie sunbathe in an embrace.Officially, the musicians did not confirm their relationship, they hastened to refute the speculation, reminding everyone of their long-standing friendship.
December 3, 2016 on the musician's official channel on the video portal YouTube there was a recording from the concert, where Guf performed a new song "About Summer". On December 30, the single was recorded in the studio and officially released. "About Summer" became the first studio track of the musician, recorded by Guf after drug addiction treatment in Israel and associated with this break in creativity.
In 2016, the album "System" was released, recorded by Guf again as part of the "Centr" group. The group also recorded and presented the single "Far".
In the same year, the rapper took part in the creation of two films: "Russian Hip Hop Beef" and "CAO".
In 2017, Guf appeared in one of the main roles in the crime film Yegor Shilov.
Discography
- "City of Roads"
- "Ether is normal"
- "Myself and..."
- "4:20"
- "Basta / Guf"
- "At home"
- "Present"
- "Swing"
- "More"
- "System"
Name: Guf (Guf)
Real name: Alexey Dolmatov
Birthday: September 23, 1979 (aged 37)
Place of Birth: Moscow
Weight: 75 kg
Height: 182 cm
Zodiac sign: Scales
Eastern horoscope: Goat
Activity: singer
Biography of Guf
Guf (real name Aleksey Sergeevich Dolmatov) is a talented rap artist who has managed to achieve a lot in his short musical career. His songs are loved by listeners, his concerts always gather a huge crowd of people. It is noteworthy that our today's hero managed to achieve great success not only as one of the members of the famous Russian group Center, but also as a solo artist.Guf is a bright artist who cannot be ignored. His work is full of subtle meaning, and therefore it is always very pleasant to listen to his texts. However, this is probably already known to all fans of this extraordinary performer. But what else can you tell about this original artist? The answer to this question is the following article.
Early years, childhood and the Guf family
Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov (better known to the public under a pseudonym) "Guf" was born in Moscow on September 23, 1979. Russian and Jewish blood flows in his veins. As a child, Lesha was the most ordinary guy. He, like everyone else, skipped classes, and also loved music and long walks around his native city.
Now Guf's Twitter is popular in the blogosphere
However, already in the mid-eighties, drastic changes took place in his life. His parents went to China, and he himself went after them. The future famous rapper lived in China for several years. Over the years, he managed to make new friends, learn Chinese well, and also study at one of the Chinese universities.But the contradictory life of China very soon bored the future musician. He missed Russia and very soon returned to Moscow, where he began to live with his grandmother. A striking character in ordinary life and creative life is Gufa's grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna. Fans know her as Original Ba XX. The country recognized her thanks to the rapper's track "Gossip". But the composition "Original Ba", which was included in the album "City of Roads" and in which Alexei's grandmother even takes part, tells about the relationship of relatives and the character of Tamara Konstantinovna. Guf reads that "She will easily dance to you under Sean Paul."
In Moscow, Dolmatov entered a new university and began recording his first tracks. Together with his then classmate Roman a.k.a. Marlin'om Guf recorded the song "Chinese Wall", which, quite unexpectedly for everyone, hit some Moscow radio stations.
Since 2002, Guf has been working on his own debut album. And his collaboration with Slim begins with the composition "Wedding". By the way, at that time Slim was in the Smoke Screen group.
After that, there was a break in the work of the performer, caused by studying at an economic university, as well as problems with drugs. As the rapper himself admits, for a long time he was a typical drug addict. Valuables disappeared from the apartment, periods of drug use were replaced by protracted withdrawal symptoms. However, Guf still managed to get rid of addiction. One of the reasons for this was another passion of Alexei - a passion for music.
And at the age of 21, in 2000, Alexey already becomes a member of the Rolex-X group. He created it together with his classmates named Roman. He is known as Marlin. The names of the band members formed the basis of the name. By the way, after participating in the Rolex-X project, Alexei Dolmatov became known as Guf.
Rapper Guf career
At one point, Guf had a need to move on and, together with the Principle, organized the CENTR group. It had to be in 2004. In a place with Princip, Guf released his first demo album. It was called "Gift" and was actually given as a gift. The circulation of the disc was only 13 copies. All of them were presented to close friends as a New Year's gift.Starting in 2002, Guf, with the support of friends, began work on his debut album. In the same period, he begins to work closely with another young musician - Slim "th, who very soon became one of the participants in the new project" Centr ". This group was created in 2004 by Alexei Dolmatov and his friend Nikolai Princip. Initially, the team included included only two performers, but subsequently grew to four (in addition to the above Slim, the group also included rapper Ptah).
Together they recorded two successful albums and even managed to write two special compositions for the famous Russian film ZHARA. In the mid-2000s, this project was very popular, but at some point everything began to fall apart by itself. The Principle began to have problems with the police, Guf became interested in solo work, as well as side projects. So, in particular, already in 2007, Guf presented to the public his debut "solo album" "City of Roads", and some time later he recorded several successful tracks with the Rostov rapper Basta.
Despite the fact that already in the second half of the 2000s, the group began to collect various prestigious awards one after another, in August 2009 our today's hero left the band. As noted in some interviews with the performers, the reason for this decision was a quarrel between Guf on the one hand and Ptah and Slim on the other.
After leaving the group, Alexei Dolmatov created his own label ZM Nation, within which he began working on a new album. As a result, the second solo record was released in 2009. The album "Doma" immediately attracted the attention of listeners and became one of the main novelties following the results of several months.
Soon, the major Internet portal "Rap.ru" Guf was recognized as the best Russian performer at the end of the year. In addition, the disc "Doma" also received prizes in the "Best Album" and "Best Clip" nominations.
However, solo success did not make the talented native of Moscow stop there. In 2010, he began work on the joint album "Basta / Guf", on the creation of which his old friend worked with him. The recorded disc was presented to the public in 2010. After that, two successful rap artists performed together for a long time.
In the same 2010, Guf was recognized as the artist of the year according to the Russian Street Awards. Just a year later, he also received the MUZ-TV award in the Best Hip-Hop Project nomination.
Guf now
At the beginning of 2012, in a series of concerts and performances, Guf began to methodically find time to start working on his third studio album. The collection of material dragged on for several months, however, in the end, the prepared disc was still released. On November 1, 2012, the new album was traditionally presented on the Rap.Ru website, within which the disc was available for free download.To date, Guf's latest work is the single "420", recorded together with musician Rigos.
Guf's personal life
In the summer of 2008, Guf married his longtime girlfriend Aiza Vagapova (later Dolmatova). Love for her is mentioned in many songs of the artist. In May 2010, a replenishment happened in their family - it was decided to call the "little goofy" by the very exotic name of Sami.
Rapper Guf broke up with his wife Aiza
For a long time, the relationship within the couple was ideal. However, in mid-2013, there were reports in the press that Guf and his wife were on the verge of a divorce due to the fact that the rapper was again taking drugs. Moreover, in some sources you can also find information that Aiza has a new friend - snowboarder Sergey Sterin. Guf himself is also allegedly dating a new girl named Lera Gusarova.Subsequently, Guf's wife denied reports of her new romance.
Alexey Dolmatov lived in China for seven years. He had to leave this country because of his drug problems.
The area where Guf lived, where his grandmother now lives and which he repeatedly sang in songs, Aleksey calls ZM, that is, Zamoskvorechye.
Guf was born on the same day as rapper ST (Alexander Stepanov). However, Alexander is 9 years younger than Alexei. Colleagues recorded 2 tracks together. One was called "In a different way", and the second "Article". Later, a video was filmed for the first song. By the way, both MCs burr.
Guf fan. He follows the games of Liverpool Football Club.
Alexey Dolmatov gave nicknames to all his relatives. In songs, he can jokingly call Kagtavy Guf or Gufak. Grandmother Tamara Konstantinovata became Original Ba XX, wife Aiza Dolmatova - Ice Baby, and Sami's son - Gufik.
The biological father of Alexei is from Rostov-on-Don. Guf himself often visited there and therefore knows the Kasta group well. Once he even starred in their video for the song "We take it on the streets." And a member of the group Kasta Shym wrote music for Guf's New Year's song. In addition, Guf took part in the recording of Casta's track "The New Step". The song was released in 2010 on the record "KhZ".
The rapper's favorite performer is American Nas'a.
Who is Guf / Guf
Real name— Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov
Nickname- Guf / Guf
Hometown- Moscow
Activity— Rapper
Family status- Not married
Guf biography
Aleksey Dolmatov, better known as Guf, is a Russian rap artist, a former member of the legendary band CENTR.
Guf before he became famous
The Russian rap artist, whom everyone knows under the stage name Guf, in real life - Alexei Dolmatov, was born on September 23, 1979 in the capital of the USSR - Moscow. After the collapse of a great country, the parents of the future rapper decided to move to China, and the young man finished his school program in a foreign country. In the same place in China, he received a higher education, in the direction of linguistics.
In total, the young man lived in the country of the Red Dragon for more than seven years, but continued to remember his homeland. Unable to bear the longing for his native land, he returns back to Russia. Where he decides to get a second higher education.
goof rapper
Despite the fact that music attracted Alexei Dolmatov from an early age, he began to study it seriously at the age of 19. But after a short period of work on himself as a musician, the young man completely goes into his studies. But a number of publications claim that the future rap artist had drug problems at that time. However, Guf himself confirms these rumors, once declaring that he took almost everything out of the house in order to buy himself a new dose. The addiction was overcome, thanks to a new period of passion for rap music.
In 2000, a young rap artist as part of a team called Rolexx makes his stage debut. It is concerts in the group that bring the musician his first popularity. Guf decides to use the name of the group in his stage name. Over the next five years, all music albums are released under the authorship of Guf aka Rolexx.
In 2002 Alexey Dolmatov started working on a solo album. At the same time, together with the rap artist Slim, he recorded a song called "Wedding". This was the beginning of a long joint journey of the two musicians.
Guf and the Centr group
In 2004, Alexey Dolmatov and rap artist Princip form the idea of creating a new musical group, which soon received the name - Centr. The first album of the new musical group - "Gifts" was recorded on only 13 discs, which were presented to the friends of the musicians for the New Year.
The turning point in the life of Guf was 2006. It was then that a work called “Gossip” was released, which gained popularity not only among connoisseurs of the rap scene, but also among ordinary people. Moreover, the song was played for a long time at Russian discos. In the same year, the REN-TV channel begins to play another clip of Guf for the song "New Year", and the entire Russian rap party enjoyed the next hit of the young musician, "My Game". After 2006, Alexey Dolmatov was talked about all over the country.
In the fall of next year, the Centr group is recording another musical collection, "Swing". The composition of the team has increased to four members, and its fame has skyrocketed. But life is such that at the peak of fame, many famous musical groups broke up. The principle falls into the field of view of the Russian police, and Guf is increasingly engaged in a solo career.
In 2009, Dolmatov decides to leave the group completely, but for what reason he did this, no one knows. Fans felt that the rapper could not continue to work in an oppressive atmosphere.
Guf Slim and the Center group
Guf and solo career
Two years before leaving the Centr group, Guf recorded his first solo studio album, City of Roads. Later, the musician, in collaboration with the rap artist Basta, recorded several tracks. In 2009, Guf's second solo album, entitled "At Home", saw the light of day. The music collection received the best reviews from critics and fans and was nominated for the title of "Best Video" and "Best Album".
The following year, the musical composition "Ice Baby" was born, which immediately became popular in Russia. In 2010, Guf decides to re-start cooperation with Basta. Together they release a music collection. In 2011, the MUZ-TV channel awards young people with the title of "Best Project of the Year".
At the end of autumn 2012, fans of Guf's work will be happy to learn about the release of the next solo album, entitled "Sam and ...". In the same year, the musician was expelled from the Gas Holder project, and Basta states that Dolmatov was invited for a short-term cooperation.
At the end of April 2013, on the unofficial day of marijuana use, Guf publishes a music collection called "420". The album was recorded together with the rap artist Rigos. At the end of October of the same year, Alexei Dolmatov recorded a music video clip for the song "Sad". In this work, the singer says that it was he who caused the collapse of the Centr team, blaming himself for star fever and love of money.
In 2014, Guf participates in a joint work with the Caspian Cargo group on the musical work "Winter". In this project, the rap artist Slim was also noted. A little later, Guf announced a possible joint concert. At the same time, the eminent rapper takes part in the filming of the film "Gasholder". A year later, another solo album by Alexei Dolmatov, “More”, saw the light.
Guf personal life
Guf and Aiza
For a long time, Alexei Dolmatov met with Aiza Vagapova. And in 2008, a couple in love decides to get married. The singer in many works spoke about his love for his wife. Two years later, the first-born son of Sami was born in the Dolmatov family. For five years, the couple was happy, but in 2013, a rumor spread in the media about Guf's future divorce from his wife. The Dolmatovs initially denied the rumors, but soon broke up. The couple's divorce turned into a real show, in which the former spouses accused each other of all mortal sins through the publication of posts on social networks.
Guf now
Guf and Katie Topuria
In 2016, journalists started talking about the rapper's new hobby. In the media, the singer's new girlfriend was called the singer Katie Topuria. And the rumors were justified, because the young people spent the Christmas holidays together on Koh Samui. At the official level, the lovers did not confirm the romantic relationship, declaring friendly relations. At the end of December of the same year, the studio single "About Summer" was recorded, which became the singer's first work after drug addiction treatment in an Israeli clinic. In the same year, Guf returned to the Centr group and, together with his colleagues, recorded a studio album called System. A little later, the single "Far" appears.
In 2017, Guf received an invitation to star in the film "Egor Shilov", where he was to play one of the main roles.
Guf Mowgli 2
Guf and Bird battle versus
He became the initiator of the verbal duel, stating that there were too many reasons for the conflict, but the last straw was the text voiced by Guf in one of the clips. He decided to organize a rap duel, but Dolmatov said that he was ready to agree to a duel only after he was paid two million rubles. And the organizer of the fight agreed to this condition. Initially, the rap battle was scheduled for January 2018, but later, for unknown reasons, it was postponed to February of the same year.
Ptah summoned Guf to the battle
Artist Guf managed to visit several musical groups, as well as record many songs in a duet with various celebrities. In honor of the artist's birthday, the site will tell you the details and personal life.
Creativity Guf
Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov, and that is the name of our today's birthday boy, was born in the capital of the Russian Soviet Republic - Moscow. When the boy was 12 years old, the family moved to live in China, where Lyosha graduated from high school and received a diploma in linguism. The guy planned to open his own business in China and stay there forever. Drug addiction changed his plans. In order to avoid Chinese justice, Dolmatov had to return to his homeland.
In Moscow, the future artist received a diploma in economics and thought about the big stage. He has long been attracted to music. The guy even wrote several of his own songs.
In 2000, Dolmatov became a member of the Rolexx musical group, in which he gained his first fame.
Two years later, the musician decides to start work on his debut solo compilation. He records new compositions and begins to collaborate with an artist who is known under the pseudonym Slim. Over time, this duet presents many jointly recorded compositions, including "Wedding", "Mistake", "Independence", "Say", "Gone".
In 2004, the Centr group appeared, organized by Guf together with Nikolai Nikulin, who is known under the pseudonym Princip. The musicians begin to work on new songs and, soon, they will present the first trial album, called "Gift".
Real success comes to Guf in 2006. It was then that such compositions as “Gossip”, “New Year's” and “My Game” appeared. These compositions become incredibly popular among listeners, and make Guf a real star. Having gained wide popularity, the performer often works in a duet with such performers as AK-47, Noggano, Zhigan and Smokey Mo.
In 2007, our today's hero begins to increasingly work as a solo artist. In 2007, he presents his album, in which the musician Basta participates. Two years later, Guf's next disc is released, which is called "Houses". The album became quite successful, and Dolmatov received several music awards.
The cooperation of today's birthday man with Basta turned out to be very fruitful. They began to work a lot together in 2010 and soon presented a joint collection "Basta / Guf". In addition, the performers gave several large-scale concerts, where a huge number of their fans gathered. As a reward for his fruitful work, Guf became the owner of the title "Artist of the Year" and strengthened his position on the national stage.
The singer actively cooperates with the musical group "Caspian cargo". Among their joint songs, there are such as "Winter", "Jackets", "Houdini".
In his author's compositions, the artist often raises the topic of drug addiction and other social problems. Having experienced all the negative aspects of drug addiction, Guf is trying to protect the younger generation from this addiction.
Guf's personal life
Alexey Dolmatov first married in 2008. His wife was Aiza Vagapova, whom the musician had known for a long time. Two years later, the couple had a son - Sami. This union lasted 5 years, after which a loud and scandalous divorce followed.
In 2015, the rapper underwent another course of treatment for drug addiction. After completing the treatment, he again began his creative activity. continues to present his new compositions and often speaks to the audience.
Childhood and youth I welcome guests and regular readers of the site website. So, rap artist Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov, better known under the pseudonym Guf, first saw the world in Moscow on September 23, 1979. He grew up as a Russian-Jewish boy, went to one of the capital's schools, skipped classes, dabbled in light drugs, which was due to the fact that his parents did not properly raise their son. Already in the third grade, Lesha began to listen to rap. At the age of 12, the parents take their son with them and move to China, where he continues to receive education. In another country, Alexei managed to study at a Chinese university. Under the then mood, he wrote his first composition "Chinese Wall", which was written at the age of 19. In China, our hero dealt in illegal drugs. It is not surprising that soon the guards of law and order drew attention to the young man. Because of this incident, Guf quickly had to return to Moscow, where Alexei lived for some time with his grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna.
Creation
After a while, Lesha submits documents and enters the Faculty of Economics, where, as a result, he makes new friends. With one of these acquaintances in 2000, he created a hip-hop project - "Rolex-X", the name of which is derived from the names of the band members: Roma and Lehi. It was during this period that the pseudonym Guf appeared in the young man. After a two-year creative break associated with the drug addiction of a guy, Alexei again takes up music. The rapper begins to write his own album, and while working on one of the compositions, in 2002, he meets Slim, a member of the Smoke Screen group. Together they record the track "Wedding", which later became a cult for the guys and received a lot of positive In 2004, Alexey, together with Nikolai Princip, founded the "Centr" group. He also recorded a trial album, which was released in a limited edition. The composition of the "Center" changed several times, but in the end only three performers remained - Guf, Slim and Ptah. The musical creativity of the guys was mainly connected with the drug theme.The team begins to re-release old works and release new ones.In 2006, the comrades organize their own label, called "CAO Records".Centr during a live performance (2006)
In parallel, Dolmatov managed to engage in solo projects. So, in 2007, he presented the album "City of Roads" (the performer prefers that the second word is stressed on the first syllable). The album was written in a week, but despite this, it received the highest ratings from both ordinary listeners and the rap community. It was on this disc that the first track about the grandmother ("Gossip") was published, which in every possible way shared her grandson's hobbies and supported him in all endeavors. Well, after the composition "Original Ba" Tamara Konstantinovna became known as Original Ba XX. In the same year, the group "Centr" released their first full-length disc "Swing". The release includes 16 audio recordings, many of which have become cult. The track "City of Roads" won in the "Hip-Hop" nomination at MTV Russia 2008. We can say that this was the universal recognition of the artists and their entry into the ranks of rap stars. It should also be noted that at this time the group changes its name from "Center" to "Centr". This is due to the suspicion of plagiarism and selfish use of the name of the famous Soviet-American group Vasily Shumov.
Centr - City of Roads (2012)
Further, Alexei takes part in the recording of the track "My Game" and the music video for it. In this piece, the rappers talk about what they've been through in the past, including problems with psychotropic substances.
In the fall of 2008, the release of the Centr album "Efir is Normal" took place, in which such performers as 5Plyukh, Noggano, Slovetsky, and others appeared. According to the site "Rap.ru", the release became the best album of 2008. The guys had great success, and their tracks are very popular: “Someone is the most knowledgeable, downloaded from the Internet. in suspicious nines and foreign cars!
Due to a conflict situation with other members, Guf decides to leave "Centr" in 2009. The guy does not waste time and creates his own label "ZM Nation", and also publishes the album "At Home". This is the second studio album of the hero of our biography, the total duration of which is about 55 minutes. Such beatmakers as Miko, Basta, Capella, Nel (Marselle) worked on the disc. Compositions made in a style typical of the artist: storytelling to pleasant and pumping beats. The track "Ice Baby" deserves special attention, in which Lesha confesses his love to his wife Aiza. This composition took the 12th line in the Russian digital tracks chart, which is a confirmation of its popularity at that time.
Guf - Ice Baby (2010)
In 2010, Guf begins a close collaboration with Vasily Vakulenko (Basta), with whom he records a disc called "Basta / Guf". Despite the gray and unpretentious booklet of the album, the songs had their success: on all phones, the tracks sold out with extraordinary speed. Many of the songs were very fond of the fans of Guf's work and remained in the players until now, because when listening to them, one mentally manages to return to the past and nostalgic for the bygone years.
Basta ft. Guf - Samurai (2011)
In the fall of 2012, the album "Sam I ..." is presented. This is Alexey's third studio release, which consists of 23 tracks. As with many previous titles, the title of the album does not have a single meaning. In addition to the original (himself and those others who are nearby), the name of the son, whose name is Sami, is meant. The rapper is very kind to him and gives him his love, trying to be a good father, despite all the nuances and circumstances.
Guf ft. Basta - Guf Died (2012)
2013 is notable for the recording with Rigos, with whom the following year Guf releases a joint release called "4:20".
Kravts and Guf - No Conflict (2013)
In 2014, a meeting of all former members of the Centr group took place. The comrades understand that the past conflict is settled and decide to revive the project. In October, a video for the song "Turns" was published on YouTube.
Centr - Turns (2014)
A few months later, in February 2015, the premiere of the music video "Tough" took place: "Like the good old ones, here are SL, PT and Guf. We still represent Moscow, I will never stop playing my game."
Centr - Tough (2015)
And in early November, Guf's 4th solo album "More" appeared on the network. Slim and Ptaha took part in the recording of the track "On the Ram". The album was produced by BluntCath, who was also responsible for the joint release of Lesha with Rigos.
Guf - Mowgli (2015)
Finally, on March 11, 2016, the premiere of the album of the Centr group called "System" took place. The guys admitted that this is the last album of "Centr" and the team will no longer continue to exist, and all the participants will be engaged in their solo projects. The release consists of 18 audio tracks, the guests of which are A'Studio, Caspian cargo and Mitya Severny.
Centr, A "Studio - Far (2016)
Guf, perhaps, is known to all connoisseurs of Russian hip-hop. He continues to engage in musical activities, and his name still does not leave the lips of music lovers. The regular release of solo creative material and participation in feats allows Dolmatov to remain popular and be in demand as an artist of the Russian hip-hop scene.
Rigos Ft. Guf - Not a single passenger (2016)
Due to his media exposure, Guf was invited to an interview with Yuri Dudyu, where he answered a number of uncomfortable questions that related to drugs, personal life and the work of the performer.
Guf - about the heroine, divorce and new life (2017)
In 2017, two parts of the joint album "GuSli" with Slim are released, the name of which is formed from the initial letters of the guys' creative pseudonyms. All the same, the usual stories of guys about life, put on trendy bits. Many noted a positive change in the approach of these artists to the creation of music, so the album received quite good reviews: the collaboration of two former members of the Centr group paid off.
Gusli (Guf & Slimus) - Tricks (2017)
The same year saw a somewhat controversial collaboration between the two artists, who released a music video for the joint track. The composition and Guf’s “Generation” was received ambiguously, but still, it was another experiment from Alexei and going beyond the usual creativity.
Timati feat. Guf - Generation (2017)
In February 2018, one of the most anticipated battles of the Versus platform is released, where Guf and Ptaha met face to face. The prehistory of the conflict was long, the guys spoke impartially towards each other, accused of all kinds of sins, and finally, they decided to express all the claims face to face. There were also certain conditions of the financial plan, so this issue had a sufficient amount of advertising. As a result, thanks to charisma and the ability to make it interesting for the public to spread their thoughts, the victory was for Guf. At the battle itself, many personal things were expressed and passions did not subside even after the fight.
Versus #9 (Season IV): Guf VS Bird (2018)
Personal life
If we talk about personal life, it should be noted that in 2008 the hero of the biography married Aiza Vagapova, to whom he dedicated one of his main hits "Ice Baby". The couple had a great relationship and the fruit of their love was the son of Sami, who was born in May 2010. But at this time, as Lesha recalls in an interview, he begins to cheat on his wife. Relations were taken to extremes, and constant quarrels ended with Aiza leaving Guf in 2013, and since March 2014 their relationship has officially ended. It should also be mentioned that during the battle "Versus" Lesha's opponent David was told that Guf has another son. Alexey was seen in relationships with many girls of model appearance, but this did not lead to anything serious. The public is aware that for some time the artist was in a relationship with Keti Topuria, but the couple soon broke up. There is also evidence of Alexey's connections with an 18-year-old girl Yana, who blackmailed the rapper by presenting to the public some facts of their closeness.Guf now
Guf is a talented performer who has remained in demand over the years. His manner of narration and sincerity in the tracks attracts many. Every year Lesha tries to expand the scope of his work and experiments are not alien to him. Thanks to the presence of a stable fan base that Alexey has formed, he is supported even during difficult periods in the life of his idol. Thus, Guf receives a portion of trust from the fans and has no right to disappoint them. The artist is not going to stop there, he plans to release new creative material and concert performances, which the rapper's fans are looking forward to.Preview: Wikimedia Commons - Alina Platonova
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Stills from music videos vDud, Azimutzvuk, Timati, Centr, Guf from YouTube
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Personal archive of Alexei Dolmatov
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