ST (Alexander Stepanov) - Russian rapper, one of those to whose rise Seryoga had a hand with his KingRing label. Alexander grew up in Moscow, in ordinary family, rules street life he taught on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, so he proudly wears the letters Q2ZZA on a thick gold chain. ST discovered rap with the help of 2Pac and Decl, but he adds rock and roll to his own work, which is why he sometimes calls his style rap and roll.
Alexander Stepanov was born in 1988 in Moscow, he recorded his first track with his classmates as Souljar's Family in 2003. In 2006, Sergey Parkhomenko notices a young rapper, so he offers him a contract with KingRing and help in recording an album. However, Seryoga and ST did not work out for a long time, and the rapper's debut disc was released in 2008 as part of Phlatline. At the same time, Alexander successfully appears on TV - he reaches the finals in the show "Battle for Respect" on MUZ-TV, but loses there to Anton Zavyalov, who performs under the pseudonym Ant.
In 2011, ST released the album "Na100ashchiy", the lyrics for which the rapper traditionally writes himself, and Nel (Igor Pustelnik) makes the beats for him. On the site rap.ru, in the review of the release, they noted that in the tracks ST fully reveals his life and worldview. He says that you need to be stubborn and courageous, not to leave children, to know the measure in alcohol, to dance and enjoy life.
At the end of 2012, ST released the video “I’m going to the bottom”, which tells the story of falling under the weight of all the same alcohol. The clip with scenes of self-destruction, betrayal, murder and suicide has become one of the most popular in the rapper's videography - now it has more than 3 million views.
In 2013, the Bulletproof album was released with 21 tracks, 5 of which were guest tracks recorded with the participation of Semantic Hallucinations, Guf, Linda, Katya Nova and DJ Pill. one. In addition to his love for women and rap, ST also began to sing about marijuana, but in general this album was described by critics as more adult, darker and more depressing - and these changes were called very useful.
Since 2014, ST began to appear on Versus Battle - at first he won against Harry Topor and D.Masta, but in 2016 he lost to Oxxxymiron. However, Alexander turned out to be a worthy opponent and made Miron nervous - their battle remains one of the most popular, it was watched more than 18 million times on Youtube.
In 2017, ST in the video "Idyll" does not stop promoting family values, so he starred in it with his wife. Continues to gain views and its most popular clip"Wings" (2017), made together with Bianca, his Youtube counter has already exceeded 5 million in less than 5 months.
“The turning point for me was the day when my father arrived and said that he was ready to pay for my education, provided that I stop doing, as he put it, “nonsense”.
Real name:Alexander Andreevich Stepanov
Date of Birth:September 23, 1988
Zodiac sign: Virgo
City: Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 83 kg
Alexander Stepanov, better known by the 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", former member association Phlatline, nominee of the Muz-TV Award 2013 in the category “ Best Hip Hop project”, repeated participant of Versus Battle.
On account of ST 3 battles - 2 wins and 1 loss (2016 - ).
In addition, the artist has already released4 albums: in 2008- "One hundred out of a hundred", in 2011- "On the 100th", in 2013 — "Bulletproof" , in 2015- Handwriting.
To date ST is one of the most recognizable and vibrant Russian rap artists. After the release of his first album, his popularity began to grow rapidly, and at the same timehasn't dropped yet.
Over the course of his career, ST has hadhuge number of fans, hundreds of thousands of subscribersV in social networks. At the same time, the artist is absolutely not arrogant, 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 moved constantly. 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 thought about it. And then, she realizes that the sled has become too light. He looks, and two hundred meters away I lie in a ball, sleeping. It was fun”
From a very young age, ST was fond of music, and he was especially attracted to new musical trends. Over time, he took up what began to cause him the greatest interest- rap and hip-hop. In one of his interviews, ST admitted thaton his musical taste had a direct impact world legend hip hop2pac .
“As for Russian hip-hop, I started listening to Decl, the album “Who? You”, I even now remember all the songs by heart. As for foreign rap music, this is, of course, Tupac Shakur, Cypress Hill, I am an ardent fan west coast. Tupac is number one for me, I grew up on his music”
To date, his favorite performers on the western stage areEminem, Jay Z, Pusha T, Nas.As for Russia, he really likes such artists asBasta, Timati, Guf.
“I really praise Basta, because this person has an amazing instinct for what people need. Efficient, energetic. I think that Vasya deserves respect more than anyone. We communicate well with Guf, I really like what he does. I like Smokey Mo's work. And, of course, the music of Marselle”
IN school years ST started writing 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. He wrote that all the teachers do not understand us, underestimate us, but we are the future, we are the new generation. When I came to school and handed it out to the kids, everyone read it. It was the first manifestation of interest in me as a person who writes”
It is known that after school STwent to college international relations to the payroll.And in order to pay for his studies, he also had to work.
“The turning point for me was the day when my father arrived (he had a different family at that time) and said that he was ready to pay for my education, provided that I stop doing, 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 took his first steps towards a musical careerin 2003.Then, as part of Souljar's Family,he recorded his first song.The group, in addition to ST, included such artists as Shodi and Lil' Soulja. It was not by chance that these guys ended up together, because the latter is a former classmate of ST - they studied together at 711 school.In the same yearST begins to master the art of recitative and flow.
2006-2007. king ring
In 2006ST's creativity was appreciated by the famous Russian rap artist, the head of the KingRing labelSeryoga . He suggested that ST 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 became about something else. They were just as honest - 'Million US Dollars', 'Discomalaria' - they became hilarious because the man 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 joint performance with Seryoga at 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 called“One hundred out of a hundred” , with the help of the Monolith record company.
“For me, every album is my baby. And a parent will never be able to answer who he loves more, the older or the youngest, or maybe the middle one? One Hundred Out of a Hundred is my firstborn and, you know how it is, 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 popularity of the artist.He was invited to various prestigious clubs in Moscow, among which were such establishments as ZHARA, B-Club, R&B cafe, Black October DJ Bar, Diamond Hall.
Then ST began to nominate 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 the KingRing label without explaining the reason for his decision.
“I am grateful to Seryoga for everything he has done for me. If not for him at that moment, then 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 such a love for this music and such a desire to receive respect and be recognized in anyone. But he was not given this respect. More tragic history I did not see"
Thanks to cooperation with the Phlatline ST agency, we managed to shoot most of our videos. Perhaps,one of the most famous video works at that time was ST's 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 film “Bugs”.
February 2011saw the release of an album called"On the 100th". Participated in the recording of the album famous performers, among which wereL'One and Guf.
“My second album 'The 100th' came at a rather difficult time, which undoubtedly influenced both me and him, but as the years passed, I'm glad to see that it has grown into a strong and independent album”
In March 2011 Alexander Stepanov(ST) announced his departure from the Phlatline label. Artists 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 Universam Kultury was initiated.In the summer of the same yearin Los Angeles, a video was filmed for a track called "Rap'N'Roll". The track was the first single from the artist's third studio album, Bulletproof.
"Bulletproof" - an album with big heart! He took all my pain and threw it out like a rainbow after the rain. He took all my fears and worries and taught me how to deal with them! He is a child new era is an indigo child. And just as he helped me, I'm sure he will help the people who hear him! Every song on it is already a small album!”
In the same 2012ST took part in the cypher“"#Goodbye", together with Timati, Jenee, 5 Plyukh, Misha Krupin and other performers.
“There are a lot of talented guys who appear on TV and radio. I believe that this happened after the turning point "Come on bye." Before him, a wide user knew who Basta was, who Guf was, heard the word Casta, saw Noise on the Internet. Everything else is a mystery to him. As a maximum, they caught a couple of songs about love from the performer and that's it, no more. And here for the first time so many rappers on such a long track”
December 2012saw the release of the video for the track"I'm going down".
“When “I’m going to the bottom” just came out, we saw Levan and he told me: “Sasha, well, you can make funny songs. Why are you sad?" I’m really cheerful somewhere, but when I, for example, sit in silence alone at home, words wake up in me that I have long wanted to say”
March 2013the album was released"Bulletproof" .
“In early January, when we were still celebrating the new year, my team and I were already busy preparing the album. In the early days, we already had a photo shoot for the cover and booklet. And towards the end of January, I was already flying to New York to shoot a video for a 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 listeners yetin 2008. At the end of 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 text, came to the studio, recorded it - 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 to the audience from the lyrical side. Subsequently, the song became the soundtrack to the series "Immersion".
In 2015ST presented its new album entitled"Handwriting".
“In the album “Handwriting”, in the tab on which lyrics are usually printed, I wrote poetry. Then I thought that there must be a lot of people who write poetry, but do not have a platform where they could share their creativity. And I created the #superPOETERS project and released the first collection of poems by contemporary poets”
2017was marked by the release of a joint soundtrack with Elena Temnikova“Crazy Russian” for the film "The Defenders".
Preparations are underwayfor ST's fifth solo album, whose output is assignedfor the spring of 2018.
ST on Versus Battle
March 2014ST took part in Versus Battle for the first time.
His first rival was the notorious rap artist from St. Petersburg Harry Axe.
ST and Harry Ax Versus Battle
Although before that all the battles of Harry Ax ended in his victory, this time the judges awarded the victory to ST.
“For the first time for me 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 Hatchet, and said everything. It was the most difficult and unpleasant battle - you go out, and a person says all sorts of nasty things to your face, and you are forced to accept the conditions of the game, stand and listen”
November 2014ST vs D.Masta. The duel 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 raise the topic of the family and behaved with dignity. I'm generally the only one of the media artists (let's say, from pop-rap) who dared to go 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 BiTV for Respect. He managed to reach the final, because ST was remembered by the audience for his 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 lyrical songs that the 25/17 guys release. I think Ant is very talented musician, performer, but, alas, our paths do not intersect. It's not good, it's not bad, it's just there.
ST - Personal life - ST wife
In 2015ST married beautiful girl named Assol. ST fans call his chosen one “Russian Angelina Jolie” behind her back, because the girl is incredibly similar to 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 this was mine. Arranged through friends to introduce us. And I still consider myself that alpha male, I never had problems meeting someone, but here I looked like a schoolboy in love with a high school student and literally could not connect two words. Then I realized that everything hit. Assol, by the way, had absolutely no idea who I was and what I was, and indeed, at the word "rapper" I did not expect anything good. But in the end, I came to her in Tver and said: "You will be my wife." She laughed, four months later we moved in together, and a year later we got married”
Assol has a higher geographical educationand, by the way, works in his specialty.She is a successful businesswomanowning its own travel company.
“I really fell in love, I found the woman I was looking for and for whom I am grateful for many things. 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 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”
ST family
It is known that ST's parents are divorced. According to him, after that he did not communicate with his father, and his mother had a rather tense relationship.
“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 her, then with my 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 relies on her.”
ST admits thatsince childhood, his parents wanted a slightly different future for him.
“My parents, like everyone else, were brought up with an absolute understanding that the child first goes to kindergarten, then to school, to college, and, in the end, to work. At that time it was a simple and understandable picture of the future. However, there was no other
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 is all over the Internet. At the expense of music alone, I now support myself and my mother and grandmother. I believe that I have proven that my music is work.
Interests ST
Football
ST is a devoted fan of Spartak.According to him, the love for football came to him by itself, since his family did not have a culture of rooting for some football club.
“I don’t remember my father watching any football matches. There is something like an animal around football, real and not hidden. And this is very valuable for me, this release of emotions. And gradually I began to go to matches, matches of Spartak, because this is a Moscow team with a history. That is, at first I fell in love with the colors, and then I became a fan. Now I don't miss a single home game when I'm in town.”
"The Simpsons"
It is known that ST isan ardent admirer famous animated series"The Simpsons".
“I'm a really big fan of this show and Homer Simpson in particular! Now I'm watching it like I'm reading a new issue of my favorite comic book. Season after season, the series began to lose "between the lines." And the same South Park is much more daring and unpredictable. However, in last season 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.
“I generally think that getting a tattoo, for the sake of beautiful picture- this is silly. Every tattoo means something to me. Of the latter… Lyuba is on my side – it symbolizes my Love. And on the back is Vera. The last one was really hard for me. I never ask for anesthesia, but here 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 free time ST, like many people,listens to music, watches movies and series and, of course, reads books.Especially ST recommends the book "The Master and Margarita", which he called "a storehouse of wisdom." To it also adds such books as “Fight Club”, “Alchemist”, “Shogun”, “ Godfather” and “Big soldering”.
"IN Lately I really liked the work of Lana Del Ray. From cinema... last time, when I came out directly under the impression, there was a 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 can’t finish reading Homer’s Odyssey”
ST does not hide his 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 when it's classic, and Jameson when it's soulful."To this he addedB-52, calling it "our musketeer's drink".
“I collect vinyl and get high when I can buy a new record, I also play the guitar and write songs 24/7. And I'm also the person who has not seen a single Dud's interview, and I don't watch TV shows at all. But I have January 3, when New Year already celebrated, but Christmas has not yet begun. This is the Sony Playstation day for which I pass 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 few in his closet.
“For me, a cap is an integral part of my wardrobe and image. Even those who may not know my songs know from somewhere that “my baseball cap is red”. I have a lot of hats! Somehow I tried to count and got lost! This is despite the fact that I periodically give them away and scatter them at concerts.
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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 Battle for Respect show.
From 2011 to December 2013, together with Dino MC 47, he led the RapInfo program. Nominee for the Muz-TV Award 2013 in the category "Best hip-hop project". He is also a fan of the Spartak football club, to whom he dedicated several of his compositions.
Biography
Born in 1988 in Moscow.
He made his first recording in 2003 as part of Souljar's Family, which included ST (at that time $t Soulja), Shodi and Lil' Soulja.
In 2006, his work attracted the attention of Seryoga, the 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 mass 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 Russian hip-hop agency Phlatline. In October of the same year, together with the Monolith record company, the artist released his debut album One Hundred Out of a Hundred.
The album brought ST even more popularity, he became an honored 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 public events and music awards.
With the support of Phlatline, many ST videos were filmed, which for a long time are on the air of 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 are the clips "BEEF", "Respect", "Fall in Love", "In a different way" (account Guf), "We Made It Remix" and "In Your House".
On February 11, 2011, the shooting of a new ST video for the track "Girl from the Periphery" from the album "Na100yashchy" took place. The track was produced by Nel from the Marselle group, and singer Alexandra Streltsova, who performed the chorus, played main character clip. "Girl from the Periphery" was included in the track listing for ST's second album, The 100th One, which is scheduled for release in early December. The video was directed by Sarik Andreasyan, who directed the films Burdocks and the modern sequel Office Romance.
In 2012, ST begins cooperation with Universam Kultury LLC. A video for the track "Rap'N'Roll" was filmed in Los Angeles in the summer. The filming process was directed by the Motion Family. "Rap'N'Roll" is the first single from ST's third studio album, Bulletproof.
On December 22, 2012, a video clip for the song "I'm 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. The production group 2rbina 2rista worked on the video. The release of the album Bulletproof took place on March 5, 2013, and its presentation took place on March 9.
On September 23, on his birthday, he uploads a video clip for an updated version of the song "Beef", the original of which was released back in 2008. At the end of 2013, he ceases cooperation with Invisible Management.
In 2014, he took part in the Internet show Versus Battle. The issue went online 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 duel 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 is a booklet with his own poems. In September of the same year, he married TV presenter Assol.
In June 2016, he again participated in the Versus Battle project, where Oxxxymiron acted as his opponent. ST lost by decision of the judges with a score of 3:0, which caused discussions among the Internet audience.
In the fall of 2016, ST announced the launch of his label "Istoria Music".
"Battle for Respect"
In 2008, ST participated in the reality show "BiTVa for Respect" (Muz-TV), where he became the finalist of the most memorable Hip-Hop TV project in history today. Russian television.
- Qualifying round, Mad-a vs. ST (won)
- 1/4 finals, D.masta vs. ST (won)
- 1/2 finals, L'One vs. ST (won by audience votes)
- Final: Ant vs. ST (lost: 49% against ST vs 51% Ant)
Versus Battle
- Versus Battle (Season 2): ST vs Garry 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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Videography
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Participation in video clips
- 2007 - "My game" (Basta and Guf)
- 2012 - "XXIV" (Nel)
- 2013 - "Time" (Bird)
- 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 the Rostovs' acquaintances left Moscow, despite the fact that everyone persuaded 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 please the sixteen-year-old officer. Despite the fact that his mother hid from him her intention not to let him out now from under her wing, Petya understood her intentions and, instinctively afraid that he would not become soft with his mother, not get offended (as he thought with himself), he coldly treated with her, avoided her, and during his stay in Moscow he exclusively kept the company of Natasha, for whom he always had a special, almost loving, brotherly tenderness.Due to the count's usual carelessness, on August 28 nothing was yet ready for departure, and the carts expected from the Ryazan and Moscow villages to lift all the property from the house did not arrive until the 30th.
From August 28 to August 31, all of Moscow was in trouble and in motion. Every day, thousands of wounded in the battle of Borodino were brought into and transported around Moscow to the Dorogomilovskaya outpost, and thousands of carts, with residents and property, went to other outposts. In spite of Rostopchin's billboards, either independently of them or because of them, the most contradictory and strange news was being broadcast around the city. Who spoke about the fact that no one was ordered to leave; who, on the contrary, said that they had taken all the icons from the churches and that they were all forcibly expelled; who said that there was another battle after Borodino, in which the French were defeated; who said, on the contrary, that all Russian army destroyed; who talked about the Moscow militia, which will go ahead with the clergy to the Three Mountains; who quietly told that Augustine was not ordered to leave, that traitors were caught, that the peasants rebelled and robbed those who leave, etc., etc. But this was only said, and in fact, even those who were traveling, and those who remained (despite the fact that there had not yet been a council in Fili, at which it was decided to leave Moscow), all 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 break and change, but until the 1st, nothing had changed yet. Just as a criminal being led to execution knows that he is about to die, but still looks around him and adjusts his ill-fitting hat, so Moscow involuntarily continued its ordinary life, although she knew that the time of death was near, when all those conditional relationships of life to which they were accustomed to submit would break.
During these three days preceding the capture of Moscow, the entire Rostov family was in various everyday troubles. The head of the family, Count Ilya Andreich, constantly 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 dissatisfied with everything and went after Petya, who was constantly running away from her, jealous of him for 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' letter, in which he mentioned Princess Marya, evoked in her presence the Countess's joyful reflections about how she saw God's Providence in Princess Marya's meeting with Nicolas.
“I never rejoiced then,” said the countess, “when Bolkonsky was Natasha’s fiancé, but I always wished, and I have a presentiment that Nikolinka will marry the princess. And how good it would be!
Sonya felt that this was true, that the only way to improve the affairs of the Rostovs was to marry a rich woman, and that the princess was a good match. But she was very sad about it. In spite of her grief, or perhaps precisely because of her grief, she took upon herself all the difficult cares of the arrangements for cleaning and packing things, and was busy all day long. 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 they annoyed and interfered with everyone in the house. And all day long their running, screams and causeless laughter were almost audible in the house. They laughed and rejoiced not at all because there was a reason for their laughter; but their hearts were joyful and cheerful, and therefore everything that happened was for them a cause of joy and laughter. Petya was amused because, having left home as a boy, he returned (as everyone told him) as a fine man; it was merry because he was at home, because he had come from Belaya Tserkov, where there was no hope of falling into battle soon, to Moscow, where they would fight one of these days; and most importantly, cheerful because Natasha, whose spirit he always obeyed, was cheerful. Natasha, on the other hand, was cheerful because she had been sad for too long, and now nothing reminded her of the cause of her sadness, and she was healthy. She was also cheerful because there was a person who admired her (the admiration of others was that wheel grease that 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 handing out weapons, that everyone was running away, leaving somewhere, that something extraordinary was happening in general, which is always joyful for a person, especially for a young one.
On the 31st of August, Saturday, everything seemed to be turned upside down in the Rostovs' house. All doors were opened, all furniture removed or rearranged, mirrors, paintings removed. There were chests in the rooms, hay, wrapping paper and ropes. The peasants and the servants who were carrying out things walked with heavy steps on the parquet. Peasants' carts were crowded in the yard, some already loaded on horseback and tied up, some still empty.
The voices and steps of the huge household and the peasants who arrived with carts sounded, calling to each other, in the yard and in the house. The Count went somewhere in the morning. The Countess, who had a headache from the bustle and noise, was lying in the new sofa with vinegar bandages on her head. Petya was not at home (he went to a comrade with whom he intended to move from the militia to the active army). Sonya was present in the hall when laying crystal and porcelain. Natasha was sitting on the floor in her ruined room, between scattered dresses, ribbons, scarves, and, looking motionlessly at the floor, held an old ball gown, the same dress (already old in fashion) in which she was at the St. Petersburg ball for the first time.
Natasha was ashamed to do nothing in the house, while everyone was so busy, and several times in the morning she still 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 anything, not with all her heart, not with all her strength. She stood over Sonya while laying the porcelain, wanted to help, but immediately gave up and went to her place to put 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 put to bed, she found it boring.
- Dunyasha, will you put it down, my dear? Yes? Yes?
And when Dunyasha willingly promised to do everything for her, Natasha sat down on the floor, picked up an old ball gown and thought not at all about what should occupy her now. From the thoughtfulness in which Natasha was, she was brought out by the voice of the girls in the neighboring girl's room and the sound of their hasty steps from the girl's room to the back porch. Natasha stood up and looked out the window. A huge train of wounded men stopped in the street.
Girls, footmen, housekeeper, nanny, cook, coachmen, postilions, cooks stood at the gate, looking at the wounded.
Natasha, throwing a white handkerchief over her hair and holding it with both hands by the ends, went out into the street.
The former housekeeper, old Mavra Kuzminishna, separated from the crowd standing at the gate, and, going up to a cart on which there was a bast wagon, she was talking to a young pale officer lying in this cart. Natasha moved a few steps and timidly stopped, continuing to hold on to her handkerchief and listening to what the housekeeper was saying.
- Well, then you don’t have anyone in Moscow? - said Mavra Kuzminishna. - You should be calmer somewhere in the apartment ... If only you could come to us. The gentlemen are leaving.
"I don't know if they'll let me," the officer said in a weak voice. “Here is the chief… ask,” and he pointed to the fat major, who was returning back along the street along a row of carts.
Natasha, with frightened eyes, looked 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 his visor with a smile.
“Who do you want, Mamzel?” 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 himself 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 over the officer and talking to him with plaintive participation.
- You can, he said, you can! Natasha said in a whisper.
An officer in a wagon turned into the Rostovs' courtyard, and, at the invitation of the townspeople, dozens of carts with the wounded began to turn into courtyards and drive up to the entrances of the houses of Povarskaya Street. Natasha, apparently, recovered these, outside the usual conditions of life, relationships with new people. She, together with Mavra Kuzminishna, tried to bring as many wounded as possible into her yard.
“We still need to report to dad,” said Mavra Kuzminishna.
“Nothing, nothing, doesn’t matter! For one day we will move to the living room. We can give all of our half to them.
- Well, you, young lady, come up with! Yes, even in the outbuilding, in bachelorhood, to the nanny, and then you need to ask.
- Well, I'll ask.
Natasha ran into the house and tiptoed in through the half-open door of the sofa room, from which there was a smell of vinegar and Hoffmann's drops.
Are you sleeping, mom?
- Oh, what a dream! said the countess, who had just dozed off, waking up.
“Mom, my dear,” said Natasha, kneeling in front of her mother and putting her face close to hers. - I'm sorry, I'll never be, I woke you up. Mavra Kuzminishna sent me, they brought the wounded here, officers, will you? And they have nowhere to go; I know that you will allow ... - she said quickly, without taking a breath.
What officers? Who was brought? I don’t understand anything,” said the countess.
Natasha laughed, the countess also smiled weakly.
- I knew that you would allow ... 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 returned home with bad news.
- We sat down! said the Count with involuntary annoyance. “And the club is closed, and the police are coming out.
- Dad, is it okay that I invited the wounded to the house? Natasha told 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 gave the butler and people the same order. At dinner, Petya returned and told his news.
He said that today the people were dismantling weapons in the Kremlin, that although Rostopchin’s poster said that he would call the cry in two days, but that an order had probably been made that tomorrow all the people would go to the Three Mountains with weapons, and that there there will be a big fight.
The Countess looked with timid horror at the cheerful, heated face of her son while he was saying this. She knew that if she said a word that she asked Petya not to go to this battle (she knew that he rejoiced at this upcoming battle), then he would say something about men, about honor, about the fatherland - something like that. meaningless, masculine, stubborn, against which one cannot object, and the matter will be spoiled, and therefore, hoping to arrange so that she could leave before that and take Petya with her as a protector and patron, she did not say anything to Petya, and after dinner 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 feminine, involuntary cunning of love, she, who had shown perfect fearlessness until now, said that she would die of fear if they did not leave that night. She, without pretending, was now afraid of everything.
Mme Schoss, who visited her daughter, increased the Countess's fear even more with stories about what she had seen on Myasnitskaya Street in a pub. Returning down the street, she could not get home from the drunken crowd of people raging at the office. She took a cab and drove around the lane home; and the driver told her that the people were breaking barrels in the drinking office, which was so ordered.
After dinner, all the Rostov households with enthusiastic haste set to work packing their things and preparing for departure. The old count, suddenly set to work, continued to walk from the yard to the house and back after dinner, stupidly shouting at the people in a hurry and hurrying them even more. Petya was in charge in the yard. Sonya did not know what to do under the influence of the count's conflicting orders, and was completely at a loss. People, shouting, arguing and making noise, ran around the rooms and the yard. Natasha, with her characteristic passion in everything, suddenly also set to work. At first, her intervention in the matter of packing was met with disbelief. Everyone expected a joke from her and did not want to listen to her; but with stubbornness and passion she demanded obedience to herself, became angry, almost wept that they did not listen to her, and finally achieved that they believed in her. Her first feat, which cost her great effort and gave her power, was laying 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 to the top with porcelain, the other with carpets. There was still a lot of porcelain set on the tables, and everything was still being carried from the pantry. It was necessary to start a new, third box, and people followed him.
“This book contains everything that was written for several years and added on the balcony”
We recently that ST's book of poetry went to press. Now the details have become known - a collection of his poems is called "Rapper Against Music", and it can already be pre-ordered for 448 rubles. True, the book will be published only in a month. The cover looks like this:
In an excerpt from the book presented on the website of the Eksmo publishing house, you can also find Alexander's new verse "Muse":
The abstract to the book deserves special attention:
Alexander ST Stepanov - Russian rap artist, lyricist, poet. By the age of 29, Alexander ST Stepanov has 4 behind him studio albums, participation in the most significant events in area Russian hip-hop and a permanent registration in millions of playlists, the owners of which rush to college or work every day. The creation of the most important project for him #superPOETRY, where young poets share their work with each other, was the starting point when the idea to release a collection of poems arose. For Alexander, poetry is the voice of a generation, the work of a person who has something to say. The book "Rapper against music" is an opportunity to convey your feelings, life experience. This book contains everything that was written for several years and added on the balcony. There are mischievous motives that smell of hooliganism and debauchery, but still most of affects serious problems modernity. The real and sincere Alexander Stepanov talks about the present, about what is happening in the world today, on your street, and possibly in a neighboring apartment.
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Alexander Stepanov, better known to Russian listeners under the pseudonym ST, is a hip-hop artist, battle rapper, host, songwriter.Childhood
The future rapper Sasha Stepanov was born on September 23, 1988 in the family of a naval officer, so his entire childhood was spent in constant moving. From the capital, where the boy was born, the family moved to Gadzhiyevo, small town beyond the Arctic Circle, where the base of the Northern Fleet was located. A few years later, my father was transferred to Kaluga, and then the family returned to Moscow again. 
Sasha grew up as the most ordinary boy, lively and cocky, played with the guys in the yard, went in for sports, was fond of contemporary music. Interest in rap and hip-hop woke up in his teens, after he first heard songs performed by Tupac Shakur (2Pac), the iconic American rapper.
His work impressed the young man, and he also wanted to learn how to express his thoughts in music and texts. He began to write poetry, and at the age of 15 he recorded his first track with two comrades. This is how the Souljar's Family group was born, in which Alexander mastered the art of recitative and became known in the capital's musical crowd as the rapper ST (which at that time stood for $ t Soulja).
When Alexander's parents divorced, he quarreled and did not communicate with his father for a long time, bad relationship were with their mother.
Career
After school, Stepanov entered the contract department at the Institute of International Relations. To pay for tuition, he had to earn extra money after classes, so there was simply no time left for his favorite hobby. Soon this situation began to strain Alexander, and he preferred music to study, which he later did not regret for a second. Having taken the documents from the university, he immediately plunged headlong into creativity. 
In 2006 young musician offered his cooperation at that time already good famous Sergey Parkhomenko (rapper Seryoga). Under his production label KingRing, Alexander became a frequenter of music parties and festivals, the owner of prestigious awards and awards. In 2008, he took part in the show of the MUZ-TV channel "BiTVa for Respect", where he lost to MC Antu with a minimum margin.
At the same time, ST began collaborating with another label, Phlatline, under whose auspices he recorded his first solo album, One Hundred Out of a Hundred, which included 19 tracks, and began touring extensively. burn collaborative tracks with a young pitcher big hopes Guf, Basta, L`One expressed their desire as a performer.
Clip ST "Rap is not stamped"
Soon, his second solo album "The 100th One" was released, which was greeted by fans with even greater enthusiasm than the first. In his support, the rapper shot several video clips, the most famous of which were "Peter-Moscow" and "Girl from the Periphery". The latter was filmed with the participation of Sarik Andreasyan, director of the films "Mugs" and "Defenders".
In 2012, the single "Rap'N'Roll" was released, which was the result of a collaboration with Invisible Management. The next single "I'm going to the bottom", like the video for it, made a splash in the rap community.
Linda and ST - Marijuana
The track preceded the release of the third solo album - "Bulletproof". This time, the artist, famous for his "guest" tracks, was assisted by 5 other performers: Linda, the Semantic Hallucinations group, Katya Nova and rapper Guf. According to critics, the album came out "more depressing, darker, but this only benefited the work of ST."
In 2014, ST took part in the Versus Battle for the first time and immediately defeated the experienced St. Petersburg MC Garry Topor in the final. Two years later, he met in a duel with Oxxxymiron, but this time he lost to his opponent. “Moscow has long had a burry talent, and it’s not you,” Oksimiron said, hinting at ST’s speech impediment.
Collaborations with other artists
In 2016, the rapper wrote the song "Sea" for Yulianna Karaulova. 
In 2017, the musician began to actively collaborate with the Leningrad group, starred in two videos of the group, and takes part in their tours. At the beginning of the year, he recorded the song "Wings"! with Bianka, and on the eve of the release of the film "Defenders", together with Elena Temnikova, he starred in the video for the song "Crazy Russian".
Elena Temnikova ft. ST - Crazy Russian
The brutal rapper does not hide the fact that he is the author of the song "Few Halves", which he wrote specifically for
