ST (rapper)

Born in 1988 in Moscow.

He made his first record 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 studied in the same class at the 711th school of ZAO Moscow (Dorogomilovo district)

In 2006, his work attracted the attention of Seryoga , the head of the KingRing label, who immediately offered an ST 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 Serega at the RMA and the Golden Gramophone, the hip-hop festival Splash! And others. ) In 2008, ST left KingRing Records.

In 2007, he began active cooperation with the first hip-hop agency Phlatline in Russia. In October of the same year, together with the Monolith record company, the artist released his debut album, One Hundred and One Hundred .

The album brought ST even more popularity, he became an honored guest in the prestigious clubs of the capital (B-Club, HEAT, 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 shot, aired on such well-known television channels as A-One , RU.TV , Music Box, Muz-TV and MTV . One of his most famous clips of that time was the clip for the song “Peter-Moscow”, as well as the clips “BEEF”, “Respect”, “Fall in Love”, “We Made It Remix” and “In Your Home”. With the rapper, Guf recorded the tracks “In a Different Way”, “Article”, “Well, What?”, Which, respectively, ended up on three ST number albums. The video for the song “In a Different Way” released in 2009 was timed to coincide with the birthday of both performers - both were born on September 23, but Dolmatov is nine years older than Stepanov ^[2] .

On February 11, 2010, the shooting of the ST video clip for the track “Girl from the Peripherals” from the album “ On100y ” was held. The track was produced by Nel from the Marselle group, and singer Alexandra Streltsova, who performed the chorus, played the main character of the video. "Girl from the periphery" was included in the track list of the second album ST "Na100yaschy". The clip was directed by Sarik Andreasyan, who shot the films “Burdocks” and the modern sequel to “Office Romance”.

On March 31, 2011, he left Phlatline Records with artists Marselle and DJ Booch ^[3] .

In 2012, ST began cooperation with Universam Kultury LLC. In the summer in Los Angeles, a video was shot on the track "Rap'N'Roll". The filming process began to lead 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 “Going Down” was released. The song even before the film adaptation caused a great resonance in the hip-hop community. Immediately after the release of the track, it turned out that the clip for it was already shot and is in post-production. The production group 2rbina 2rista worked on the video. The release of the “ Bulletproof ” album took place on March 5, 2013, and its presentation took place on March 9.

On September 23, 2013, on his birthday, ST uploaded a video clip to an updated version of the song “Beef”, the original of which was released back in 2008 ^[4] . At the end of 2013, Stepanov stopped working with Invisible Management ^[5] .

In 2014, ST took part in the Versus Battle online show ^[6] . The release went online March 9, 2014. His opponent was St. Petersburg rapper Harry Ax, who defeated hip-hop artists such as Billy Milligan , Czar and Noize MC on the same project. The fight ended in victory for ST.

In 2016, he took part in the 3rd season of the Versus Battle online show. His opponent was the famous rapper Oxxxymiron . The fight ended with the victory of Oxxxymiron.

In 2008, ST participated in the reality show “BiTV for Respect” (Muz-TV), where he became a finalist of the Hip-Hop TV project ^[7] .

• Qualifying round, Mad-a vs. ST (won)
• 1/4 finals, D.masta vs. ST (won)
• 1/2 finals, L'One vs. ST (won by spectator votes)
• Final: Ant vs. ST (lost: 49% against ST vs 51% Anta)

• Versus # 2: ST VS Harry Ax Season 2, March 9, 2014) ( ST victory - 2: 1 ).
• Versus All Stars: ST VS D.Masta (offseason, November 9, 2014) ( ST win ).
• Versus # 5: Oxxxymiron VS ST (season 3, June 19, 2016) ( ST defeat - 0: 3 ).

• 2008 - “ One Hundred and One Hundred ”
• 2011 - “ At 100 ”
• 2013 - Bulletproof
• 2015 - Handwriting
• 2019 - The Poet ^[8]

Singles

• 2018 - Karenina
• 2018 - “Balalaika” (with the participation of the “ Leningrad ” group)

• ST on A-ONE
• ST profile on Rap.Ru
• ST Video Channel on YouTube