Timur Yunus nationality. News about the career and personal life of Timati and his ex-wife. The beginning of a passion for music

Timati is a Russian rapper, actor and entrepreneur who often becomes the subject of media, he is known for his passion for women, cars and noisy glamorous parties. Participation in the “Star Factory” gave him a good start, and now this talented and purposeful performer is at the very top of his career.

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Biography of Timati

3. Has Tatar-Jewish roots.

4. His father Ildar is a polyglot and is fluent in six languages.

5. While still a child, he showed considerable interest in creativity, which is why his mother decided to take him to a music club. For four years he studied to play the violin, although he did not really like it. It is likely that this experience influenced his future musical career. He also went swimming.

6. According to him, as a child he was a hooligan; together with his younger brother, they set fire to paper airplanes and launched them from the second tier of the bed, and also threw water balloons from the window of their parents’ apartment on pedestrians.

7. He developed an interest in rap and hip-hop at the age of thirteen, after visiting the USA. Around the same time, he got his first tattoo in the form of a fire dragon. During the same period, he acquired his creative pseudonym.

8. In his youth, he practiced breakdancing with Decl, whom he helped write a solo album and participated in the recording as a backing vocalist, and also as one of the participants in the video “Party at Decl’s House.”

9. After graduating from school, Timati began studying at the Moscow Higher School of Economics, but without studying and abandoned his studies at the university for six months, since it did not fit well with his club lifestyle: he participated in noisy parties in many metropolitan nightclubs with friends.

10. The performer himself has repeatedly stated that he owes his character and successful career solely to his father, who taught him that he must achieve everything on his own.

Timati's career

11. In 1998, he became the founder of the group VIP77, in which his friends became members.

12. Six years later, there were disagreements in VIP77 and it broke up, but soon it was relaunched with an updated composition. Timati, Ratmir Shishkov, Dominic and Anastasia Kochetkova passed the casting to participate in the Star Factory. Under the direction of an experienced producer, they formed their own group “Banda” and studied with the most experienced specialists in the country, recording their own songs and gaining more and more popularity.

13. The group did not reach the finals of the reality show, but they were able to gain popularity and recorded their own album, and also released a video.

14. He spent his first tour of Russia with the finalists of “Factory”; they lasted three months. At the end of the tour, the performer opened his own club “B-club”.

15. In 2007, Ratmir Shishkov and his friends got into a fatal accident, deciding to drive through a prohibitory traffic light. Their car crashed into another car, causing the gasoline in the tank to explode, killing all the passengers in Ratmir's car. This tragic event led to the disbandment of the Banda group.

16. The rapper’s first single album, called “Black Star”, was released a year before the collapse of “Gang”. It contained seventeen compositions, including joint tracks with famous Russian pop stars. The cover copied the cover of one of 2PAC's albums. This, as well as the obvious plagiarism of Western colleagues, caused discontent among professional critics and a lot of accusations of plagiarism.

17. In parallel with music, Timati was actively developing as a businessman. In 2006, he became the founder of his own label, Black Star Inc, which has released many aspiring talented musicians onto the domestic stage.

18. In 2007, he took part in the filming of the comedy “Heat,” where he played a cameo.

19. At the same time, he made his debut as a voice actor, giving the voice to a penguin named Cody from the animated film “Catch the Wave.”

20. By the way, he often voices audiobooks, including many fairy tales and fantasy stories.

21. In 2009, his album “The Boss” was released.

22. In 2012, he presented his third album “SWAGG”, which contained twenty-one compositions. Work on this collection was carried out over three years. World-class stars participated in its recording. The collection brought the performer stunning success and topped the world ratings.

23. A year later, the album “13” was released in Russian, which was less successful than “SWAGG”, but still became a leader in the ratings in the CIS.

24. In 2013, Timati and Snoop Dog took part in the filming of a Russian-made comedy called Odnoklassniki, which, despite the participation of many stars, was not successful at the box office.

25. During the dubbing of the film “District 13: Brick Mansions,” Timati became the voice of Tremaine, played by his colleague, rapper RZA. He also voiced Ali-K in the film “District 13: Ultimatum.”

Timati's personal life

26. Timati has repeatedly said that before he met sixteen-year-old Alexa, he had never felt such serious feelings for anyone. The romance developed on the Star Factory project, which increased the general public’s interest in the couple and the show as a whole, and also raised doubts about the truth of the couple’s feelings. After a strong quarrel, the couple broke up, and the girl went home to Donetsk, where she began a new relationship, but soon returned to Timati. In 2007, the couple separated again, keeping silent about the reasons. However, according to close friends, the couple simply had different personalities: the girl preferred family home evenings, and the rapper liked to spend time in nightclubs.

27. Subsequently, Timati was noticed with many beauties, among them: Sofia Rudyeva and Mila Volchek and some other famous girls.

28. He cohabited with Alena Shishkova, with whom he has a daughter, Alisa. There were many happy family photos on social networks, however, the fairy tale ended when Alena decided to leave the rapper. According to the media, the reason for this was the model’s affair with goalkeeper Anton Shunin. For the sake of the child, the couple maintains a warm friendship and even celebrates their daughter’s birthdays together.

29. Now Timati is dating Anastasia Reshetova, who holds the title of Vice-Miss Russia 2014.

Other interesting facts

30. Timur was classified as unfit for military service in the armed forces due to the fact that at that time in the Russian Federation there was a law according to which a conscript who covered half of his body with tattoos became the owner of a certificate from a psychiatrist with a diagnosis of “mental imbalance.” Timur himself states that all his tattoos have a special meaning, known only to himself.

31. In 2014, Timati, after the decree of the head of Chechnya, received the status of Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic.

32. In the fall of 2016, Timati decided to open his own eatery in the capital, which he called “Black Star Burger.” Kadyrov’s personal request was to open a second one in Grozny. By the way, the singer himself is so confident in the quality of his food products that he even feeds it to his three-year-old daughter. True, not all subscribers were touched by this act; many believe that feeding a child such food is not worth it.

33. Artem Troitsky, a famous music critic, believes that Timati reached this level “due to mass insanity and insanity.”

34. For his cover of the track “Bitch Love” he became the object of mass criticism from many participants in the hip-hop movement. It is known about his beefs with Vlad Valov and Bad Balance. Many other rap artists also wrote diss songs about him.

35. The conflict with Kirkorov began in 2012 after the MUZ-TV award. The musicians have been exchanging unflattering remarks for years. Over time, the grievances faded into the background, and they began to cooperate. Initially, they starred together in an advertisement for a rapper’s burger joint, and then even recorded the song “The Last Spring,” for which a video was even filmed. Timati himself commented on this by saying that if he had been told about such an outcome of the conflict a few years ago, he would have laughed.

36. Participated in the campaign of Vladimir Putin during the 2012 presidential elections.

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37. His favorite book is Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita”.

38. He earned his first money at McDonald's, which had just opened in the capital.

39. The reason for a serious scandal was a photo that Timati posted on Instagram, in which he is depicted in the private plane of the head of Chechnya, with whom he has quite warm friendly relations, with a rather immodest interior.

40. The difference in age and performance style does not prevent him from treating him well; the singer has repeatedly stated that he would be glad to further cooperate with him.

41. He is the owner of the clothing line of the Black Star Wear brand, and more recently, his own line of perfumes.

42. A busy schedule does not prevent Timati from visiting orphanages and development centers, as well as being a member of the UNESCO Foundation.

43. In March 2017, he announced his intention to create a new football club and football agency in the capital. His representative also noted that Timati’s company plans not just to generate income, but to develop professional football in the country. During the first year, he plans to invest about ten million rubles in the project.

44. Collaborated with many other performers: Decl, Dzhigan, Snoop Dogg, there were several songs and many others.

Celebrities always attract public attention with their creativity. Very often, the personal life of stars remains a mystery, as they try to hide details from prying eyes. Brutal rapper Timati is an interesting object of Russian show business. Most of all fans are interested in Timati's children.

Who is Timati?

Timur Ildarovich Yunusov is the real name of the famous performer. He was born on August 15, 1983 in Moscow. His parents (Ildar and Simone) are very wealthy people, since his father has been involved in business all his life. As children, Timur and his younger brother Artem, who is 3.5 years younger, did not need for anything. They had a very beautiful house and the best toys, but their father raised them to be real, unspoiled men. At the age of 13, young Tim moved to Los Angeles. The parents made this decision in order to develop a desire for learning in their son. But besides hip-hop, the purposeful guy was not interested in anything, except perhaps older girls. Therefore, studies quickly faded into the background, and all the time was devoted to fashionable parties and nightclubs.

Carier start

Life in America prompted Timur to take serious action. He decided to do what he loved no matter what. For this purpose, the group VIP77 was created in 1998, which did not receive worldwide fame, but helped the young talent to prove himself as a performer.

"Star Factory" and love on display

In 2004, the 4th season of “Star Factory” started on Channel One, where Timati and other guys won the love of the audience by performing songs and demonstrating their creative talents. On the project (under the leadership of the best vocal and dance teachers), Timati, Ratmir and Dominic Joker decided to create their own group called “Gang”. The audience simply adored the heroes of the project, so they automatically became very popular. At that time, for Timati, family and children were something very distant. But it was at the “Star Factory” that a bright relationship happened between Timati and Alexa. Millions of people followed the development of the couple’s relationship, since even after the end of the project they appeared together everywhere. But in 2007, the couple finally broke up.

Serious relationship

Timur had a relationship with Mila Volchek, a student at the VGIK directing department. The affair lasted 5 years, but did not end with a wedding. The couple's serious intentions were evident from their posts on social networks, where they shared sweet photos with clear overtones of readiness for a family. Timati has always been interested in children. He usually said that Mila was his woman, from whom he wanted to have heirs. He treats all children with special care. But the family didn’t work out, and the mother of the child, Timati, is a completely different woman. Little is known about the detailed details of the separation, but this does not matter, since everyone’s life continues in a better way.

The role of Alena Shishkova in the life of Timati

Alena Shishkova is a young 24-year-old successful model from Tyumen. Lives in Moscow for a long time. She won prizes at regional beauty contests in her hometown. Before conquering the capital, she corrected her appearance by having rhinoplasty and increasing the volume of her lips. Natural beauty, personal charm and professional work of plastic surgeons led her to second place in the Miss Russia 2012 competition. After this, the girl’s life changed dramatically. She was noticed by eligible bachelors, and modeling agencies offered her expensive contracts. Timati had to give Alena many bouquets of flowers and worthy gifts so that she would pay her attention to him. They met at the end of 2012 during the filming of a video. In the spring of 2013, Shishkova gave up and admitted that she was in love.

Child of Alena and Timati

Despite the touching relationship, there was no wedding. But on March 9, 2014, a daughter was born, and Alena Shishkova became her mother. Timati, whose child was born weighing 4 kg and 53 centimeters tall, was immensely happy. Hiding from prying eyes, pregnant Alena spent the entire period before giving birth in the Dominican Republic. Timati's mother Simona Yakovlevna was always with her. It seemed that Timati's children would be dark-haired, like dad. However, the newborn daughter Alice turned out to be a natural blonde. She adopted amazing facial expressions from her father. Finally, the intrigue is revealed. Timati's children are his one and only daughter, Alice.

Who does Alice live with?

During the birth in the Dominican Republic, Timur and Simone were next to Alena. The baby spent almost the entire first year of her life with her mother and grandmother on the seashore. Alena very quickly got into shape after the birth of her daughter and went to her favorite job. The girl spent most of her time with her grandmother Simona, since her parents’ tour schedule does not allow them to spend a lot of time with the baby. Timur and Alena no longer live as a family, each has their own life. But for the sake of their daughter, they maintain friendly relations and celebrate the baby’s birthdays together. In a Moscow apartment, Alice is looked after by her grandmother, but the parents spend all their free time from work with their daughter.

Raising Alice

Child Timati, whose photo is presented above, is precocious for his years. And all because grandmother Simona pays great attention to raising the baby, raising her to be a real housewife. She maintains her account on Instagram, which has almost 2 million subscribers. Many people ask the modern granny to write a book about raising children, since game methods of learning and development are really interesting to many mothers. She shares different stories from her life that leave no one indifferent. He believes that despite the amount of money, a girl should be able to cope with household chores and have a good education.

The Yunusov family was already quite prosperous by the time their first son was born. It would seem that any child who is born to well-to-do parents will grow up as a spoiled “major,” but everything turned out wrong.

The parents of the future star held somewhat conservative views on the issue of a person’s development as an individual, believing that everyone should achieve success in life on their own, as they themselves did.

So, in Moscow on August 15, 1983, Timur Yunusov (Timati) was born into the family of Ildar Yunusov and Simona Yunusova (Chervomorskaya). The boy's nationality has since caused much controversy.

A star is born

As for his creative abilities, his parents noticed them in Timur’s early childhood. Therefore, while still a schoolboy, he also attended a music school, where he studied singing and violin.

Despite the fact that the boy clearly showed success in vocals, he categorically did not want to take up the violin, but his mother, seeing the potential (plus musical roots along her line), continued to insist on mastering the voice and musical instrument. At that time, no one was interested in the question of what nationality Timati was. He was still unknown to anyone.

After receiving secondary education, he enters the Higher School of Economics, but after a short time Timur realizes that this is not his path and after 6 months he quits his studies.

Adolescence. The beginning of becoming a musician

In 1996, the then unknown Timati’s parents sent him to Los Angeles so that he could see the world and, perhaps, warm up his interest in studying. But his parents’ hopes were never fulfilled, and instead of pursuing his self-development and science, he pays more attention to hip-hop and club parties.

It was this period in his life that became a turning point, when he decided exactly what he would do in the future. Therefore, after returning to the capital of Russia, he took up show business, which began with working in clubs. Moreover, these were quite well-known and popular establishments, such as “Marika”, “Most” and others.

The musician constantly visits the gym and keeps himself in good physical shape, but because of his daring character he gets into one of the brawls, where he receives 2 stab wounds in the abdomen, which are now reminiscent of scars. There are rumors that this happened precisely because of the question of what nationality Timati was among some “Slavic-oriented” groups. By the way, this topic was also mentioned in one of the films where the musician played himself.

Speaking of origin, there is a lot of debate on this topic, Timati’s nationality on his father’s side is Tatar, but his mother is Jewish, and the whole intrigue is that among the latter, a person’s nationality is determined exclusively through the female line, thus, one can even argue that Timur – Jew.

Musical future

Despite all the problems and difficulties, the future “star” shows himself from the best sides, and thanks to his musical education, he makes every effort to achieve success in this direction. Timur loves rap culture very much and begins to little by little write songs on his own.

As the musician himself said, a talisman in the form of a large letter “T” helped him in his work. We can say that Timati’s nationality is Uzbek, at least that’s what some sources on the Internet say. In fact, there are as many rumors about his origin as there are about his entire creative path.

Biography of Timati: nationality

The official start of his career, or more precisely, attempts to start it, can be considered 1998. It was then that Timati’s first team was created, it was called VIP77, which meant “Very Important People of the 77th District of Moscow.” There were only 7 people in the group, of whom only its founder became more or less popular.

Despite the fact that all their work was well received at non-professional festivals and in some clubs, they never achieved success. However, a year before their official breakup, the group even managed to release their first album called The Album. The biography of Timati, whose nationality still arouses interest among admirers of his work, has practically no blank spots.

So, in 2000, Timur first appeared on the wide screen, thanks to Decl’s video “Party”. The year 2004 was marked by the participation of Timati, Dominic Joker and Ratmir Shishkov in the television project “Star Factory-4”. It was at this moment that the team was assembled, which was later named “The Gang”. The group failed to win the project then, but instead they managed to make themselves known, after which Igor Krutoy decided to take on their team.

Soon the composition “Heaven is Crying” will be released into the media space. The song very quickly gained great popularity and was followed by the next hit - “New People”. The next year (2005) gives Timati even more popularity, thanks to his video with Alexa “Where are you?” At the same time, the debut album “New People” was released. Alexa and Timati knew each other from “Factory”; the producers decided that it would be better for their image and popularity to create the illusion of love and a romantic relationship between them. Thus, in public they tried in every possible way to support their legend.

In the same year, Timati starred in the movie “Male Season: The Velvet Revolution.” Soon the whole team goes on a tour of Russia. Timur manages to participate in “Gang” and VIP77 at the same time. Naturally, their leader was Timati.

The nationality of all the group members was different, but this did not at all prevent them from developing creatively and existing successfully. At the end of the tour, the Black club opens. At the same time, he quarrels with Alexa, who even begins a relationship with one of the businessmen in Donetsk for some time. But soon they were together again.

In 2006, the world saw the release of his first solo album called Black Star. His debut show “Yuppies in a Pickup Truck” is also starting. A hit was also recorded together with Alexa - “When you are near.” This composition was so popular that it immediately topped the first lines of the music charts in Russia and the CIS.

2007 began with an official statement regarding the end of the relationship between Alexa and Timati. The nationality or harsh character of the musician contributed to this decision is still not known for certain. Now, not burdened with a serious relationship, the young artist plunges headlong into solo projects. Moreover, active work begins not only on the musical side, but also on improving acting skills. The main role in the film “Heat”, dubbing the cartoon “Catch the Wave”, filming the videos “Don’t Go Crazy” and “Dance”.

In 2008, another composition was presented on the theme of the capital of Russia, in which Dj Smash took part - “My Moscow”. In the same year, production work was done on the video for Sergei Lazarev - Lazerboy.

In 2009, in November, the artist’s second solo album, entitled The Boss, was released. Also this year, there was a conscription into the Russian army, which included Timati.

Nationality in this case did not matter at all, and the certificate issued by the doctors during the examination helped him get out of the situation; it stated that the artist was mentally unbalanced.

In 2010, the musician announced that he was going to release an English version of The Boss. But this process is delayed, and soon it is completely postponed. In the summer, the grand opening of his store with his personal design line takes place. In the same year, closer to its end, 2 more videos were released: “How much does love cost” and “Time”.

In 2011, Timati entered the arena of European nightclubs with a remix of the song Welcome to St. Tropez by DJ Antoine. In 2012, the first English-language album by the artist SWAGG was presented. In 2013, he took part in the election campaign of V.V. Putin and was later chosen as the ambassador of the Kazan Universiade.

Main achievements of the artist

Along with questions of interest to everyone about who Timati is, nationality, religion and what inspired all his works, we can note several of his most striking victories.

• 3 solo albums, the same number of collaborations and 1 collection.
• Award RU TV–2011 and Muz-TV–2010, 2011.
• Night Life Awards–2003, 2007.
• World Fashion Awards–2007, 2008.
• Golden Gramophone – 2008, 2009.
• RMA-2008.
• IN DA AWARDS–2009.
• Prize of the newspaper "Trud" - 2010
• LOVE RADIO AWARDS–2010.

Musician's projects

• VIP77 - which included Ulya, Timati, Deema, Walter and Pasha.
• “Gang” - in which Nastya Kochetkova, Timur, Ratmir Shishkov and Dominic Joker took part.
• Blackclub is a nightclub for Timati and three other co-founders. Blackoctober is an artist's restaurant.
• Black star by TIMATI is its own clothing line.

Discography and filmography

• Timati 2004 - “Personal Number”.
• 2005 - Timati projects.
• 2006 - VIP77.
• 2006 - “Arthur and the Minimoys.”
• 2006 - BlackStar by Timati.
• 2006 - “Heat”. 2007 — “Catch the Wave.”
• 2007 - The Boss.
• 2009 – “Hitler Kaput.”
• 2009 – SWAGG.
• 2013 – “Odnoklassniki.ru: call for luck.”

Our days

At the moment, the artist is actively working with many foreign rap artists, such as Snoop Dogg and P.Diddy. But, despite this, he positions himself more as a businessman than a musician under the pseudonym Timati.

The autobiography (which does not touch on nationality) nevertheless speaks of him primarily as a very talented musician who was able to make a revolution in the music of Russia.

Full name: Timur Ildarovich Yunusov

Stage names: Timati, Mr. Black Star

Age: 35 years

Father: Ildar Vakhitovich Yunusov

Mother: Simona Yakovlevna Yunusova

Zodiac sign: ♌ a lion

Place of Birth: Russia, Moscow

Nationality: Tatar

Height: 169 cm

Family status: single

Education: higher incomplete (Higher School of Economics)

Activity: rapper, singer, music producer, entrepreneur

Annual income:$4.5 million (2018)

Who is Timati

Timati is the stage name of a famous rapper, businessman and producer. Today he is one of the most significant figures in Russian show business, winner of many awards and prizes.

Musician and producer Timur Yunusov

His Instagram is in the top ten in terms of the number of subscribers. Currently, the number of subscribers has reached almost 14 million.

Biography

Timati's real name and surname are Timur Ildarovich Yunusov. He is the eldest son of Ildar Vakhitovich and Simona Yakovlevna Yunusov.

Timati's family: parents and brother

Parents instilled in Timur and his younger brother Artem a love of art, the ability to achieve their goals, to be independent and independent of other people’s opinions. The young man notes that he studied music at the request of his mother, and only in his teens he realized that he wanted to become a famous artist. The rapper maintains the warmest relationship with his family.

Timati with his mother Simona Yakovlevna and brother Artem

Ildar Vakhitovich Yunusov, a Tatar by nationality, was born in 1960. He graduated from the Institute of International Relations and worked for several years as a teacher of Russian language and literature at school. Today Timati’s father is a major businessman, but it is not known exactly what his activities are related to. There are several options on the Internet - restaurant or oil and business. Ildar Vakhitovich is a very secretive person, and tries to attend social events as little as possible, and does not maintain an Instagram account. Lives in Switzerland, rarely comes to Moscow.

Ildar Vakhitovich Yunusov

Timati's mother Simona Yakovlevna is open to communication with the public: she has a widely read Instagram (2.8 million subscribers) and accompanies her eldest son at social events. She is Jewish by nationality, born on November 6, 1959 in Moscow.

Little Timur with his mother

Since childhood, she has demonstrated an aptitude for music and plays the guitar flawlessly. Simona Yakovlevna is a graduate of Moscow Humanitarian University. Having received her diploma, she immediately got married and took care of the house, and after a while, raising her sons.

Simona Yakovlevna with her sons

Today, the mother of the famous rapper lives in the Dominican Republic; she divorced the father of her children in 1996. Timati says that the reasons for the separation are not known to him, but he continues to communicate with his father, and he idolizes his mother and regularly thanks her for her help in.

Mom helps Timati in raising Alice

Timur was born in Moscow, the musician recalls that their apartment on Mira Avenue was always open to guests: “My father’s business partners, mother’s friends, and distant relatives came to us. The house was always noisy and interesting.”

Timur Yunusov was born into a friendly family

The boy had everything for a carefree childhood, but Timur does not consider himself a “major”: “I am grateful to my parents for a good education and moral support, but I earned my capital myself.” His brother Artem Yunusov was born in February 1987. He is in many ways similar to his older brother: he loves beautiful cars, driving fast, and plays music.

Timur and Artem in childhood

Since 2006 he has been working as a DJ in the best clubs in the capital, performing under the pseudonym DJ Temniy. Now he is promoting his music brand in Europe, taking part in various events and private parties.

Artem Yunusov today

Not married, no children, but Artem’s personal life is busy: he is suspected of having romantic relationships with Dom-2 participant Elizaveta Kutuzova, other models and socialites.

Timati in childhood

At school, Timati found humanitarian subjects easy; he was indifferent to the exact sciences. I enjoyed attending physical education and music classes. The boy grew up as a very active child, often playing pranks.

Photo of Timur from the family archive

Simona Yakovlevna recalls that Timur once climbed onto a bunk bed and lowered a burning paper airplane: “He was interested in seeing how it would land on the carpet. I barely managed to grab a piece of paper on the fly to prevent a fire from starting.”

Timur was an energetic child

Wanting to direct her son’s energy in a useful direction, his mother sent Timur to a music school, where he studied violin for 4 years. Timur also attended karate classes. He was a very sociable child and made new friends everywhere.

Timur with grandfather

Recently it became known that Timati studied at the same school with Ksenia Sobchak, which the girl told about. This fact is mentioned in their joint video, filmed in 2007. Decl also studied at the same school.

Timati and Ksenia Sobchak – school photo

When Timur was 13 years old, the family went to the USA, where the future rapper became acquainted with hip-hop culture. The Yunusovs spent about a year in Los Angeles; Timati went to one of the local schools. The young man began visiting discos and saw vibrant street performances.

Timati in his youth

Upon returning to Moscow, Timur graduates from high school and enters the Higher School of Economics. He studied there for only six months, and began to engage in promotion (organizing parties) in Moscow nightclubs.

Timati's career

In 1998 Timati created his own group VIP77. The team included Dominic Joker, Pavel Kuryanov (Pasha), Timur Kuzminykh (Dino MC 47) and other childhood friends. Around the same time, he met Decl, and they recorded several joint musical works. Timur can be seen in the “Party” video and heard on backing vocals in the track “Who are you.”

Young Timati and Decl

In 2004, the VIP77 group ceased to exist; it was not possible to achieve widespread fame. Timur goes to the casting of “Star Factory-4”, and becomes one of the brightest participants in the show. A “Gang” was formed, which, in addition to Timati, included Anastasia Kochetkova, Dominic Joker and Ratmir Shishkov. They were produced by Igor Krutoy, under his leadership the team underwent training from the best music teachers in the country and recorded songs.

Timati and Decl at the beginning of their careers

It was not possible to win the “Factory” then, but they still started talking about the young musicians. Timati goes on his first tour, which lasted several months. Returning to Moscow, the musician opens the Black club entertainment complex.

Timati and the band "Banda"

In 2006 Timur begins to build a solo career. His first album included 17 tracks, including duet compositions with Irina Dubtsova, Alexa, Karina Koks and other musicians. At the same time, Timur gave his first big solo concert at the Zhara nightclub.

Timati in his youth

In subsequent years, the young man continues to record songs and perform. Timati has 7 studio albums and dozens of video clips. He is a laureate of the Golden Gramophone, MUZ-TV and other prestigious music competitions. Since 2017 – Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic.

Timati in the movie "Heat"

Timati is not only a musician, but also an actor, with 13 film credits to his credit. The first role was in the film “Male Season: The Velvet Revolution” (2005). In the film “Heat” (2006), Timur played “himself” - a guy from the capital who became a superstar. His partners on the set were famous actors Alexei Chadov and Konstantin Kryukov. Timati participated in writing the script for the film “Capsule” (2014).

Timati today

Several years ago, Timur announced that he was limiting his artist’s career. He no longer tours, performing only on very important occasions. The young man is engaged in business, producing, and raising his daughter Alice. Back in 2006, he created the Black Star music label, and is now promoting young talented artists. Timati has many fans and critics, but they all agree on one thing - this man deserves respect and recognition.

Personal life

He owns several apartments in Moscow, housing in the Dominican Republic, where Alice and her grandmother Simone live, and a villa in Saint-Tropez.

Timati, real name Timur Ildarovich Yunusov (b. 1983), is a Russian rapper, actor, producer, and businessman. He has the title of Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic.

Childhood

Timati was born in a Moscow maternity hospital on August 15, 1983. His dad, Ildar Yunusov, is a fairly famous and wealthy entrepreneur. Timur's mother, Simona Yakovlevna, is a musician and plays the guitar. But she did not work by profession and specialty. Since the family had a fairly successful business, the woman was raising children. Timur has a younger brother Artyom. My mother’s maiden name was Chervomorskaya; Jewish and Tatar roots were mixed in her blood. Timur’s grandfather sang in the choir, so, one might say, the boy was born and raised in a family that was not only wealthy, but also musical.

Despite the fact that Timati’s parents were already successful and rich at the time of his birth, he did not grow up as a major boy. His parents’ views were rather conservative; they believed that every person in life should achieve everything on their own, as they did.

Mom tried to raise her son as a comprehensively developed personality, so from an early age Timur was sent to various creative and sports sections. The child grew up very sociable and active. This was especially evident in relations with his younger brother. As in any family where there are two boys, the Yunusovs could not do without fights. And what did the boys’ experiments cost their mother when they threw a dog down from the second tier of a child’s bed to see how it would land? It was even more fun when they set fire to and launched a burning paper airplane from the same bunk bed. Mom managed to grab it and put it out right next to the floor carpet.

Since childhood, the boy was rarely called by the name Timur, more and more often his relatives called him Tima, hence the future stage name Timati.

From early childhood, the child was drawn to music. Noticing such abilities of their son, mom and dad decided to send him to a music school, where he studied violin and vocals for four years. Timur didn’t particularly like the violin, but what can he do, he had to practice because his mother forced him to.

At the age of ten, the boy already went to children's camps in the summer, where his girlfriends were mostly girls, and older than him in age. From about the same age, Timur began to choose his own clothing style, tried to earn extra money by washing cars, placing orders at McDonald's and selling skateboards. He managed to earn extra 50-100 rubles, but to him at that time they seemed like a lot of money. There were no problems with money in the family, but the parents preferred to spend it on their children’s education rather than on all sorts of fashionable childish things. Like any normal boy, Timati took part in yard fights with boys.

The beginning of a passion for music

When Timur was 13 years old, his parents sent him to Los Angeles, so to speak, to see the world and warm up his interest in studying, because graduation from school and the choice of a future profession was just around the corner. Instead, Timati took up clubbing and studying hip-hop in America. This trip turned the young man’s life in a creative direction. He firmly decided what he was going to do in life. After returning home, Timur went into show business.

True, first I tried to study at a higher educational institution. After graduating from secondary school, Timur became a student at the Higher School of Economics, as his parents wanted. However, he studied there only until his third year. It took him two and a half years to finally become convinced that the world of numbers was not for him at all, he only needed music. Already at that time, Timur organized parties in nightclubs, and combining study with nightlife turned out to be problematic, and Timati left the educational institution.

His musical career began in the popular advanced clubs “Marika” and “Most”. In mid-1998, Timur and his friends organized the group “VIP 77”. By this name the creators themselves meant “Very Important People of the 77th District of Moscow.” The team consisted of seven people, but, except for Timur, no one else became famous in modern show business. They performed in clubs, took part in several non-professional festivals, released one album, but the group was not particularly successful. As a result, the team broke up.

Timati first appeared on television screens in 2000, it was Decl’s video “Party”.

"Star Factory 4"

In 2004, Timur took part in the First Channel project “Star Factory 4”. This program, in addition to the fact that the contestants were shown on TV every week, actually gave them a lot. The best choreographers and teachers worked with them, the repertoire was personally selected for the children, and new compositions were recorded.

During filming, Timur began an affair with a charming young contestant from the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Alexa. Since all participants in the project constantly lived under the gun of cameras, the romantic relationship of Timur and Alexa quickly became public knowledge. However, later the young people separated, since the girl’s father, a Donetsk oligarch, was against such an eccentric party for his princess.

Many, after the “Star Factory” project, gained fame throughout the country and continued their path in show business. This happened with the participants of the fourth “Factory” - Timati, Anastasia Kochetkova, Dominic Joker and Ratmir Shishkov. None of these guys won a prize, but they created the group “Banda”, recorded an album, and shot a video.

After the end of the project, Igor Krutoy paid special attention to the established “Banda” team. He took up their promotion, and very soon the musical compositions “Heaven is Crying” and “New People” were released one after the other, quickly gaining popularity and becoming hits. In mid-2005, an entire album by the band “Banda” entitled “New People” was released.

At the same time, the singer’s passion for tattoos began. On the domestic stage, Timati is perhaps the only musician whose body is almost completely covered with tattoos.

Almost a whole year after the end of the “Star Factory 4” project, its participants toured Russia with concerts. After the end of this tour, Timur began his active work in the world of show business.

Formation of a musical career

In 2005, his first nightclub “Black club” was opened. The “Banda” team continued touring and also took part in the recording of the soundtrack to the film “Dope”.

In 2006, Timati's first solo album was presented. It was called "Black Star". Almost at the same time, Timur became the organizer of his own production center with the same name “Black Star inc.” He also began producing collectible clothing “Black Star by TIMATI”. The entire line was aimed at hip-hop youth.

Music was not the only thing present in the young man’s creative life. At the very beginning of 2007, the premiere of Fyodor Bondarchuk’s film “Heat” took place, where Timur played the role of the main character. At the same time, he participated in the dubbing of the animated film “Catch the Wave,” where the main character speaks in his voice.

In March 2007, a terrible shock occurred in Timur’s life. Two of his friends Ratmir Shishkov and Deema died in a car accident, after which the Banda group ceased to exist. Timati took up a solo career.

Together with Dzhigan and Bogdan Titomir, he released the track “Dirty Sluts” and shot several videos for the following songs:

• "In club";
• "Heat";
• “Don’t go crazy” (Victoria Bonya starred in the video);
• “Dance” (Ksenia Sobchak took part in the filming of this video).

At the end of 2007, Timati’s first solo concert performance took place at the Zhara club.

The year 2008 in the singer’s life was marked by the fact that, together with Dj Smash, he sang the song “My Moscow,” which was recognized as the best summer composition. Almost at the same time, at Russian Fashion Week, the first line of sportswear “TS Timati for Sprandi” was presented, which was released by Timur together with the Sprandi company.

In 2009, three Timati singles were released, each of which had videos filmed. And at the end of autumn of this year, in the capital’s club “Milk”, the singer presented his second solo album “The Boss”. His album began to be sold in all music stores in Russia, as well as in the CIS countries. This summer, Timur experienced another tragedy; again, his good friend and colleague at the production center “Black Star Inc” DJ Dlee died in a car accident.

In 2010, the singer released new songs and shot videos for them - “Time” and “How much does love cost”. This spring, at a DJ conference in Miami, a presentation of a joint track by Timati and Laurent Wolf took place. On Children's Day, June 1, Timati opened his first clothing store in Moscow. On this day, a charity concert took place with the participation of the singer himself, as well as the group “Fidgets”, Sergei Lazarev and Dj Smash.

Cinema and politics, personal life and business

In 2012, Timur participated in the election campaign of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, and was also an ambassador of the Kazan Universiade. In November of the same year, a solo concert was held at Moscow's Crocus City Hall, which became a kind of summing up of Timati's ten-year musical activity.

At the end of 2012, on the set of a video, Timur met model, finalist of the Miss Russia contest Alena Shishkova. The singer had to court the girl for a long time, persistently and beautifully before they started dating.

In 2014, the couple had a daughter, Alice. The girl was born in a maternity hospital in the Dominican Republic. Timati was present at the birth and supported his beloved woman in every possible way. Taking into his arms the tiny creature that was born before his eyes and was also his complete copy, Timur could not restrain himself and burst into tears.

In 2013, Timur starred in the film “Odnoklassniki.ru: CLICK Your Luck,” and also recorded the soundtrack for this film.

Today Timati is a fairly successful musician and singer, who has well-deserved awards for his work:

• “Golden Gramophones” (2008, 2009, 2013);
• Muz-TV awards (2010, 2011);
• RU TV awards (2011, 2013, 2014);
• World Music Awards (2014).

His clothing line and the mobile game Black Star Runner, released at the end of 2015, are also being successfully promoted.