Timati

Timati
Timati in 2018
Background information
Birth name Timur Ildarovich Yunusov
Born (1983-08-15) August 15, 1983
Moscow, Russia
Genres
Labels Black Star inc. Timati
Website timatimusic.com

Timur Ildarovich Yunusov (born August 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Timati (Russian: Ти́мати), is a Russian artist, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, marketer and entrepreneur.

Biography

Early life

Timur Ildarovich Yunusov(Tatar: Cyrillic Тимур Илдар оглы Юнусов, Latin Timur Ildar oglu Yunusov, Russian: Тиму́р Ильда́рович Юну́сов) was born on August 15, 1983 in Moscow to an ethnically mixed family[1] of Tatar father Ildar Vakhitovich Yunusov and Jewish mother Simona Yakovlevna Yunusova (née Chervomorskaya), he also has a younger brother, Artyom. He grew up in a wealthy industrialist family, saying "I have very wealthy parents", but "I was never spoiled."[2]

He was raised mainly on Mira Avenue in Moscow. His current stage name "Timati" has stuck with him since he was young.[3] Yunusov also lived in Los Angeles for 3 years. At the urgent request of his grandfather, composer and conductor Yakov Chervomorsk, Timur graduated from a violin class at the four-year music school.[4] He studied at the Higher School of Economics, finished his third year but left to focus on his music career. He later became associated with the YPS squad. His first single came out with Konaldo.

Career

Timati and Vladimir Putin

He became well known to the Russian community from the music reality show Star Factory|Star Factory 4, but before it he collaborated with Detsl. Member of the group Banda (Russian: Банда; lit. "Gang") and co-founder of VIP 77. Ex-owned B-Club nightclub, the bar Black October and the stores Ё-Life. Also is the CEO of his own label called "Black Star Inc". In 2006, was featured in Heat produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk. In 2008, Timati was featured in a Fat Joe song called "Put U Take It", also featuring German rapper Nox and Raul, produced by Scott Storch, which references Jacob Arabo. In 2008 Mario Winans featured Timati in the single "Forever". In the same year, Timati appeared in the comedy film Hitler goes Kaput!. Timati, in 2009, featured Snoop Dogg in the single "Groove On".

Michael 'Mike' David is currently Timati's UK producer. Responsible for the collaboration of Timati with foreign artists, such as Snoop Dogg and Mario Winans, he is responsible for much of Timati's Western popularity.

In Summer 2011 he topped the charts in Luxembourg, Poland and Romania with the single "Welcome to St. Tropez" vs. DJ Antoine and feat. Kalenna Harper from Diddy – Dirty Money, shortly after winning in nomination for the best clip in Russia's Capital Moscow with a soundtrack "I'm on You" feat. P Diddy. The clip was created by Timati's old friend and partner Pavel Hoodyakov on the U.S. East Coast.

In 2016 Timati gave his biggest solo performance to date in Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Moscow. The concert was attended by 15,000 people and featured a 3D-installation, a car on stage and other spectacular show elements.[5]

On the night of 20 on June 21, 2018 Timati and Egor Kreed held an unauthorized mass event in Moscow on Bolshaya Dmitrovka by staging an impromptu performance right on the roof of a car, which caused a traffic jam on the street.[6] This action was devoted to the opening of the Timati's beauty salon. The next day, lawyer Alexander Khaminsky filed an application to initiate cases on this incident in the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tver and the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. [7][8][9] The court in this case was appointed on August 1, 2018. [10]

Personal life

Timati's daughter Alice was born on March 19, 2014. The mother of his child is his ex-girlfriend and Russian model Alena Shishkova. He is known for his exotic car collection, namely a Mansory-tuned Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, a Lamborghini Murcielago SV and a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss edition which he drives in Monaco.

Books

  • 2008 – "The Moor"[11] – producer books
  • 2009 – "Audio of Audi. History of the brand"[12][13] – Executive audiobooks
  • 2010 – "Tatar folk tales" – Executive audiobooks
  • 2012 – "A boy of twelve. Tatar folk tale" – Executive audiobooks

Business

Timur Yunusov, in particular, include:

  • Clothing line Black Star Wear
  • Opened a clothing store Black Star Wear Turkmenistan with businessman nephew of Deputy Prime Minister with Kamran Aliev: www.kyamranaliyewbussness.shop.com
  • Opened a restaurant Black Star Burger
  • Opened a tattoo shop

Concert tours

  • 2009–2010 – The Boss Tour
  • 2011 – Carrera Tour 2011 [30]
  • 2015 – GTO (with L'One)
  • 2016 – Olimp tour

Discography

Studio albums

Collaboration albums

  • Noviye Lyudi (New People) (2004) – with Banda
  • The Album (2006) – with VIP77

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
[16]		 BEL
[16]		 FRA
[17]		 GER
[18]		 NED
[19]		 SPA
[20]		 SWI
[21]
"Groove On"
(featuring Snoop Dogg)		 2009 –21–6288–— The Boss
"Welcome to St. Tropez"
(featuring Blue Marine)		 2010 ––––––45
"Welcome to St. Tropez"
(DJ Antoine vs. Timati featuring Kalenna)		 2011 49737162 2011
"I'm on You"
(featuring P. Diddy, Dirty Money and DJ Antoine)		 2012 –––50––62 SWAGG
"Not All About The Money"
(with La La Land featuring Timbaland and Grooya)		 32––29––7
"Sex in the Bathroom"
(featuring Craig David)		 ––––––—
"London"
(with DJ Antoine featuring Grigory Leps)		 2016 –––––––
Others
  • Forever
  • Love You
  • Money in the Bank
  • Top of the World
  • Not All About The Money
List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
 US
"Lazerboy"
(Sergey Lazarev featuring Timati)		 2008 –— Electric Touch
"Фокусы"
(DJ Smash featuring Timati)		 2011 –— Twenty Three
"Moscow to California"[22]
(DJ M.E.G. featuring Sergey Lazarev and Timati)		 2012 –— Lazarev.
"8 Days a Week"
(Jean-Roch featuring Timati)		 –— Music Saved My Life
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards

Russian Music Awards MTV

  • Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2007 (nominated)
  • Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2008 (nominated)
  • Best Artist – 2008 (nominated)
  • Best Male Act – 2008 (nominated)

MUZ-TV Awards

  • Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2009 (nominated)
  • Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2010 (won)
  • Best Album "The Boss" – 2010 (won)
  • Best Video "Love You" – 2010 (won)
  • Best Video "I'm on You" – 2011 (won)

Europe Music Awards MTV

  • Best Russian Act – 2009 (nominated)
  • Best Russian Act – 2010 (nominated)
  • Best Russian Act – 2011 (nominated)

Filmography

Translation dubbing:

  • 2006: Arthur and the Minimoys
  • 2007: Surf's Up

References

  1. ↑ Kamenev, Marina (January 18, 2008). "The word on the street". The St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  2. ↑ Timati: I'm totally unique! December 25, 2006
  3. ↑ Redeeva, Elena (December 25, 2006). "Тимати: Я совершенно уникален!" (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  4. ↑ Gasparyan, Artur (November 18, 2009). "Тимати: понты юция" (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets.
  5. ↑ http://www.muz1.tv/events/7314
  6. ↑ Алексеева Руслана (2018-07-21). "После бессовестной выходки Тимати грозит арест". Дни.ру. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  7. ↑ "На Тимати и Крида завели дело за пробку в центре Москвы". Московский комсомолец. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  8. ↑ Береснев Вячеслав (2018-07-20). "Тимати и Егору Криду грозит арест". Ура.ру. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  9. ↑ Еленин Семён (2018-07-13). "Тимати и Егора Крида, станцевавших на крыше внедорожника в Москве, могут арестовать на 15 суток". Комсомольская правда. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  10. ↑ "Искусство или хулиганство? Творчество Тимати и Егора Крида оценит полиция". Вести.ру. 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  11. ↑ «Мавр» — книга Адриана Прахова, спродюсированная известным рэпером Тимати
  12. ↑ На книжной ярмарке в Москве Audi представит аудиокнигу
  13. ↑ Audi выпустила аудиокнигу про Audi
  14. ↑ L'One: «Не знаю, можно ли об этом говорить — пишем альбом с Тимати» | RAP.RU
  15. ↑ Тимати выпустит новый альбом | RAP.RU
  16. 1 2 http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Antoine+vs%2E+Timati+feat%2E+Kalenna&titel=Welcome+To+St%2E+Tropez&cat=s
  17. ↑ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Antoine+vs%2E+Timati+feat%2E+Kalenna&titel=Welcome+To+St%2E+Tropez&cat=s
  18. ↑ sds
  19. ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Timati+feat%2E+Snoop+Dogg&titel=Groove+On&cat=s
  20. ↑ "Timati – Welcome To St. Tropez". Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  21. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Antoine+vs%2E+Timati+feat%2E+Kalenna&titel=Welcome+To+St%2E+Tropez&cat=s
  22. ↑ "DJ M.E.G. ft. Ñåðãåé Ëàçàðåâ & Òèìàòè "Moscow to California"". Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  • Official website (in Russian)
  • Timati at the Forbes
  • Timati on IMDb
  • Timati lyrics (in Russian)
  • Belugina, Jana (April 22, 2009). "Bling-bling party in Tallinn". The Baltic Times. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  • Malpas, Anna (November 28, 2008). "In the Spotlight". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
  • Malpas, Anna (November 16, 2007). "In the Spotlight". The St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  • "Russian Rap on the Riviera". Russia Today. May 19, 2008. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
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