Denis Ustimenko's childhood and school years
The future hip-hop artist was born in August 1985 in Odessa , a city also called the “pearl by the sea.” Dzhigan’s dad was a long-distance sailor; when he went abroad, he often brought music collections to his son as gifts. Already at the age of seven, the boy began to be interested in music, and the reason for this was gifts from his father - a tape recorder and new collections with music from his favorite performers, brought from the United States.
Later, at the age of nine, Denis Ustimenko tried himself in hip-hop culture, recording several tracks with the group “ShiZo”. From the age of eleven, the boy begins to carefully engage in sports, attending classes in kickboxing, boxing and thai-boxing. His efforts led him to the Ukrainian championship and the European kickboxing prize.
Denis Aleksandrovich Ustimenko-Weinstein in childhood and now
The start of his sports career did not stop Dzhigan from writing his first song and performing it in the school assembly hall already in the ninth grade. Denis did not stop there and began organizing rap parties, where he was a DJ.
At the age of 19, Denis Ustimenko received the title of Master of Sports of Ukraine , and twice throughout his entire sports career he became the champion of Ukraine, including in hand-to-hand combat. Participated in competitions in fighting without rules . The singer also opened the “Martial Arts Sports School.” It is not some kind of commercial project, he just wanted to contribute to the development of sports in the country. Despite all his sporting successes and merits, sports is not the rapper’s only hobby.
Denis Aleksandrovich Ustimenko-Weinstein (Dzhigan) and Vladi in his youth
Biography of Dzhigan
Dzhigan was born in 1985 in Odessa. The singer's real name is Denis Aleksandrovich Ustimenko-Weinstein. The boy's father was a sailor. Denis was fond of music since childhood, collecting CDs and cassettes that his dad brought from distant countries. Therefore, the boy had a tape recorder in his house, which was a rarity at that time. At the age of 9, the boy sings a song with the group “Shilo”. Passionate about music, the young man writes a song for a school competition in the ninth grade. The guy always loved sports and practiced various types of martial arts. As a result, at the age of 19 he became a master of sports and champion of Ukraine. Having contributed to the development of the country's sports, the boy begins to organize parties. The name of Denis as a DJ, or rather his pseudonym, was already on everyone’s lips.
Denis was forced to come up with the pseudonym Dzhigan (or GeeGun), as he was invited by famous clubs in Odessa to perform as a DJ. Soon, neighboring countries began to often invite the musician. The word Gun makes it clear to us that a man is partial to weapons.
The beginning of Dzhigan’s career and first performances
The idea of trying himself as a DJ did not come to him by chance. His music collection included five hundred audio cassettes, three hundred vinyl records and more than two thousand discs. Soon all the parties that Denis organized became very popular and famous MCs showed great interest in him. It was after this that Denis needed a pseudonym. He chose Dzhigan or GeeGun for a reason . The first part of the stage name was taken from rapper Ice-T's album, while the second part reflects his love of guns.
Denis Aleksandrovich Ustimenko-Weinstein in his youth
In 2007, Dzhigan moved from Odessa to Moscow at the invitation of the general director of Black Star and became an artist of the label. The first work in this composition was the song “Odnoklassnitsa”, which he performed in a duet with Timati . Also, when the third album of the group “Godfamily” was released, namely “Life or Wallet”, Dzhigan took part in the performance of the song “My Boys”, but then he took part in the group’s tours as a DJ.
He constantly toured, worked with such famous DJs as “Dj Shked”, “Dj Max Chorny”, “Dj Dlee”, “Dj Phil”, “Dj York”, “Dj Hobot” . During this, Dzhigan even worked at radio stations in Odessa and managed to release several studio mixes. He managed to become the first to introduce and promote such a trend as “Reggaeton” in Ukraine.
Dzhigan and Timati
Dzhigan
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Russian rap artist. Born into a sailor's family. Since childhood, he was fond of music and already in the ninth grade he recorded his first track. The presentation of the song took place in front of his classmates at the graduation party. After this, the rapper began holding hip-hop and r`n`b parties in Odessa. From the age of 11, Dzhigan was passionate about sports. Attended classes in boxing, thai-boxing, and kickboxing. At the age of 19, he received the title of Master of Sports of Ukraine, twice in his career he became the champion of Ukraine, including in hand-to-hand combat, and also the silver medalist of the European Championship in kickboxing. He took part in competitions in fighting without rules. For a wide range of listeners, his voice was first heard in the track “My Boys” on the album “Life or Wallet”. Dzhigan is still one of the members of this group. A little later, the world saw his first solo track “Boytsovskaya”, which was later included in the collection “Bandit Rep”. His next step in his musical career was to become a DJ.
In 2005, Dzhigan invited DJ DLEE, who was the official DJ of rapper Timati, to perform at his party. Colleagues met at various festivals and significant events in the Russian rap industry. The result of the artists’ communication was a joint song: Bogdan Titomir, Timati and Dzhigan released the track “Dirty Sluts,” which gained great popularity among Internet users.
In 2007, at the invitation of the CEO of Black Star Inc. Pavel Kuryanova Dzhigan moved from Odessa to Moscow and became an artist of the label. As part of the company, his first work was the song “Classmate,” which he performed together with Timati.
It didn’t take long to wait for great success: in 2009, Dzhigan and Anna Sedokova gave music lovers the hit “Frozen.” The track overnight becomes the leader in sales on digital platforms. But 2011 turned out to be especially rich in pleasant events and victories for Dzhigan. The song “Let Go,” recorded together with singer Yulia Savicheva, became the leader in the number of downloads on the day of presentation, overtaking the releases of both Russian and foreign artists. The track turned out to be an absolute hit and topped the charts of HIT FM, DFM and Russian Radio for a long time. The video for this composition was in “hot rotation” on leading TV channels, and the song itself brought the duo the prestigious “Song of the Year” and “Golden Gramophone” awards.
From 2010 to 2012, Dzhigan pursued his solo career and worked on his debut album. Includes such compositions as: “We Started”, “Only for You”, “I’m Ready for Anything”. Together with Dzhigan, beatmakers from Germany “NavSegda Production”, Dj Dlee and Timati worked on the debut album. Geegun also represents the label “Black Star Inc” in Ukraine.
In 2012, Dzhigan married Oksana Samoilova. The couple has three daughters: Ariela, Leah and Maya.
Artist's star duets
Returning from his tour in 2007, the rapper was again on stage as a performer, an artist in groups. He began to monitor the popularity of artists and even recorded common tracks. One of Dzhigan’s first joint duets was the hit “Cold Heart,” recorded in 2009 by Dzhigan and Sedokova . After graduating from the Faculty of Physical Education at Ushinsky University, he, together with Timati and Bogdan Titomir, recorded a new track called “Dirty Sluts” . After which the guys performed with her at the MTV RMA awards ceremony - this was Dzhigan’s first appearance on the big stage.
Dzhigan and Yulia Savicheva at the Golden Gramophone award ceremony
In March 2011, a joint work between Dzhigan and Yulia Savicheva called “Let Go” was released. The number of views of the video on YouTube video hosting exceeded seventeen million. After which, in September, another work was released entitled “You are near”, recorded together with the late Zhanna Friske .
The second collaboration between Dzhigan and Yulia Savicheva, “There’s Nothing More to Love,” was called a hit even before the premiere of the composition took place. The song was broadcast on such famous radio stations as “Europa Plus”, “Love Radio” and “DFM” , and also took first place in downloads on iTunes. The clip was broadcast on TV channels in Ukraine, Russia and other CIS countries.
Dzhigan - DJ
Famous duets
Fateful for Dzhigan was his acquaintance with Timati, whom he once invited to his native Odessa for one of the parties. From this moment their fruitful cooperation began, which eventually allowed them to conquer all of Russia. They recorded the track “Odnoklassnitsa” together; with the participation of Bogdan Titomir, they performed “Dirty Sluts”, which became very popular among young people. In 2007, Denis became the official artist of the recording label and production center Black Star Inc. In 2010, a new work “Know” was released, where Timati acted as a guest artist and producer.
Djigan’s performance in a duet with A. Sedokova of the song “Frozen Heart,” which became a real hit, brought a huge surge in popularity to Dzhigan. In support of the track, a video clip was released, filmed in the USA and Russia by the famous director of this genre P. Khudyakov. In 2014, the music video director continued his collaboration with Dzhigan, filming a video for him for the song “Sky,” performed in a duet with singer Asti.
In the spring of 2011, the track “Let Go” appeared, which Dzhigan sang in a duet with Yu. Savicheva. The song immediately began to be broadcast by leading radio stations, taking leadership positions in many charts. Their video gained fantastic popularity on the World Wide Web - over 17 million users watched it on YouTube. In 2014, their new joint work “There’s Nothing More to Love” was presented, which became third on the authoritative Weekly Audience Choice Top Hit chart.
In the fall of 2011, the premiere of the song “You Are Next” took place, performed together with J. Friske. Denis later explained that after writing the music and lyrics, he had no doubts with whom to perform this track. 2012 was marked by the release of a new song “Carnival”, recorded together with “Disco Accident” and Vika Krutoy.
In 2020, the rapper received several awards at once. Among them are the “Golden Gramophone” awards for the track “I and You”, “Muz-TV” as the best hip-hop artist and “Song of the Year” for the song “There is Nothing More to Love”.
In 2020, a new duet was created, in which Dzhigan and Stas Mikhailov participate. They performed the song “Love-Narcosis,” which caused a stir on the iTunes chart, where it immediately took second place. In support of the composition, director R. Romanov shot a video, the debut of which took place on February 23 at the Duran Bar.
In total, during his musical career, Dzhigan released three studio albums (“Frozen”, “Music. Life”, “Your Choice”) and one collection (The Best of Geegun).
The beginning of a solo career
It’s no secret that Dzhigan has been a member of Black Star Inc for a long time. However, he announced his retirement and soon fans heard a new song, “We Are No More,” which became the beginning of his freestyle. All compositions were included in one album, “Frozen,” which the rapper worked on for several years.
Then, in 2014, a new video clip “We need to pump ourselves up” was released, which became a hymn to a healthy lifestyle. The best bodybuilders also took part in this video.
Denis Aleksandrovich Ustimenko-Weinstein (Dzhigan)
In the spring of next year, Denis Ustimenko presented his third album, released under the title “Your Choice,” which included the already hit songs “There’s Nothing More to Love” and “Time to Lose Weight.” Already in 2020, his collaboration with singer Maxim called “Rain” was released.
Dzhigan did not leave his army of fans without pleasant gifts in 2020. Together with Stas Mikhailov, he records a duet track and even shoots a video for the song “Love-Anesthesia”: the composition instantly took leading places in many charts.
Free swimming
In 2013, Dzhigan decides to leave the Black Star company and begin to manage his career himself. This move was risky, but it soon paid off. So, in 2014, the singer released the song “We need to pump ourselves up,” which encourages young people to take up sports and a healthy lifestyle; real bodybuilders starred in the video.
A song is also being released with the lead singer of the group 5sta Family Loya. The song is called "Take care of love."
At some point in his career, many believed that Dzhigan was created by Timati, but Denis did everything possible so that people would change their minds and see in him not a puppet, but a person who could stand up for himself and make his way into the world. Now the rapper is helping other newcomers to his craft.
In 2020, the song “There is nothing more to love” will be released. Also this year there was a duet with singer Maxim. A video was shot for the song “Rain”.
Achievements and awards of Dzhigan
In addition to his sporting successes, Denis Ustimenko managed to distinguish himself in music. In 2014, during the annual music awards of the MUZ-TV channel. Evolution" Dzhigan was recognized as the "Best Hip-Hop Project of the Year", and in his honor he received the coveted plate. And already in June, Ustimenko became a laureate of the “Fashion People Awards” (“RnB-Fashion”).
Dzhigan's tattoo
During another Muz-TV award in Kazakhstan, which took place in early summer, Dzhigan was recognized as the best Hip-Hop artist of the year. Also, at the Russian Radio “Golden Gramophone” award, the rapper was awarded the main prize and a diploma for the hit “I and You”.
Children of Dzhigan
The children of Dzhigan and Oksana Samoilova are three beautiful girls. The eldest, Ariela Denisovna Ustimenko-Weinstein, was born on July 27, 2011. The second daughter Leah was born on September 3, 2014. The third daughter, Maya, was born on April 27 this year.
By the way, the birth of the last daughter coincided with Oksana’s birthday. Here is such a gift. All the girls are very beautiful, dark-haired. The eldest is a copy of her father. According to Dzhigan, at first she wanted a brother. She later stated that she no longer wanted siblings because she had a younger sister and knew what it was like to bear responsibility. Most of all, Leia was delighted to have another sister.
Scandals
In the spring of 2020, a scandal occurred related to the hit “The Ice Is Melting Between Us” by the group Mushrooms. The thing is that the rapper presented his new single called “Days and Nights.” Netizens found it strikingly similar to the Gribov song. They noted that the song matches both in melody and rhythm.
However, Denis Ustimenko himself stated that his track “Days and Nights” was written even before the song of the Ukrainian group. “And the similarity of the “deep house” style with recitative is quite possible. But this is pure coincidence,” says Dzhigan. Moreover, he said that “many of his new tracks, recorded back in the fall of 2020, are very similar in style.”
Dzhigan Feat. Artik & Asti
But the fans didn't stop there. In addition to the fact that Dzhigan was accused of plagiarizing the song, he was also credited with borrowing the image of the main character of the video . The model appearing in the video bears a strong resemblance to the lead singer of the South African band Die Antwoord, Yolandi Visser. Djigan, seeing her on the set, was pleasantly surprised by the similarity and decided that she would fit organically into his video, which was done.
Lena Miro about the scandal in Dzhigan’s family: “He’s in a mental hospital, Samoilova is crying”
The other day, Internet users became unwitting witnesses to a scandal between Dzhigan and his wife Oksana Samoilova. The couple recently had a fourth child, their long-awaited only son. The rapper and his wife posted touching pictures from America on Instagram, Oksana showed off her ideal figure after giving birth, and the reverent father Dzhigan gently rocked the heir in his arms. Fans of the star family were sincerely touched by a series of cute pictures and videos. However, the other day the idyll came to an end. Dzhigan suddenly “went off the rails”, went live on the social network drunk, and openly sent one of his little daughters for beer on camera.
Shortly after this, Oksana Samoilova announced that their family was leaving America, and then posted a story where she wrote that she “doesn’t want to wake up in this world.” Dzhigan himself suddenly found himself in a rehab on the ocean shore, where people with serious problems with alcohol and drugs undergo rehabilitation.
The scandalous blogger Lena Miro spoke about this. The girl noted that she had long known and written about the problems in the family of the rapper and Samoilova. Miro openly laughed at Oksana, because in her opinion she is an ordinary, narrow-minded provincial woman, ready to make any sacrifice to live next to a celebrity. Lena writes: “Now you see what happens when a redneck husband takes a girl from the sauna and puts her on a chain.” The blogger is sure that such relationships are never happy, and all the ostentatious well-being in Instagram photos is nothing more than an illusion. “The case ended the way it should have ended: Dzhigan is in a psychiatric hospital, Samoilova is crying with her children in her arms,” Miro writes in his post.
Rumors about problems in Dzhigan’s family have indeed been circulating for a long time. He was accused of numerous infidelities and rude behavior. Now, apparently, problems with drugs have been added to this, because of which Dzhigan went to rehab at the suggestion of Samoilova.
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Personal life of Dzhigan
Denis Ustimenko is not only a successful athlete and rapper, but also a loving husband and caring father. He is married to Oksana Samoilova, who is a model and founder of the MiraSezar brand. Samoilova worked abroad for many years, participated in fashion shows and became the face of brands.
Dzhigan and Oksana Samoilova
This wonderful couple has three charming children: all girls Ariela, Leah and little Maya, who was born just a year ago. The rapper’s personal life, fans believe, turned out happily. But, as in any relationship, there are no scandals. Samoilova herself recently spoke about how demanding Denis is in life. Throughout their entire life together, he forbade her to go out alone, even with her friends.
Dzhigan with his wife and children
“When my husband first said ten years ago that I couldn’t meet anyone, hang out, go for walks, etc. without him there was a scandal. But after a while I realized that I wanted to be with my future husband, I understood that all my friends were temporary. That’s why I accepted his decision,” said Dzhigan’s wife. The artist himself puts his family in an important place, just like his work.
Dzhigan's family
Dzhigan's family is large. The marriage of Dzhigan and Oksana took place on December 12, 2012. By the way, the first daughter appeared before marriage. This year he became a father for the third time. The rapper has three daughters – Ariela, Leah and Maya. His wife Oksana does not deny that they do not intend to stop at three, at least until their son appears. Dzhigan values his family very much. There are a lot of photos online from family vacations.
Dzhigan is one of the few male celebrities who not only are not shy about showing off their family, but are proud of it, regularly pampering fans with fresh photographs. In one interview, the rapper admitted that fatherhood has changed him a lot, making him softer and kinder. Now he has different views on life, different priorities. Like any father, he will protect his girls, so Dzhigan’s future sons-in-law will not be envied.
Dzhigan now
Today, Dzhigan and his wife are raising their daughters and going to the gym. Denis Ustimenko decided to change his physical shape, and even lost twenty-five kilograms. In one of his interviews, the rapper stated that he had managed to lose weight and was working on improving his appearance. What motivated him to do this was his “hanging sides,” as Dzhigan says.
Dzhigan
In addition to physical training, the artist changed his diet and gave up junk food and fast food. He goes to the gym three to four times a week and has really succeeded in bulking up.
Why did he move to Russia
Many may wonder why Denis moved to Russia. After all, he constantly demonstrates open love for his homeland. This happened due to the fact that working in Moscow is much more convenient than in Odessa. After all, Dzhigan was invited by Timati, and working together between countries is not very comfortable. But all the same, Dzhigan would return with great pleasure to his homeland, because he feels best there. But in the near future, he definitely won’t leave Russia, because most of his fans are there, and you can’t leave them.
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