Levan Gorozia lost to Timati in court and finally lost his pseudonym L'One

L'One

(real name -
Levan Gorozia
; born October 9, 1985 (1985-1009), Krasnoyarsk, USSR) is a Russian rapper of Georgian origin, a former member of the Phlatline association, who founded the WDKTZ (weedkatz) project together with DJ Pill.One. Founder and member of the group Marcelle. Since 2012, he began solo work on the Black Star label. Owner of his own clothing line “Cosmokot”, produced under the Black Star Wear brand[1]. There is a son whose name is Mikhail.

Biography

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L'One, was born in Krasnoyarsk in 1985, from where he soon moved to Yakutsk, where he began his career. As a child, Levan was part of the basketball team of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), but a knee injury did not allow him to continue his sports path, but Levan did not break down internally, but only completely switched all his attention to creativity.

In Yakutsk, L'One was a media personality, played in KVN, and later for three years he was the host of the KVN student league in the city of Yakutsk. At the same time he worked on radio and TV. After recording and releasing his first solo album in 2005, Levan moved to Moscow and, together with his colleague Nel, created the group Marselle.

With the release of the song “Moscow” and their debut album, Marselle made a name for themselves throughout the country and traveled to many cities in Russia, earning the recognition and love of their fans and admirers. The track “Moscow” took first place in the Next FM hit parade for 32 weeks[2].

The debut album “MARS” was named the best supplement to the new Air Force 1[3].

In 2008, L'One took part in the TV show "BiTVa for Respect" on the Muz-TV channel, the first mixtape "Mars FM" was released, as well as a reality show on the Internet, where viewers could familiarize themselves with the process of recording tracks. In the same 2008, the full-length album “Mars” was released, in the recording of which such artists as Teona Dolnikova, Dza-Dze, Sasha Legend, Knara and Basta took part.

In 2009, the compilation “Phlatline in da building” was released, dedicated to the label’s fifth anniversary. This disc presented new works by “Marselle” and ST. In support of the compilation, a video clip was shot for the track “Marselle and ST” - “In Your House”.

The Mars FM podcast is published on the Rap.ru website. Marcelle successfully gives concerts with various musicians and DJ Booch. In 2010, Mixtape L'One - L

.

On March 31, 2011, the group Marselle, ST and DJ Booch ended their collaboration with the hip-hop agency Phlatline. On May 18, 2012, Levan officially became a member of the Black Star label[4].

I received an offer to work together with the BlackStar team, we met, discussed work issues and decided to do one thing together. I believe that BlackStar is a team of professionals, in collaboration with whom we will be able to show a new level of Hip-Hop in Russia.

— L'One

In 2014, the artist launched his own showcase of RBT content.

In September 2020, a new album “Gravity” was released, which Afisha magazine called the best in the artist’s discography and rated 7.5/10[5].

Childhood and adolescence

The future rapper was born on October 9, 1985 in Krasnoyarsk, in a friendly international family. His father is a purebred Georgian and runs a large forestry business. My mother is Russian by nationality and works as an accountant. The parents met while studying at Krasnoyarsk University and have been going through life hand in hand ever since. In 1985, their first child Levan was born, and five years later his younger brother Merabi was born.

Levan Gorozia with his parents and younger brother

When our hero was four years old, the family moved to polar Yakutsk, where he spent the conscious part of his childhood and adolescence. Parents raised their sons in strictness, trying to instill in them honesty, decency, a sense of responsibility and other qualities necessary for real men. The children spent almost every summer with their grandparents in Sukhumi, so they were well acquainted with national Georgian traditions.

L'One in childhood

At school, Levan was an exemplary student, getting A's and B's until the ninth grade. He grew up as an athletic boy, successfully passed all GTO standards, and participated in school and regional competitions. In the sixth grade, the young man became seriously interested in basketball, achieved excellent results over several years and even became captain of the youth team of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), where he played number 12. But a knee injury put an end to his professional career. The young man left sports and took up hip-hop.

L'One in his youth

The first interest in this fashionable youth trend appeared in adolescence, and in high school Levan already tried to record his own tracks, reading them into a tape recorder. He was inspired by the work of Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Onyx and Tupac Shakur, and in sports his constant idol was and remains Michael Jordan.

During his school years, Levan Gorozia played basketball (pictured number 12)

Discography

L'One now

On May 18, 2011, L'One signed a contract with the BlackStar label, under which his solo album “Sputnik” was released. The single “Everyone is dancing with their elbows” from the album quickly became an all-Russian hit and the first song in the “trap” genre to achieve cult status in Russia. L'ONE - “All or Nothing!” Tour (Episode 1. Yakutsk) On February 13, 2013, the BlackStar channel posted a video for this song on YouTube, which collected a total of more than 10 million views. A week after its release, the album “Sputnik” took fourth place in the iTunes Store rating.

L'One actively collaborates with other musicians of the label: Timati, Dzhigan, Mot, etc.

Timati and L`One In October 2013, L'One, together with Timati and Sergei Mazaev, wrote a promotional song for GQ magazine, in the video of which many celebrities starred: Alexander Revva, Garik Martirosyan, Denis Matsuev, Fyodor Bondarchuk and others. L'ONE - “ Ocean": a film about the filming of the video On October 6, 2020, his solo album "Lonely Universe" was released, the track list of which included the song of the group "Marselle" - "Mars" for the first time after the breakup.

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Videography

"All dancing elbows"

“Everyone is dancing with their elbows” is a turning point track for Russian rap. It was released in February 2013, before the release of Levan’s debut solo album “Sputnik”.

“Everybody Dance With Their Elbows” became a harbinger of change in rap. Before him, the genre was dominated by static rap, to which people simply swayed their arms while standing at concerts. Levan blew up the dance floors of clubs with his song. People literally went crazy to this track.

Leva himself called the song “a joke that grew into a number one hit.” DJ Booch is responsible for the production of “Everybody Dances with Their Elbows”. According to him, the song is a remix of a track that will never be released. It was recorded by musicians as a joke.

Part of the black and white video for “Everyone is dancing with their elbows” was filmed at the AVG party in Moscow. In the black and white video, you can see many beautiful girls and other Black Star members. In the video, Levan shows how to dance to his track.

“Everyone is dancing with their elbows” became a turning point not only for rap, but also for the career of the performer himself. Before him, he was a moderately popular rapper in the hip-hop community. After the release of the song, money, status and success came to Leva. “Everyone is dancing with their elbows” is one of the best songs of Levan Gorozia in his musical career.

Filmography

• 2015 - “Car Enthusiast” - plays himself / director

Dubbing

• 2012 — “The Scariest 3D Movie” — Dazzle Darlington
• 2014 — “District 13: Brick Mansions” — K2

Soundtrack

• 2011 - “Phantom” - Song “Moscow” (as part of Marselle)
• 2013 - “Odnoklassniki.ru” - Song “Everyone is dancing with their elbows”
• 2013 - “Love in the City 3” - Songs “Everyone is dancing with their elbows”, “#Let's go on dates”
• 2014 - “Fizruk” - Song “Everyone is dancing with their elbows”
• 2015 — “Is it easy to be young?” — Song “I’ll be young”
• 2015 - “Bartender” - Song “I’ll be young”
• 2015 - “Betrayal” - Song “I’ll be young”
• 2016 - “Box” - Song “Take Yours”
• 2016 - “Fizruk” - Song “I’ll be young”

As an actor

• 2011 — “Pregnant” — Cameo role in a promotional video
• 2016 - “CHOP” - season 2, episode 15. Song "Everyone is dancing with their elbows"

L'OneGorozia Levan

Crooner. Founder of the WDKTZ project together with DJ Pill.One. Co-founder and former member of the group Marcelle. Owner of his own clothing line “Cosmokot”, produced under the Black Star Wear brand. Ex-Artist of the label “Black Star Inc.”

Levan Gorozia was born on October 9, 1985 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. The boy grew up in an intelligent and wealthy family. My father held management positions in forestry, and my mother worked as an accountant. As a teenager, the guy and his parents moved to the city of Yakutsk, where the future rapper began to actively play basketball, becoming a player on the local team. However, his sports career was not destined to take place and Levan left the sport after a knee injury, which he received during one of the games.

The future artist began to show interest in hip-hop culture quite early. In an interview, he admitted that he began writing rap lyrics at the age of thirteen, and with the advent of the Internet, he began to master programs for creating music. His path to the media industry began with the student team of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club, in which he first acted as a participant, and quite soon became its leader.

By the age of twenty, the artist hosted two programs on Yakut radio channels, wrote scripts for corporate events and even hosted a television program. Despite the fact that Levan achieved great success in his activities, he decided to try his hand at Moscow, since the confines of the city’s small media sphere had already begun to squeeze him.

Under the pretext that he was going to Moscow to enroll in the journalism department, but in fact setting out to develop his creativity, the young man, together with his friend Igor Pustelnik, left for the capital, where the two of them began renting an apartment.

Gorozia still enrolled in the Faculty of Journalism, but after two years of full-time study, he transferred to part-time study in order to concentrate on his creativity. After the exams, the artist went on study leave. After many attempts to get a job in Moscow, he got a position as a presenter at the Next radio station, the only channel at that time that did not neglect songs in the Rap genre. The salary was not enough for the young performer, so at the same time he worked in a creative agency, writing scripts for corporate events.

The path to rap music began when, together with his friend Nel, he founded the group Marselle. Basically, Levan was involved in writing lyrics, and his friend was putting beats on them. In 2007, the group signed a contract with the representative office of a large German music label “Phlatline”. At the same time, the group’s first mixtape was released: “I’am the Russian dream vol.1”. and the artist took the pseudonym "L'One". The first wave of popularity came after both musicians participated in the TV show “Battle for Respect,” which aired on the Muz-TV channel. There, L'One lost in the semi-finals to his groupmate Nel, who later became a finalist in the second season of the program. However, the group began to be recognized.

In 2008, the album “Mars” was released with their most famous single “Moscow”, which stayed at the top of the charts for many weeks. The following artists took part in the recording of the album: Sasha Legend, Basta, Teona Dolnikova. The group announced the termination of cooperation with the Phlatline label on March 31, 2011, and a year later L'One announced on its Twitter page that the group had broken up due to creative differences.

Further, in 2011, L'One signed a contract with the BlackStar label, under which his solo album “Sputnik” was released. The single “Everyone is dancing with their elbows” from the album quickly became an all-Russian hit and the first song in the “trap” genre to achieve cult status in Russia.

The BlackStar channel posted a video for this song on YouTube on February 13, 2013, which received a total of more than 10 million views. A week after its release, the album “Sputnik” took fourth place in the iTunes Store rating. L'One actively collaborated with other musicians of the label: Timati, Dzhigan, Mot.

In October 2013, L'One, together with Timati and Sergei Mazaev, wrote a promotional song for GQ magazine, in which many celebrities starred in the video: Alexander Revva, Garik Martirosyan, Denis Matsuev, Fyodor Bondarchuk.

The solo album “Lonely Universe” was released on October 6, 2020, the track list of which included the song “Mars” by the group “Marselle” for the first time after the breakup.

In March 2020, the artist attended the “Evening Urgant” program, where he performed the song “Hey, bro!” A couple of months after his debut on Channel One, the singer recorded the single “Yakutyanochka” as a duet with Varvara Vizbor.

The following year, 2020, saw the release of videos for the compositions “Time of the First”, “Chance”, “Medal for a Medal” and “Fire and Water”. Also, L'One, together with the groups Quest Pistols Show and Mumiy Troll, took part in the filming of the video.

At the beginning of January 2020, the track “From Russia with Love” and a video for it were released, which is a video invitation to a tour in the USA. Dana Sokolova released her first album “Myslepad” on February 20 of the same year, in which Gorozia took part in the recording of the joint track “Voice”, and a video for it was released on the same day. In May, the track “Make it Louder” was released together with Max Barskikh. At the end of June 2020, the track “Black knows how to shine” and a video for it were released, and on August 7, the track “Slow” and a video for it appeared. In mid-September, the track “7 days in action” and a short film for it were released. The directors and screenwriters of the film were Murat Nogmov and Gorozia. Levan also acted as the author of the idea and actor of the film.

On the first day of January 2020, the premiere of the track “AMG” and the video for it together with Timati took place. Also, Pabl.A was present in the video. In March 2020, the studio album “Pangea” was released, which was recorded on all continents of the globe.

Later, on July 5, 2020, the court registered Levan Gorozia’s statement of claim against the Black Star music label and its co-owner Timur Yunusov. The label's general director, Pavel Kuryanov, is also listed as a defendant. The essence of the plaintiff's claims is that after the end of the contract between the performer and the production center, the label claimed its rights to all works created by the artist during the period of the contract, and to his stage name.

L'One Awards

L'One Awards

2013 - Golden Gargoyle Award 2013 - First real MusicBox Award 2014 - RU.TV Award 2014 2020 - RU.TV Award 2020 2017 - RU.TV Award 2017

Creativity L'One

Creativity L'One

Discography

2008 — “Mars” 2013 — “Sputnik” 2014 — “Lonely Universe” 2015 — “Car Enthusiast” 2020 — “Gravity” 2020 — “From the Bottoms” 2020 — “1975” 2020 — “Pangea”

Filmography

2015 - “Car Enthusiast” - plays himself / director 2020 - “7 days in business” - plays himself / director

As an actor

2011 — “Pregnant” — Episodic role in a promotional video 2020 — “CHOP” — Season 2 Episode 15

Dubbing

2012 - "The Scariest 3D Movie" - Dazzle Darlington 2014 - "District 13: Brick Mansions" - K2 2020 - "The Emoji Movie" - Genie 2020 - "Bumblebee" - Bumblebee

Soundtrack

2011 - “Phantom” - song “Moscow” (as part of Marselle) 2013 - “Odnoklassniki.ru” - song “Everyone is dancing with their elbows” 2013 - “Love in the Big City 3” - songs “Everyone is dancing with their elbows”, “#LEAVE DATES” (feat. Timati, Nel, ST, Jenee, 5 Plyukh & Misha Krupin) 2014 - “Fizruk” - song “Everyone is dancing with their elbows” 2020 - “Is it easy to be young?” - song “I’ll be young” 2020 - “Bartender” - song “I’ll be young” 2020 - “Betrayal” - song “I’ll be young” 2020 - “Box” - song “Take yours” 2020 - “Fizruk” - song “I’ll be young” 2020 - “CHOP” - song “Everyone is dancing with their elbows” 2020 - “Attraction” - songs “Return”, “Rocket” (feat. Vladi & Basta) and “Brother for Brother” (feat. Nel & Paanda) from the studio album “ Gravity" 2020 - "Time of the First" - song "Time of the First" 2020 - "Chernobyl. Exclusion Zone" - songs "We are the echo" (feat. Varvara Vizbor), "Maple" (feat. Billy Novik), "Wind of Change", "Hockey Players" (feat. Nel), "The World is Not Simple", "The Pursuit of Happiness " and "Beautiful Far Away" from the mini-album "1985"

Singles

2012 - “#Everything will happen” 2012 - “#LET’S GOODBYE” (feat. Timati, Nel, ST, Jenee, 5 Plyukh and Misha Krupin) 2012 - “Tattoo” (feat. Timati, Dzhigan, Pencil, Varchun & Crack) 2012 - “ Ae ae" 2012 - "Give me your word" 2013 - "Tusa" (& Timati, Dzhigan & Mot) 2014 - "Mr. Heisenberg" 2014 - "Take yours" 2020 - "Utesov" (& Timati) 2020 - "GTO" ( & Timati) 2020 - “Lastly, I’ll say” (& Timati) 2020 - “It’s still a long way to go” (& Timati feat. Pavel Murashov) 2020 - “I bless you for the rave” (feat. DJ Philchansky) 2020 - “Sit down, I’ll ride” ( feat. NEL) 2020 - “Hey, bro!” 2020 — “Tiger” 2020 — “Yakutyanochka” (feat. Varvara Vizbor) 2020 — “Grandchildren Can’t Understand” 2017 — “Find Your Strength” (& Mot & Timati) 2020 — “Time of the First” 2020 — “Disco” 2020 — “ The simplest song" 2020 - "From Russia With Love" (Tour in the USA, video invitation) 2020 - "Black knows how to shine" 2020 - "Slow" 2020 - "7 days in action" 2020 - "Old School" 2020 - "Bumblebee" 2020 — “AMG” (feat. Timati) 2020 — “The whole world is for us” 2019 — “Nobody but us”

L'One Family

L'One Family

He met his wife, Anna Gorozia, long before the start of his solo career. Son - Misha (born September 25, 2013). Daughter - Sofiko (born April 15, 2017).

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Awards and nominations

• Winner of the independent music award “Golden Gargoyle 2013” ​​in the category “Hip-hop artist”[6].
• Winner of the “First Real MusicBox 2013 Award” in the category “Best HIP-HOP Project”[7].
• In 2014, he was nominated for the “4th Annual Ru.Tv Award” in the category “Best R’n’B Project” and “Clip of the Year” for the song “GQ” together with Mazaev and Timati[8].
• Winner of the “5th Annual Ru.Tv Award” 2020 in the category “Best R'n'B Project”[9].
• In 2020, nominated for the “Muz-TV Award 2020. Energy of the Future” in the category “Best Hip-Hop Project”

"Tiger"

Levan Gorozia's lyrics are simple and at the same time energetic and inspiring. Thanks to his charisma and boundless energy, the rapper gathered around him an army of like-minded people.

After his first two solo albums, the rapper's career was on the rise. Leva’s space travel peaked in popularity in 2016. In September, he released his third studio album, Gravity, which was highly praised by music critics. Some of them called the long play the best in the performer’s career.

Six months before the release of “Gravity,” Levan shared a video for the track “Tiger,” which received 24 million views on YouTube. In the song, the rapper talks about his tiger friend. His hero has all the qualities of a real man: strength, attractiveness and courage. On the other hand, Lyova sneers at her tiger friend: “I went to the store in my underpants and bought the store.”

Many people assume that Levan’s hero is Timati. Timur appears in the middle of the video, hinting at the addressee of the song. Also in the video you can see Nel, who wrote the music for “Tiger”.

Notes

1. [blackstarshop.ru/kapsula/Lone/?utm_source=zn&utm_medium=cpa&utm_content=95360&utm_term=1012_2192516696 L`one collection on Black Star Wear]
2. [afisha.yandex.ru/events/575c04c3cc1c723770709607 “L'One” - concert in Moscow - schedule on Yandex.Afisha]. afisha.yandex.ru. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
3. [geometria.ru/kongressholl/announcements/372300 Geometria.ru — L'ONE | Black Star Inc.]. Geometria. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
4. [gaganews.com.ua/Home/Details/3841 Timati took a rapper named 'One] under his wing. gaganews.com.ua/ (May 19, 2012). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
5. [daily.afisha.ru/music/3153-30-glavnyh-albomov-sentyabrya/ 30 main albums of September] (ru-RU), Poster
   . Retrieved October 21, 2020.
6. Julia Posh.
   [okolo.me/2013/11/v-moskve-proshla-ceremoniya-vrucheniya-zolotoj-gorguli/ The Golden Gargoyle award ceremony took place in Moscow]. okolo.me (November 4, 2013). Retrieved June 28, 2020.
7. [www.woman.ru/stars/backstage/article/97415/ First Prize of the MusicBox TV channel: musical results of the year and star guests of the show]. woman.ru (November 20, 2013). Retrieved June 28, 2020.
8. [www.ru.tv/awards/386782/ RU.TV Award 2014]. ru.tv (May 31, 2014). Retrieved July 26, 2020.
9. [www.ru.tv/awards/472036/ RU.TV Award 2015]. ru.tv (May 23, 2015). Retrieved July 25, 2020.

Personal life of L`One

Levan (L'One) is married to Anna Gorozia, whom he met while still a journalism student in 2004. After 5 years, the couple officially legalized their relationship.

Wife of L`One On September 25, 2013, Levan and Anna Gorozia had a son, Mikhail.

The artist has a brother, Merabi, who is 5 years younger than him. He is an active participant in KVN and accompanies Levan on tour: he conducts the introductory part of the concert before L'One performances.

Family Levan Gorozia (L`One) Since 2014, the rapper has been the owner of the RBT content store - a showcase of melodies that replace the usual waiting tone.

Excerpt characterizing L'One

- What a brute! - Denisov said. “I need to ask…” “Yes, I asked him,” said Tikhon. - He says: I don’t know him well. There are many of ours, he says, but all of them are bad; only, he says, one name. “If you’re fine,” he says, “you’ll take everyone,” Tikhon concluded, looking cheerfully and decisively into Denisov’s eyes. “Here, I’ll pour in a hundred of them, and you’ll do the same,” Denisov said sternly. “Why be angry,” said Tikhon, “well, I haven’t seen your French?” Just let it get dark, I’ll bring whatever you want, at least three. “Well, let’s go,” Denisov said, and he rode all the way to the guardhouse, frowning angrily and silently. Tikhon came from behind, and Petya heard the Cossacks laughing with him and at him about some boots that he had thrown into a bush. When the laughter that had taken over him at Tikhon’s words and smile passed, and Petya realized for a moment that this Tikhon had killed a man, he felt embarrassed. He looked back at the captive drummer, and something pierced his heart. But this awkwardness lasted only for a moment. He felt the need to raise his head higher, cheer up and ask the esaul with a significant look about tomorrow's enterprise, so as not to be unworthy of the society in which he was. The sent officer met Denisov on the road with the news that Dolokhov himself would arrive now and that everything was fine on his part. Denisov suddenly became cheerful and called Petya over to him. “Well, tell me about yourself,” he said. When Petya left Moscow, leaving his relatives, he joined his regiment and soon after that he was taken as an orderly to the general who commanded a large detachment. From the time of his promotion to officer, and especially from his entry into the active army, where he participated in the Battle of Vyazemsky, Petya was in a constantly happily excited state of joy at the fact that he was great, and in a constantly enthusiastic haste not to miss any case of real heroism . He was very happy with what he saw and experienced in the army, but at the same time it seemed to him that where he was not, that was where the most real, heroic things were now happening. And he was in a hurry to get to where he was not. When on October 21 his general expressed a desire to send someone to Denisov’s detachment, Petya so pitifully asked to send him that the general could not refuse. But, sending him, the general, remembering Petya’s crazy act in the battle of Vyazemsky, where Petya, instead of going along the road to where he was sent, galloped in a chain under the fire of the French and shot there twice from his pistol, - sending him, the general namely, he forbade Petya to participate in any of Denisov’s actions. This made Petya blush and became confused when Denisov asked if he could stay. Before leaving for the edge of the forest, Petya believed that he needed to strictly fulfill his duty and return immediately. But when he saw the French, saw Tikhon, learned that they would certainly attack that night, he, with the speed of transitions of young people from one glance to another, decided with himself that his general, whom he had hitherto greatly respected, was rubbish, the German that Denisov is a hero, and Esaul is a hero, and that Tikhon is a hero, and that he would be ashamed to leave them in difficult times. It was already getting dark when Denisov, Petya and the esaul drove up to the guardhouse. In the semi-darkness one could see horses in saddles, Cossacks, hussars setting up huts in the clearing and (so that the French would not see the smoke) building a reddening fire in a forest ravine. In the entryway of a small hut, a Cossack, rolling up his sleeves, was chopping lamb. In the hut itself there were three officers from Denisov’s party, who had set up a table out of the door. Petya took off his wet dress, letting it dry, and immediately began helping the officers set up the dinner table. Ten minutes later the table was ready, covered with a napkin. On the table there was vodka, rum in a flask, white bread and fried lamb with salt. Sitting with the officers at the table and tearing the fatty, fragrant lamb with his hands, through which lard flowed, Petya was in an enthusiastic childish state of tender love for all people and, as a result, confidence in the same love of other people for himself. “So what do you think, Vasily Fedorovich,” he turned to Denisov, “is it okay that I stay with you for a day?” - And, without waiting for an answer, he answered himself: - After all, I was ordered to find out, well, I’ll find out... Only you will let me into the very... the main one. I don’t need awards... But I want... - Petya clenched his teeth and looked around, jerking his head up and waving his hand. “To the most important thing...” Denisov repeated, smiling. “Just please, give me a complete command so that I can command,” continued Petya, “what do you need?” Oh, would you like a knife? - he turned to the officer who wanted to cut off the lamb. And he handed over his penknife. The officer praised the knife. - Please take it for yourself. I have a lot of these...” Petya said, blushing. - Fathers! “I completely forgot,” he suddenly cried out. “I have wonderful raisins, you know, the kind without seeds.” We have a new sutler - and such wonderful things. I bought ten pounds. I'm used to something sweet. Do you want?.. - And Petya ran into the hallway to his Cossack and brought bags containing five pounds of raisins. - Eat, gentlemen, eat. – Don’t you need a coffee pot? – he turned to Esaul. “I bought it from our sutler, it’s wonderful!” He has wonderful things. And he is very honest. This is the main thing. I will definitely send it to you. Or maybe flints have come out and become abundant - because this happens. I took with me, I have here... - he pointed to the bags, - a hundred flints. I bought it very cheap. Please take as much as you need, or that’s all... - And suddenly, afraid that he had lied, Petya stopped and blushed. He began to remember if he had done anything else stupid. And, going through the memories of this day, the memory of the French drummer appeared to him. “That’s great for us, but what about him? Where did they take him? Was he fed? Did you offend me?" - he thought. But having noticed that he had lied about the flints, he was now afraid. “You could ask,” he thought, “and they’ll say: the boy himself felt sorry for the boy. I'll show them tomorrow what a boy I am! Would you be embarrassed if I asked? - thought Petya. “Well, it doesn’t matter!” - and immediately, blushing and looking fearfully at the officers, to see if there would be mockery in their faces, he said: “Can I call this boy who was taken prisoner?” give him something to eat... maybe... “Yes, pathetic boy,” Denisov said, apparently not finding anything shameful in this reminder. - Call him here. His name is Vincent Bosse. Call. “I’ll call,” said Petya. - Call, call. “Pitiful boy,” Denisov repeated. Petya was standing at the door when Denisov said this. Petya crawled between the officers and came close to Denisov. “Let me kiss you, my dear,” he said. - Oh, how great! how good! - And, having kissed Denisov, he ran into the yard. - Bosse! Vincent! – Petya shouted, stopping at the door. - Who do you want, sir? - said a voice from the darkness. Petya answered that the boy was French, who was taken today. - A! Spring? - said the Cossack. His name Vincent has already been changed: the Cossacks - into Vesenny, and the men and soldiers - into Visenya. In both adaptations, this reminder of spring coincided with the idea of ​​a young boy. “He was warming himself by the fire there.” Hey Visenya! Visenya! Spring! – voices and laughter were heard in the darkness. “And the boy is smart,” said the hussar standing next to Petya. “We fed him just now.” Passion was hungry! Footsteps were heard in the darkness and, bare feet splashing in the mud, the drummer approached the door. – Ah, c'est vous! - said Petya. – Voulez vous manger? “N’ayez pas peur, on ne vous fera pas de mal,” he added, timidly and affectionately touching his hand. - Entrez, entrez. [Oh, it's you! Are you hungry? Don't be afraid, they won't do anything to you. Enter, enter.]

Biography[ | ]

Early period[ | ]

Levan was born on October 9, 1985 in Krasnoyarsk. His father is Georgian, and his mother is Russian. When he was four years old, his parents decided to move to the village of Delgey, in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). There he and his family lived on the banks of the Lena River.

Before the war, Levan and his family had a house in the city of Sukhum. At that time, his parents studied at the university, graduated from it and received an education in Krasnoyarsk, and their child often stayed with his grandparents, who, in fact, raised their beloved grandson.

Levan himself admits that his dad was very strict with him as a child, trying to instill Georgian values, and his mother always supported and treated his hobbies with understanding. Although his dad participated in theatrical productions in his youth, perhaps these genes were passed on to Levan.

On September 7, 1990, Levan had a younger brother, Merabi.

I remember how before my younger brother arrived from the maternity hospital with his mother, I ran around the house like a top and cleaned up. I wanted Mer to come to a clean house. My father brought my mother and brother, and I instantly realized that I had already become the eldest with all the ensuing aspects...

— L'One about his younger brother

In 1991, Levan entered first grade. He admitted that he was an athletic teenager and passed the GTO standards with excellent marks. Until the ninth grade, I got A's and B's. After graduating from elementary school, Levan and his family moved permanently to Yakutsk.

At that time, Levan played basketball, playing in the national team of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and becoming captain number 12. It was this sport that played an important role in his life - it instilled in Levan the desire to work and win, and also introduced the concept of team spirit. However, a knee injury suffered during one of the games forced him to retire from the sport.

It was then that Levan began to get involved in hip-hop culture, listening to Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Onyx and 2pac. In one of his interviews, he mentioned that he began writing rap lyrics at the age of 13, and with the advent of the Internet, he began to master programs for creating music.

In Yakutsk, Levan played in KVN, and then was the host of the KVN student league in the city of Yakutsk. At the age of 20, he hosted 2 programs on Yakut radio channels, wrote scripts for corporate events and even hosted a television program. After recording and publishing his first solo album in 2005, Levan decided to try his hand at Moscow, since the confines of the small media sphere of Yakutsk had already begun to squeeze him, despite the fact that he had achieved great success in his activities.

Under the pretext that he was going to Moscow to enroll in the journalism department of a capital university, but in fact setting out to develop his creativity, Levan and his old friend Nel moved together to the capital, where the two of them began to rent a rented apartment.

My father hoped that I would become a lawyer, and my mother supported my journalistic inclinations.

— L'One about future profession

Levan finally entered the faculty, but after two years of full-time study, he transferred to part-time study in order to concentrate on his creativity. After the state exams, the artist went on study leave.

After numerous attempts to get a job in Moscow, Levan received a position as a presenter at the radio station “Next” - the only channel at that time that did not neglect songs in the “Rap” genre.

I took advantage of my official position, bringing songs to the radio with the words: “Look at this!” The music director said: “Well done!” - and put them aside.

— L`One in one of his interviews

His salary was not enough, so he simultaneously worked in a creative agency, writing scripts for corporate events.

Musical career[ | ]

Levan began his path to rap music, as noted above, in his youth. He and his old friend Nel founded the group "Marselle" together. Levan was mainly involved in writing lyrics, and Nel was involved in putting beats on them.

In 2007, the group signed a contract with the representative office of the major German music label Phlatline. At the same time, the label’s first mixtape, “I’am the Russian dream vol.1,” was released.

In 2008, Levan, as part of the group “Marselle,” took part in the television show “BiTVa for Respect” on the Muz-TV channel, where in the semi-finals of the second season he lost to his comrade and label partner. In the second season of the successful show, the Marselle group was represented by Nel, who won the final victory. Thanks to this, the guys gained wider popularity among Russian-speaking hip-hop fans.

Then they released three mixtapes - “Mars Mic ON”, “Marc FM” and “New Day” together with Kadi & Zoit, as well as a reality show on the Internet, where viewers could get acquainted with the process of recording tracks.

On June 12, the group released the track “He Was” and a video for it.

On January 20, they released their full-length studio album “Mars”. It included 19 tracks, the recording of which was attended by guest performers - ST, Teona Dolnikova, Dza-Dze, Sasha Legend, Knara and Basta. Their debut album was named the best addition to the new Air Force 1[2].

Later, the group released the mixtape “We’re in the Club” together with ST.

In 2009, the mixtape “Phlatline in da building” was released, dedicated to the label’s fifth anniversary. This disc featured new works by Marcelle and ST. In support of the compilation, a video clip was shot for the track Marselle and ST - “In Your House”. Marcelle successfully performed concerts with various musicians and DJ Booch. The same year, the Mars FM podcast was introduced[3].

With the release of the song “Moscow” and their debut album, the performers gained fame and began touring around the country. The track “Moscow” took first place in the Next FM hit parade for 32 weeks[4].

On December 10, he released the mixtape “L” together with DJ Pill.One.

On February 11, 2011, ST released its second studio album “Na100ashchy”, in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Floors”.

On November 11, the group released the track “Everything I Need” and a video for it, which is a video invitation to a concert in three cities - Moscow, St. Petersburg and Chelyabinsk.

In 2011, a video was released for the track “Moscow”, the release of which was sponsored by Timur Bekmambetov, making the composition the soundtrack to the film “Phantom”.

On March 31, 2011, the group Marselle, ST and DJ Booch ended their collaboration with the hip-hop agency Phlatline for unknown reasons.[5].

On January 21, 2012, Levan announced that due to creative differences, the Marselle group had broken up forever. Levan later explained that the answer to the question of why the group broke up can be found in Nel’s track “Don’t care”: “Someone doesn’t care, but someone wants to work. The main reason for the breakup of the group is a different approach to work.”[6].

On February 28, Mot released his second studio album, “Repair,” in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Not My Fault.”

On April 17, 2012, Levan officially became a member of the Black Star label[7].

I received an offer to work together with the Black Star team, we met, discussed work issues and decided to do one thing together. I believe that Black Star is a team of professionals, in collaboration with whom we will be able to show a new level of Hip-Hop in Russia.

— L'One

On April 26, he released the track “#Everything Will Be” and a video for it.

On May 18, he released the track “Give me your word” and a video for it.

On June 13, he released the track “#LET’S DATE” and the official video for it together with Timati, Nel, ST, Jenee, 5 Plyukh and Misha Krupin.

On July 18, he released the track Tattoo and a video for it together again with Timati, Dzhigan, Karandash, Varchun and Krek.

On September 19, he released the track “Ae ae” and a video for it.

On October 3, he released the track “Monday,” and on November 12, a video for it, and then this track was included in his first studio album, “Sputnik,” which was released on April 23.

On September 5, Karandash released his sixth studio album, “American 2,” in which Levan and two other rappers, MO and Big Som, took part in the recording of the joint track “Ok,” and on November 25 they released a video for it. The video was filmed in Almaty.

On February 13, 2013, he released the track “Everyone is dancing with their elbows” and a video for it. Also, Mot was present in the video.

On April 21, he released the track “Tusa” and a video for it together with Timati, Dzhigan and Mot. Also present in the video were Kristina Si, Walter Chassem, Doni, DJ Philchansky, Capella and Mulatto.

On April 23, he released his first studio album, Sputnik. It included 14 tracks, the recording of which was attended by guest performers - Timati, Kristina Si, Sasha Chest, Pavel Murashov, Tina Smith and Ms. Sounday. On October 3, 2012, a video was shot for the track “Monday”, and a year later - for the remaining 3 tracks from this album:

• February 13 - “Everyone is dancing with their elbows”;
• April 26 - “The Future is Somewhere Near” together with Timati;
• September 5 — “I’ll be young”

On September 9, the duo Chayan Famali released their first mini-album “Wick”, in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Lily”.

On September 25, Levan’s son Mikhail was born.

On October 24, he released the track “GQ” and a video for it together with Timati and the lead singer of the “Moral Code” group, Sergei Mazaev, and then their joint track was included in Timati’s fourth studio album, “”, which was released on October 28.

Also, he released his own showcase of RBT content.

On March 2, 2014, he released the track “Mr. Heisenberg” and a video for it.

On March 25, Mot released his third studio album “Azbuka Morze”, in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Benjamin”, and on May 16 a video for it was released.

On March 18, he released the track “I’ll Be There” and a video for it, which is a video invitation to the “All or Nothing” tour.

On June 10, Doni and Timati released the track “Beard” and a video for it, Levan was present there.

On June 24, he released the track “Take Yours” and a video for it. Also, Timati, Doni and DJ Philchansky were present in the video.

On September 2, rapper ATL released his first studio album, “Cyclone Center,” in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Oxygen.”

On September 2, he released the track “Ocean” and a video for it together with the singer Fidel, and then their joint track was included in his second studio album “Lonely Universe”, which was released on October 6.

On October 6 he released his second studio album, Lonely Universe. It included 12 tracks, the recording of which was attended by guest performers - Timati, Nel, Alexander Babenko, Fidel, Rita Dakota and Naadya. A video was shot for the track “Ocean” together with singer Fidel on October 2, and a year later for the remaining 2 tracks:

• March 24 — “Mars” together with Nel and Alexander Babenko;
• August 31 - “All or nothing.”

On October 24, the “Pizza” group released its third studio album, “To the Entire Planet Earth,” in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Peace.”

On November 24, Mezza released his first studio album “Mokba”, in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint “Many”.

On September 2, 2020, he released his first mini-album “Avtolyubitel”. It included 6 tracks, in the recording of which one guest performer took part - Pavel Murashov. He made a film for all the tracks, which is named after the song, like the mini-album, and acted in it as an actor and director.

On April 17, he released the track “Utyosov” and a video for it together with Timati.

On May 11, he released the track “GTO” and a video for it together with Timati.

On June 30, he released the track “Lastly, I will say” and a video for it together with Timati.

On July 29, he released the track “Still Far from the Start” together with Timati and Pavel Murashov. For unknown reasons, they were not present in the video.

Together with Timati he made the “GTO” tour.

On October 28, he released the track “Blessing for the Rave” and a video for it together with a DJ from the label “Black Star Inc.” — Philchansky.

On December 5, Nel released his third mini-album “VSOP”, in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Sit down, I’ll give you a ride.”

On December 17, he released the track “Hey, bro!” and a clip for it.

On March 15, 2020, he released the track “Tiger” and a video for it. Also, Timati and Nel were present in the video.

On April 28, he released the track “Neither You nor I” and a video for it together with Rozhden, and then their joint track was included in Rozhden’s second studio album, “R2,” which was released on February 24 of the following year.

On April 29 he released his second mini-album “From the Bottoms”. It included 3 tracks, in the recording of which one guest performer took part - Nel. On the same date he released a video for the track, which he named the mini-album after.

On May 13, he released the track “Yakutyanochka” and a video for it together with singer Varvara Vizbor. The directors of the video were not only Daria Balinova, but also Levan himself.

On May 31, he released the track “Superhero” together with Nike Borzov.

On July 15, Nel released his fourth mini-album “VS”, in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Hennessy Flow, Pt. 2".

On September 1, he released the track “Grandchildren Can’t Understand” and a video for it. In the video, Levan was present in the image of Lev Valeryanich.

On September 26, 2020, he released his third studio album, “Gravity,” which Afisha magazine called the best in the artist’s discography and rated it 7.5/10[8]. It included 17 tracks, the recording of which was attended by guest performers - Nel, Kristina Si, Basta, Pavel Murashov, Vladi, Jasmine, Yolka, Paanda, Monatik and the Moral Code group. On the same date he released a video for the track “Dream” together with Monatik, and a year later - for the remaining 6 tracks:

• February 14 - “Chance” together with Yolka;
• March 2 - “Medal for a medal”;
• March 29 — “Fire and Water”;
• September 29 – “Birds”;
• October 12 – “Return”;
• October 19 - “The Road” together with Jasmine.

On December 27, the SBU banned Levan from entering Ukraine for three years. Levan announced this on his Twitter microblog.

Ukraine gave me a New Year's gift by banning entry for three years. Thank you, and happy new year to you... What makes this situation even more absurd is our nomination with Monatic for the National Music Award of Ukraine.

— L'One about the ban on entry to Ukraine

On November 18, Verkhovna Rada deputy Vladimir Parasyuk addressed the head of the SBU Vasily Gritsak with a request to ban entry. As noted, Levan gave concerts in the same month in Kyiv, Dnieper, Kharkov and Poltava. And he was banned from Ukraine for illegal entry and performances in Crimea. Parasyuk wrote about this to the Ukrainian football player and his friend Roman Zozula on his Facebook:

Citizen of the Russian Federation Gorozia Levan Emzarovich (“L’One”) was issued a decree banning entry into Ukraine for a period of three years.

No one has the right to illegally visit Ukrainian Crimea, and especially if we are talking about adherents of the “Russian world”.

And about music. The conclusion here is simple: L'One has nothing to do with art. Topic closed!

Ps Roman Zozulya, the truth always wins. Happy New Year!

Levan also said that the concert in Kyiv was the best for him in the past year.

Greetings to all my people in Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkov, Dnieper, Poltava! I love you and remember our recent meeting with warmth.

On February 14, he came to the Internet program “VDud”, where the host Yuri Dud interviewed him.

On April 24, he released the track “Conquering the Waves” and a video for it together with Krec and Lyon, and then their joint track was included in their joint studio album, “Vol.1 NYC,” which was released on April 28. For unknown reasons, Levan was not present in the video and did not rap from his verse.

On March 1, he released the track “Find Your Strength” together with Timati and Mot, and on March 24, a video for it.

On April 5, he released the track “Time of the First,” and on April 20, a video for it.

On April 15, Levan’s daughter Sofiko was born.

On May 12, he came to the “Improvisation” program as a guest invited by Pavel Volya and participated in three out of six improvisations - “Prompter”, “Detective” and “Options”.

On October 9, he released the track “Disco” and a video for it. This is the second video for the track, which Levan was again present in the image of Lev Valeryanich.

On October 24, he released his third mini-album and named it after his year of birth, “1985.” It included 7 tracks, the recording of which was attended by guest performers - Nel, Varvara Vizbor and one of the founders of Billy's Band - Billy Novik. Videos were shot for 2 tracks:

• December 1 — “Hockey Players” together with Nel;
• December 7 - “We are the echo” together with Varvara Vizbor.

On November 8, he released the track “The Simplest Song” and a video for it. Also present in the video were Nel, his younger brother Merabi, his wife Anna and their son Mikhail.

On November 19, he organized a concert at Crocus City Hall together with the Honored Artist of Russia - Felix Aranovsky and his symphony orchestra.

On December 31, I came to the “Improvisation” program for the second time for the New Year’s episode. Like the rest of the invited guests, Levan took part in one of the improvisations - “The Red Room”.

On January 10, 2020, he released the track “From Russia With Love” and a video for it, which is a video invitation to a tour in the USA.

On February 20, Dana Sokolova released her first album “Myslepad”, in which Levan took part in the recording of the joint track “Voice”, and on the same date a video for it was released.

On May 19, he released the track “Make it Louder” together with Max Barskikh.

On June 20, he released the track “Black knows how to shine” and a video for it.

On August 7, he released the track “Slow” and a video for it.

On September 13, he released the track “7 days in business” and a short film for it. The directors and screenwriters of the film were not only Murat Nogmov, but also Levan himself. Also, Levan acted as the author of the idea and actor of the film.

On October 9, he released the track “Old School” and a video for it. This is the third video for the track, which Levan was again present in the image of Lev Valeryanich. Also, this is the first video for the track, of which Levan is the only director without a second one.

On October 26, he released the track “The Whole World for Us.” According to Levan, this track is the first single from his upcoming fourth studio album “Pangea”, which will be released in the first 3 months of 2020 and will be the last in L’One’s career.

On January 1, he released the track “AMG” and a video for it together with Timati. Also, Pabl.A was present in the video.