Mot. Nationality and short biography

Some mysterious disease has struck the families of celebrities! The wife of the lead singer of a famous group left, and all the singer’s fans are scratching their heads: is she a malicious cheater or a woman driven to despair? Another, no less popular personality on the stage, has been unable to share antique cups/plates with his wife for six months now - is this really the main thing, and not the fact that they are no longer together? Why has the average media reader become so susceptible to scandals?

Is it really interesting to read about breaking dishes and mutual dirty accusations? Why, when a woman is a wonderful mother, a loving and faithful wife, does this not cause a stir among the public? The wife of rapper Mota, Maria Melnikova, is unlikely to worry that her person is given less attention than her “divorced” friends and “abandoned” stars. She is happy in her family life, is successfully building a career on television, and God grant that everything continues to go so well for her.

They really look a little strange against the backdrop of general family confusion and high-profile scandals in the world of show business. While Masha’s ex-girlfriend is still “shaking her dirty laundry” with her ex, and her colleagues in the modeling business are quickly getting married and getting divorced just as quickly, she calmly cooks dinner for her husband, films a show and raises her son. Her husband Mot also behaves like a “black sheep” against the backdrop of the “black” events in “Black Star”: the epidemic of flight from the label and scandals with Timati did not affect him one bit. And there are no nasty details about him in terms of family life on the Internet and are not expected; he adores his wife and regularly demonstrates this. Who is she, the “muse” of the famous rapper? What else is interesting about Maria Melnikova? After all, in addition to the status of Mota’s wife, she has many more advantages that must be discussed.

Official biography

• First and last name: Melnikova (before marriage Gural) Maria;
• Place of birth: Lvov, Ukraine;
• Date of birth: 1991, January 17;
• Zodiac sign: Capricorn; according to the eastern calendar - Sheep (element of the year metal), patron planet Saturn;
• Higher education; graduated from Kyiv National Linguistic University;
• Occupation: model, TV presenter;
• Marital status: Melnikov, Matvey Alexandrovich (rap singer Mot);
• Children: son - Melnikov, Solomon Matveevich (born in 2018, January 22).

Charts

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About her childhood and youth

Masha Gural was born in the Ukrainian city of Lvov. The girl’s mother is a philologist by training, and therefore she did everything to ensure that her daughter received a good education. The girl studied very well - according to her, she graduated from school with two B's, the rest were A's. Maria's weekends, she said, were constantly busy with competitions or scientific seminars. She describes herself as a very calm and obedient child: the girl obeyed her mother in everything, paid a lot of attention to her studies, which the woman placed great emphasis on - she really wanted Maria to go to study at a good university and get a serious profession.

Maria Melnikova (Gural) in childhood. Photo https://www.instagram.com/maryme.23/

But she not only studied well as a child: the girl was very pretty when she was a baby, and as she grew up, it became clear to those around her that she was a future model, or at least a dancer. The fact is that Maria adored dancing since childhood, and her mother sent her to ballet school. According to the girl, if the weekends were devoted to school seminars and olympiads in various subjects, then weekdays after school were literally “packed” with ballet classes. This served her well: in addition to her excellent natural appearance, she added plasticity and a superbly formed figure.

When after school the question arose about continuing her education, Maria’s dad suggested that the girl go to study in Canada: Masha’s parents are divorced, and there is an assumption that her father lives there. However, the mother did not want to let her daughter go so far, and the National Linguistic University in Kyiv was chosen to receive a diploma. She moved to the capital of Ukraine, but did not lose contact with her mother: “My mother and I always had such a close relationship that even as a student I tried to come home as often as possible to communicate with her,” - her words.

with mom

She successfully graduated from Kiev University and received a diploma in linguist. But Masha Gural was not destined to start working in her specialty, since while still at the university she began to slowly form a career as a model. Participation in the Miss Lviv competition brought her second place, the beautiful girl was noticed and began to be invited to shoot at various modeling agencies. A few more words about her parents: the girl got her last name from her father, who is Jewish, and despite her parents’ divorce, she never felt the family was inferior. “Both my dad and my mom paid a lot of attention to me, and their divorce did not affect the relationship with them. I can say that I had an absolutely happy childhood,” her words.

Later, after Maria Gural married Matvey Melnikov, a huge number of attempts were made in the media to further discredit the young woman. Testimonies from supposedly her boyfriends were published on the Internet every day, and allegedly terrible facts from her biography were cited. The most important detail: none of the statements were confirmed by anything, and one speaker even publicly later apologized and took back his words. One hundred percent: all these rumors were spread by envious people of the happy couple, and as groundless, all these rumors were successfully blown away. The only irrefutable fact from the life of Maria Gural before her marriage: she really did not become a top model, about whom the most prestigious glossy publications went crazy. But this probably suited her, especially since as a model, even if not on a global scale, she made herself known and was in demand.

Meet Mot

Another “ball of dirt” that regularly flies towards Maria from her ill-wishers: she is not known at all, except for her famous rapper-husband. Well, first of all, how old she is! At her age, everything is still ahead, especially since she has an excellent education, intelligence and common sense - you definitely can’t deny this to a young woman. Second: meeting a good man, marrying him, becoming his reliable support in life, giving birth to a son - this is also work, and considerable work, and it is worthy of all respect. And we can say one thing to Maria Melnikova’s haters: it’s a shame to envy, and if envy arises, it’s better to do it in silence!

The most popular question asked of famous married ladies is: under what circumstances did they meet their “other half”? This happened on social networks: Maria, as an aspiring model, had just created accounts on VK and Instagram, she understood that her pages with spectacular photographs would bring her popularity and have a positive impact on her career as a model. It was not Mot who found her first on Instagram: as he himself later said, his friend was subscribed to Masha’s page, and Matvey drew attention to the beautiful girl. He wrote to her, a conversation began, and only after some time did his interlocutor notice that the guy was a fairly famous person! And what attracted attention to him, according to Masha, was that the young man had a kind face and very expressive eyes.

Matvey suggested meeting, and the girl began to think: should she turn her pleasant acquaintance on Instagram, which does not have any obligations, into something more serious? “It seemed to me that a person from show business is necessarily fickle, accustomed to the attention of women and not very decent. Now I know that Matvey is not like that at all, but then I was thinking in stereotypes,” this is how Maria described her feelings when she received an invitation to a date. Her fears were not at all groundless: both now and a few years ago, when they began to communicate, the Internet and the media are constantly shaken by nasty stories about betrayals and other unseemly acts of famous artists and singers.

To be on the safe side, she went on a date to a cafe with a friend: “We even developed an escape plan if something went wrong,” the girl later said with a smile in an interview. The meeting was scheduled because Masha was in Moscow at that time, and the singer had a “window” between performances. Mot burst into the cafe, took a breath and blurted out: “I’ve been on tour for ten minutes.” “So busy, and so pretentious!” – Maria thought, but Matvey smiled, and all her fears instantly dissipated, he turned out to be so natural and kind. Is this true, or was Matvey later disingenuous, but in an interview with GLAMOR in December 2017, he said: “I looked at her and thought: what a beautiful girl! And we will have the most beautiful children!”

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He did not immediately invite the girl to move to Moscow with him, as they write in many biographies of Maria (and Mota). According to the girl, the first serious step towards rapprochement on his part was inviting her to the singer’s tour to London and Prague. “I found out that before me he had not invited anyone on these trips, I became the first one to whom he made such an invitation - and this was a very serious step on his part,” from the memoirs of Maria Melnikova. What followed was almost a year when she flew to see Matvey from Kyiv to Moscow, and it was necessary to “catch” the moment when Mota had at least a short break from touring.

Another of journalists’ favorite questions for married couples: what date before the wedding (or before the marriage proposal) was the most memorable, the most unusual? To this, Maria has nothing special to say: “I can’t remember anything unusual during that period. What can I really say – that time was a real explosion of emotions and stormy experiences.” Talking about the one-year interval of meetings with Matvey, the girl always shared: “There was a negative side to these dates for me: every time after breaking up, I felt terrible depression! I was terribly worried - that's an understatement! I could hardly imagine how I would survive the time until my next meeting with him.”

Latest news about Mota

In 2020, the duet of Ani Lorak and Matvey Melnikov created a real sensation. The joint song “Soprano” won the hearts of many listeners. The performers published it on their Instagram pages, collecting a huge number of “likes” and positive reviews. Later, the composition topped the lists of the best tracks on radio and music channels.

In recent conversations with journalists, Matvey admitted that he dreams of a full-fledged happy family, which is impossible without children. He and his wife plan to have at least two children: a son and a daughter.

Now the rap artist continues to work on new compositions. On his Instagram page, he regularly posts photos and videos and shares a piece of his life with fans. In one of the last photos, the singer is captured in a music studio in the process of work. Judging by the caption to the photo, we can expect new songs, videos and even an album by autumn.

The beginning of a permanent relationship with Mot and the wedding

After a year of such “episodic” relationships, the singer invited the girl to move to Moscow with him. “He, like a real man, kidnapped me from Kyiv: so he seriously and without any objections called me to his place,” Masha said in an interview with the PEOPLESTALK resource later. I had to get used not only to my new status (permanent girlfriend of a rap star), but most of all to Moscow. More of her words about that period: “The first time in the capital was difficult for me because I was not used to it. The most difficult thing is the climate: after all, in Kyiv there is much more sun and it is warmer.” But quite quickly she took root in gray and unfriendly Moscow: the “downside” of moving to the capital was the constant presence of a loved one nearby.

“Constant presence” is a relative concept, she quickly realized. They began to see each other more often, but not too much: Matvey was just entering the most intense stage of his long tour. A new stage in their lives began - from periodic dates they moved to “grinding in” to each other, to accepting the other half as a whole, with all his (or her) shortcomings. Mot dedicated his video “Trap” to this, in which Masha also starred. Without hiding, they can both tell you that they used to quarrel back then. Here are the Revelation Machines: “I was most often offended by him for his jokes! Moreover, Matvey’s jokes, believe me, are all right, they are not offensive at all! And then, when he left, I started to miss him, and you know what’s surprising? I missed his jokes first of all.”

Maria's future husband immediately appreciated the treasure that he received: although the girl was offended and worried, she did not create violent scenes; she immediately learned to be philosophically calm about the peculiarities of his profession. And there is no escape from them: constant tours, daily absences due to urgent filming or recordings, crowds of fans - this “trail” constantly follows any person well-known in the world of music. They both realized that (it sounds corny, but there’s no other way to say it) they were made for each other, and that both had never experienced such serious feelings before.

Reasonable, very responsible, loyal - these are the qualities Maria discovered when their relationship had practically grown into a family, the only thing missing was official status. But they did not strive to quickly “ring”: the man and the young woman tested each other for two more years on the strength of their feelings, on the correct decision to live together. Maria Gural in the media already has the status of a constant companion in Mota’s life: they appear together at receptions and parties, the girl goes with him to award presentations, and goes with him on almost all tours. Her Instagram is filled with new photos, but she is no longer alone there, I am next to my beloved young man.

Mot would not be Mot if he had not figured out how to propose to his girlfriend in the most romantic and at the same time unexpected way. They were on a trip to Thailand at that moment, and Masha had no idea that her companion was up to something. From her memories: “We were walking along the beach, and suddenly Matvey said that he really wanted to dive. He literally forced me into the water and insisted that I dive in too.” When the girl emerged, it turned out that at the same time the guy did the same with her, and he was holding a gorgeous ring in his hand! So touchingly he asked Masha to marry him. This happened in the summer of 2016, and soon they officially signed at the registry office. The event was very modest: the bride and groom both wore white T-shirts and jeans, and only a few of their closest friends were present at the wedding.

wedding

But the surprises did not end with the original marriage proposal in the ocean waters in Thailand. A year later, in the spring of 2017, Matvey Melnikov and his now official wife Maria celebrated their decision to live together for the second time: they got married and had a wedding again. This time everything was like in a fairy tale: the bride’s gorgeous dress and veil, the groom’s snow-white tuxedo, guests, a feast, a sea of ​​flowers and congratulations. The event took place in the village of Deauville near Moscow; several hundred guests attended the wedding in the Villa Rotonda restaurant. Among the guests, the ubiquitous journalists “caught” many famous personalities who congratulated Maria and her husband on their wedding: Yegor Creed and Christina Si, Katya Odintsova and Ernest Rudyak, football player Tarasov. “The wedding sang and danced,” and the happy husband and wife were sure that they had a long life ahead, full of pleasant events.

Discography

Studio albums

• 2011 — Remote
• 2012 — “Repair”
• 2014 — Azbuka Morze
• 2016 — “Inside Out”
• 2016 — “92 days”
• 2017 — “Good music of the keys”
• 2020 — “Parabola”

Mini albums

• 2013 — “Dash”
• 2018 - “What kind of people are in Hollywood (Or the Oscars with subtitles)”

Singles

• 2009 - “For a healthy image of rap” (under the pseudonym BthaMoT2bdabot)
• 2009 - “Smell (Intro)” ft. KOKA
• 2010 - “Blue” (feat. KOKA)
• 2011 — “Hakuna Matata”
• 2013 - “#MotSteletChoSeli”
• 2013 - “Tusa” (& Timati, Mot, Dzhigan & L'One)
• 2013 - “In a dress of a beautiful color” (Space4Sound Remix)
• 2013 — “Self-Made”
• 2013 — “Assassin”
• 2014 - “Talisman” (feat. Dimaestro)
• 2014 — “Eden”
• 2014 - “Mom, I’m in Dubai”
• 2014 — “Rap from Rashi’s mom”
• 2014 - “Oxygen” (feat. VIA Gra)
• 2015 — “Young Blood 2” (Natan feat. Mot)
• 2016 — “Trap”
• 2016 - “Monsoons” (feat. Artyom Pivovarov);
• 2016 — “Into Splinters” (& Sasha Chest, Mot, Timati & Scrooge)
• 2016 — “At the Bottom”
• 2017 - “Soprano” (feat. Ani Lorak)
• 2017 — “Dallas Club of Spiteful Critics”
• 2017 — “Yellow Song”
• 2017 — “Great”
• 2017 — “Wedding”
• 2017 — “When the Word Disappears”
• 2017 — “When the Word Disappears” (Denis Agamirov & Stylezz Remix)
• 2017 - “When the Word Disappears” (DJ OneDollar Remix)
• 2017 — “Rain” (feat. Artyom Pivovarov)
• 2018 — “Solo”
• 2018 — “Solo” (DJ Noiz Remix)
• 2018 — “Malaya”
• 2018 — “White Nights”
• 2018 - “Rocket” (& Timati, Mot, Yegor Creed, Scrooge, Nazima & Terry)
• 2018 — “Shamans”
• 2018 — “She’s not yours”
• 2018 — “Spell by Letter”
• 2018 — “Above the Clouds” (Mot & Timati, Egor Creed, Pabl.A, Scrooge & Nazima)
• 2019 - “How Many Years” (feat. Valery Meladze)
• 2019 — “For Our Own”
• 2019 — “Youth”
• 2019 — “Like going home”
• 2019 — “Sails” (Zivert feat. Mot)
• 2019 — “Sails” (Zivert feat. Mot) (Alex Shik & Slaving Radio Edit)
• 2019 — “Crossroads”
• 2019 — “Stalactite”
• 2019 — “Mannequin” (Amchi feat. Mot)
• 2020 — “Tarantino”
• 2020 — “Space is bruises”
• 2020 - “Space is bruises” (Alex Shik Remix)
• 2020 — “People”
• 2020 - “In words with a taste of the Dead Sea...”
• 2020 — “Parabola”
• 2020 — “To the South” (Alex Shik Remix)

Singles from show songs

• “Monsoons” (feat. PLC & Nastika & Jay Mar)

• “Solo” (together with show song)

Participation on albums of other artists

• Timati - “” (“Trap”), “Olympus” (“New Russian Dream”)
• Jah Khalib - “Everything We Love” (“You Are Near”)
• Egor Creed - “What do they know?” ("Go to sleep")
• DJ Philchansky & DJ Daveed - “#QUARRY” (“#MOT”), “#QUARRY 2” (“Dad, give her money”)
• Mike Levy - "Levitation" ("Now Is It Time")
• Zloi Negr - "Zloi Negr" ("Zloi Negr")

Scandal with ex-girlfriend

They really no longer had any troubles within the family - Maria had become so accustomed to her husband that she now understood him almost without words. She was used to him going on tours and calmly accepted the hysterics of offended fans: she would have managed without hysterics, she took such an enviable groom away from potential brides who were head over heels in love! Everything promised only a bright future and a happy life, and it would seem that nothing would darken their idyll. As it turned out, not everyone likes it when someone else is doing well, but in their “family kingdom” there are scandals and devastation. Envy is like this: if something is wrong with you, then it is easier to find the reason in a stranger than to look for shortcomings in your life.

There is no point in mentioning specific names, so as not to once again raise all the dirt that was already overflowing during this epic scandal. Those who have followed the biography of Maria Melnikova and the life of Mota will easily guess who we will be talking about. Echoes of this story are still echoed in the media, but it is not Maria or her husband who is raising a wave of hatred, it should be noted - although, if you dig deeper into the whole story, they could, if they wished, demand compensation for moral damage.

It all started innocently: Mota was invited to a popular comedy channel and asked to tell a funny joke. Since Mot has a lot of humor, he really did something that made millions of people who saw this filming laugh out loud for a long time. Everything would be fine, but he dared to joke about the famous TV diva, who at that moment was going through difficult times of a divorce from her husband. Yes, her ex-athlete husband turned out to be a decent scoundrel, he cheated on his wife for a long time and persistently, the divorce took place with a public sorting out of the most vile details. The TV diva demonstrated to the whole country the depression that she is experiencing from the breakup of her family and from the lack of a permanent man in her life. And then there’s Mot – he didn’t just step on a sore callus, but actually opened it with a blunt scalpel!

The noise arose - it’s impossible to describe in a nutshell! Moreover, this lady did not just attack Mot, but “turned the arrow” on Masha, with whom, by the way, she had recently been a close friend. “I would like Mr. Mot not to speak out in my direction, but to look after his wife!” – she declared publicly. And then she added: “I may know a lot of things about them, and I’m ready to voice everything without hesitation!” From somewhere, a witness was “dug up” and “pulled up”, who identified himself as Maria’s ex-boyfriend. He muttered something indistinctly on the phone about the young woman’s unpleasant past, about some facts (and without directly naming anything). An important detail: on Instagram, he soon wrote a whole “canvas” of apologies, explaining his speech as “emotions.”

It’s clear: he was specially invited to voice a portion of “dirt” against his ex (the question is whether this is true) girlfriend. In fact, the well-known TV diva, the owner of “houses, ships” and communications, had long had a huge grudge against Maria, and Mota’s statement simply served as a convenient reason for voicing this hatred. It turns out that Masha knew that her friend’s husband was cheating on her, and she had known for a long time, she even became friends with the “subject” of the cheating, went to boutiques with her, and did shopping together. Even if this is true: what would have changed if Maria had reported the fact of infidelity to her unsuspecting wife? And was it necessary to do this at all - to reveal to my wife the truth about the “margins to the left” of her beloved half? The diva once again burst into tears, shouted, pseudo-witnesses brought public changes, everyone was once again convinced that blaming strangers for their troubles is the last thing.

What is Maria Melnikova doing now?

First of all, she is immersed in raising her son Solomon, who was born to the couple in January 2018. Almost immediately after the birth of the baby, both mom and dad shared their joy with their followers on Instagram by posting cute photos. Masha wrote under the photo where she was captured with the baby and Matvey: “Welcome to the family, beloved son! Dad – thank you, you were so supportive and helpful.”

Matvey also made his mark on social networks, revealing his overwhelming emotions: “My best wife in the world - thank you for your son! Now we are a truly full-fledged family.” The young mother is already paying great attention to her son’s future: he began going to a studio for young children, where Solomon will be instilled with a love of art and science from infancy.

Maria Melnikova with her son

She had to say goodbye to the podium in the broad sense of the word, and this is probably not such a big sacrifice in exchange for a loving husband and family happiness. But Maria Melnikova still remembers that she once wanted to become a model: fashion magazines such as VOGUE and GLAMOR periodically invite her to their pages. On her Instagram, a charming woman posts photos where she demonstrates fashionable clothing brands and always asks her followers for their opinions. “Mrs. Mot,” after her marriage and the birth of her son, it must be said, has not changed at all: she can afford to wear the most daring styles that show off her magnificent figure.

Suddenly Maria decided to return to dancing! For more than ten years, ballet and ballroom dancing have not been given up so easily - a young woman announced on Instagram that she intends to take ballroom dancing seriously, although for now these classes will be at an amateur level. She is ready to demonstrate her successes to subscribers and all fans, no matter how modest they may be at first. She is also going to resume the release of capsule series of her brand “MaryMe” - a couple of years ago, the girl regularly delighted fashionistas with beautiful and stylish T-shirts.

The show “Masha Will Ask” is extremely popular: Maria Melnikova regularly invites famous media personalities to the studio, and in a pleasant conversation she manages to show her guests from a completely unexpected side. Ekaterina Varnava, Keti Topuria, Nikolai Sobolev are some of the famous guests who visited her program. Maria’s fans especially liked the episode with the “star” of “Comedy Woman” Alexander Gudkov. The presenter managed to show the actor completely different from how the audience imagines him: very intelligent, calm, able to joke gracefully without antics and truthfully answer tricky questions.

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It turns out that she was prompted to create this show by subconsciously moving to Moscow: “When I began to live in the capital, I found myself in an environment that I had previously seen only from TV screens or from the pages of magazines. I have long wanted to talk about famous residents of Moscow, but not in the way they are usually presented in already published programs,” her words. The questions in the show are asked not by the presenter, but by fans of the invited personality, sometimes even this person’s friends. Maria never asks scandalous questions or provokes her interlocutor: “Today, most people have forgotten about tact and decency. Chasing hype is not the best way to advertise.” Masha hopes that her show will reveal to the audience new, positive qualities of the guests, and will change the fans’ perception of their hero only for the better.

But the most important and most important thing is her favorite pastime now, which is, of course, her family, her husband, and household chores. Comfort in a family nest, order and cleanliness, a delicious dinner - this means so much to a man when he comes home, and it doesn’t matter whether he is a music star or a simple employee. Maria continues to support her husband in his work, she goes to his performances, attends significant events where her husband should be presented with awards. She also constantly reminds him how much she loves him. Photos on her social networks with the captions “How much I love you!” leave no doubt - she is absolutely happy and simply obsessed with the desire to make him just as happy.

Interesting facts from the life of Maria Melnikova

1. Maria and her husband spend very quiet time at home. Their favorite pastimes are watching movies or concerts. When her husband writes music, Masha sits next to her and indulges in her hobby - embroidering with beads.
2. She has never dyed her hair and has no plans to do so anytime soon. The only thing that the young woman did radically with her hair was to style her curls before filming for the English brand “HOUSE OF CB”.
3. In the summer of 2019, the couple left Solomon to his grandparents for the first time and went on vacation without their son. Maria told her followers on Instagram about this: “We need to pay attention to each other and to the child, our vacation will be beneficial, because rested and happy parents are important for the baby.”
4. Maria prefers to dress stylishly, fashionably and comfortably at the same time. Her favorite colors are black and white, all shades of blue and light blue, brown.
5. Her favorite dish since childhood is still ice cream! Regarding food preferences: Masha does not advertise any fashionable diets; she states that she does not need to limit herself in the amount of food. An excellent metabolism allows her not to think about the problems of excess weight - periodic training is enough for her.
6. Despite the abundance of accusations against her regarding plastic surgery, it is not difficult to compare her early photos with today’s ones and make sure that Maria did not take any drastic actions in terms of appearance.
7. With a “full set” of makeup, Maria can only be seen on set or when going out into the world. In everyday life, she only slightly tints her eyebrows and applies gloss to her lips.
8. Her standards of beauty are Eva Mendes and Jennifer Lopez: “I like women whose eyes sparkle, who radiate not cold impeccability, but crazy sexuality and vitality.”
9. The fact that Masha Melnikova decided to release her show, it turns out, has prerequisites from her childhood. As a girl, she first dreamed of becoming a weather forecaster, and then wanted to work as a TV presenter.

Personal image

An expensive chain is the most important attribute of any rapper. Mota also has one, but this is not all that the artist’s portrait is based on.

Like all Black Star participants, Matvey loves sports and leads a healthy lifestyle, almost never drinks alcohol. In his opinion, it is the state of mind that characterizes the image not only of the performer, but also of any ordinary person. You can have a “bunch” of cool clothes, but there is nothing and never will be more valuable than your own soul.

The most important thing is that for this performer there are no objects of imitation, he is who he is, and wants to remain himself to the end, even if it is because of this that he will lose his career and popularity. For Mota, being an individual with his own rules is one of his main aspirations in life.