Biography
Alan Khadzaragov is the name of the black-haired young man who literally burst into the Russian charts with the track “Medusa”. His music makes you dance. I don't want to stop under any circumstances. Alan is actively thinking through ideas, the essence of which will be put into further videos - after all, a lot of popular tracks have been collected over the past six months. It is interesting that a frequent request in the search engine is “how old” is MATRANG and “what is his nationality.” We answer two popular questions at once: the guy is 24, by nationality - a native Ossetian.
Childhood of a young artist
Behind the mystical pseudonym Matrang hides a native of Vladikavkaz, Alan Khadzaragov, who was born on April 20, 1995 in an intelligent family of a doctor and a teacher. He is Ossetian by nationality. Later the boy had two sisters and a brother.
Rapper Matrang as a child
Although at first glance Alan’s parents are far from creative, his dad in his youth played in a rock band that was well known in North Ossetia. He instilled in his son a love for the classics of world rock: RHCP, Queen, The Beatles.
Matrang in his youth
Since childhood, Alan demonstrated vocal abilities in music lessons, and also devoted a lot of time to drawing. At the age of 7, he became a soloist in the republican choir “Arion” under the direction of Olga Dzhanaeva. As a member of the choir, he traveled to many countries, often returning home with prizes, but in his teens he left: his voice began to change, and he did not want to waste valuable time on constant tours and rehearsals.
The rapper's personal life
In many blogs and interviews, the rapper actively shares his views on his current work. This is understandable - journalists constantly ask the guy the question of how he became so popular. True, Alan tries not to talk about his personal life, because he believes that it is unnecessary, not for other people’s ears.
The 24-year-old rapper is single. It is not 100% known whether MATRANG has a second half, but in one of the interviews the guy said that the “Medusa” video is dedicated to a person dear to him. Perhaps this is his girlfriend, about whom he is so secretly silent. In any case, it’s wonderful when a person has love!
One more point regarding Alan’s personal life. Online users often ask questions about his unusual tattoos. It’s interesting that the singer doesn’t just have tattoos, but patterns. Tattoos like this are rare to find. The rapper himself admits that he did not want to be like his peers, and the drawings on his skin have a deep meaning.
How it became popular
Just a year ago, Ramil Alimov was an ordinary guy who made videos with his songs and posted them on the Internet. His style of tracks turned out to be quite unusual, and the filming most often took place in the back seat of a car.
2018 was a turning point for the young man. Producer Hanza Avakyan came across his videos on social networks. It was he who offered the guy cooperation, helped him create an official VKontakte page and record his first professional tracks.
After the release of such tracks as “Bomb Leila”, “Do you want with me” and “Let salt run through your veins”, Alimov gained real popularity, which he continues to increase.
Songs and albums of Matranga
Everyone, of course, knows the track called “Meduza”. This is perhaps one of the most popular and energetic compositions, which is often played in clubs with various remixes. And on the radio you can often hear a familiar melody, to which (whether you like it or not) your legs are drawn to dance.
Is this the only song considered the rapper's most explosive? Not really. There are other interesting tracks that you need to listen to to complete the image of Matrang:
- "From the Moon to Mars";
- "Water";
- "Close";
- "I won't tell."
Also, MATRANG released a good album called “EYA”, which is recommended for fans to listen to. It's full of both heart-warming lyrical stories and hooligan rap filled with meaning. This also includes the album “OMO”, which has long been praised by critics and fans of rap culture. Having become acquainted with the work of MATRANG through albums, one can understand and imagine what kind of person he is.
Matrang
Rapper Matrang (real name Alan Khadzaragov ) is a Russian rapper, artist on Basta's Gazgolder label. All-Russian fame came to Matrang in 2020, when his song “Medusa” became one of the main Russian-language hits of the year. The song was nominated for the Muz-TV award in the “Runet Song” category, but did not win. With her, on January 7, 2020, he took part in “Live Fest URBAN” (part of the Rosa Khutor festival program). Matrang is the winner of the independent music award “Golden Gargoyle” in the category “best soul project”.
Childhood and education Matranga
Alan Arkadyevich Khadzaragov was born on April 20, 1995 in Vladikavkaz.
Matranga's father is a doctor by profession. But in his youth he played in a rock band that was well known in North Ossetia. He instilled in his son a love for the classics of world rock: The Beatles, Queen, RHCP and others.
Mother is a teacher.
Even as a child, Matrang showed an ability for singing and drawing and devoted all his free time from lessons to his favorite activities. In the 4th grade, the young artist was taken to an art school, where he studied for 4 years, says Matranga’s biography on Wikipedia.
At the age of 7, Alan became a soloist in the republican choir "Arion" under the direction of Olga Dzhanaeva . As a member of the choir, he traveled to many countries, often returning home with prizes, but in his teens he left the choir: his voice began to break, and he did not want to waste time on constant tours and rehearsals.
In secondary school, the future rapper Matrang gave preference to the humanities. Alan was particularly attracted to the Russian language and literature. The boy loved to write essays and rhyme poems. Khadzaragov once admitted that he even sat down to write a book, but the fate of the work is unknown.
In his childhood, Matrang later found inspiration, he said strange things happened to him. “I was always interested in climbing somewhere where you can’t climb. In our ancestral village of Dargavs, my cousin and I often went on small hikes and climbed to the top, not knowing what awaited us ahead. All my life I have been drawn to look at the sky when no one is looking at it, in the hope of seeing something that no one sees. Then all this began to respond in music,” Matrang said in an interview with RBC.
Matranga's musical career
By the age of ten, Alan became interested in rap. His favorite artists were Eminem and 50 Cent. In April 2012, Alan, under the pseudonym Dol Shal (an anagram of the word “Shaldon” - this is the name of one of the districts of Vladikavkaz) released his first very gloomy and pessimistic track “Ugly World.
By 2014, Alan had enough material for a full-length album of 9 tracks, which he called “Planet Moon”.
After graduating from school, Alan entered the Institute of Civilization (Vladikavkaz) to study as a designer. However, the guy soon became disillusioned with his chosen profession. After dropping out of college, Alan went to Moscow in 2020.
It was then that he took the pseudonym “Matrang”, which means Moon in Vietnamese. Alan calls the Earth's satellite his main inspiration and important material for his music. As the artist admitted, he felt a connection with the Moon at the age of 15.
In January 2020, Matrang released the track “The moon”, and in May presented the album “Red Moon” to the public. Soon another composition “Water” and a video for the song “Cinema” were released, filmed from the first to the last frame on an iPhone.
In November of the same year, his famous hit “Medusa” was released. This was a breakthrough in Matrang's musical career. He posted the song on a small public page, from where the group “New Rap” reposted it.
At the end of 2020, the publication “Life” drew attention to the aspiring performer, which released material under the heading “New Viktor Tsoi from Vladikavkaz.” However, Matrang’s work has little in common with the songs of the Kino group. His main focus is house rap, which made Miyagi and Endgame , LJ .
As reported in Matrang’s biography on the Find Out Everything website, 10 labels immediately paid attention to the young rapper. But Matrang chose the Gas Holder of Vasily Vakulenko (Basta). Matrang modestly believes that the lyrics of his songs cannot be classified as literature: if you read them without musical accompaniment, like ordinary poetry, they will seem banal to many. But everything changes when they hit the beat.
In January 2020, Alan Khadzaragov released the track “Hello”, posting a short excerpt from the new single on his page.
Now his fame is growing. The rapper's audience is growing. Rap fans believe in further success and new heights for the talented musician. When asked about his calling, Matrang replies: “I want to bring light into the world.”
When in the Yandex. Music" summed up the results of 2020, identifying the most popular songs in Russia; among users of this service, the leading trio were the songs "! In My Mind" (Dynoro, Gigi D'Agostino), "Drunk Groove" ( Maruv ) and "Medusa" (Matrang ).
In 2020, Matrang released the album "Eya". The list of the rapper’s singles in 2020 includes “OMO”, “Water”, “From the Moon to Mars”, “Wires”, “Short” and “Bronze”.
Guillermo del Toro did not like the video for the song “Water” with references to the film “The Shape of Water”
In 2020, Matrang released the singles “With Me”, “Wake Up”, “Fool”, “Stay”, “Matrang” and “With Yourself”. Videos were shot for the songs “Name” and “Hello”.
In 2020, Matrang’s new album “DA” was released.
“Medusa” remains Matrang’s main hit, with the song he was nominated for the Muz-TV Award and the Russian National Music Award as the best hip-hop artist.
“I’m not entirely sure, for example, that I would like to reach Basta’s level. I see how he works and sometimes I kindly envy myself that I have the opportunity to go out for a walk. It’s more difficult for him - a person plows. He is constantly at work. At the same time, I would like to love music as much as Basta loves it. This is very cool. I don't have that much strength yet. More precisely, they exist, but I’m not ready to release them yet,” Matrang said in an interview.
Personal life and hobbies of Matranga
Matrang is not married, but he has a girlfriend, about whom Alan prefers to remain silent. But it was to her that he dedicated his famous composition “Medusa”.
Matrang is interested in tattooing. His father did not allow him to get tattoos until he reached adulthood. Growing up, he made the first one - sound waves - in honor of coming of age. There are also two moons on his body. Previously, there was a snarling cheetah on the guy’s neck, but then he got tired of the tattoo and had to be painted over.
Matrang says that he likes Moscow, but it spoils people, and he yearns for Ossetia and the feeling of being an Ossetian.
The singer says that he is relaxed about clothes, and on stage he does a lot spontaneously.
Working with DJs and singer duets
DJs love to create bomb remixes of the singer’s popular tracks, which are constantly played in nightclubs. There are such world famous names as gmir, dj Tarantino dj Dyxanin. Not a single mass concert of Alan Khazagarov is complete without a fresh mix created. The guy loves to share with the crowd new tracks that are created by popular world DJs every month.
If the rapper used to perform solo, now he has joint duets. The coolest news is that the famous Gazgolder brand, led by Basta, invited Alan to join its ranks. The guy admitted that he received quite a lot of offers from different communities, but he still made a choice in favor of rappers whom he himself had listened to as a child a long time ago (they are just the oldies of Gazgolder).
They say that Basta, Guf, Scryptonite and Smokey Mo were able to ignite in Matranga the desire to write suitable text and set music.
Parodies of "Medusa"
It is impossible to leave such a track without attention. Since the song is gaining momentum every day, and the popularity of the motif is growing at the speed of light, there are parodies of the video and lyrics of the track. Agree that the text is blurry, incomprehensible in places, strange and crazy. That’s why the guys from Comedy decided to make a parody of the top track, which even Alan himself liked: during the broadcast, the guy gave a standing ovation. This is not the first time that Comedy Club residents make fun of aspiring stars. The public is interested in how the singer will react and what he will do in an awkward situation. But on the set of the Comedy, the guy behaved with dignity, laughing with all the spectators to tears.
Other parodies of the famous track can be seen on the Internet. For example, the current KVN constantly stages skits, performing as a team to familiar words. Also, a parody of Matranga’s video “Medusa” is circulating on YouTube. If you rewatch the original video, you can see that the video is dark, depressing, but danceable. The guys cooperated and shot a comic three-minute clip, which is teeming with comments, reposts and likes. You see, if it weren’t for the original clip, nothing would have happened.
The biography of rapper Matranga looks ordinary. His anti-fans still don’t understand how such a person rose to the title of “rapper.” Some people understand and accept his music, while others immediately turn off the radio or cover their ears. As they say, taste and color. But the fact that the guy from Vladikavkaz became famous, and the whole world listens to his tracks, remains.
Let such a truthful biography be a bright life example for boys who want to break into the world of show business. Alan did the same. Even the university teachers didn’t believe in him, but the guy took his will into his fist and proved to his ill-wishers that he COULD become an idol for many. Moreover, he entered the Gazgolder label, which is considered a dream for aspiring rappers.
Music career
Around the age of ten, the guy, like many of his peers, listened to Eminem and 50 Cent and became interested in rap. In his youth, like many teenagers, he was insecure and shy. Deep introspection helped him, which almost led the guy to deep depression, but in the end Alan dealt with his problems and became a new person.
Matrang became interested in rap culture as a child. Under the pseudonym Dol Shal (an anagram of the word “Shaldon” - this is the name of one of the districts of his hometown), in April 2012 Alan released a very depressive and gloomy track “Ugly World”. By 2014, he had collected material for a full-length album of 9 tracks, which was called “Planet Moon”. Matrang (Don Shal) before becoming famous. Having received secondary education, Alan enrolled as a designer at the Institute of Civilization. In his first year, he let his teacher listen to his work, who said that a mentally healthy person would not have written such songs.
In 2020, the guy became disillusioned with his chosen specialty, began skipping classes, dropped out and moved to Moscow in the hope that his creative abilities would find use in the capital.
“Matrang” means Moon in Vietnamese. Alan calls the Earth's satellite his main inspiration and important material for his music. As the artist admitted, he felt a connection with the Moon at the age of 15. MATRANG - Water In January 2020, the rapper released the track “The moon”, and in May presented the album “Red Moon” to the public. Soon another composition “Water” and a video for the song “Cinema” were released, filmed from the first to the last frame on an iPhone. “Mat trang” translated from Vietnamese means Moon. As the artist admitted, he felt a connection with the Moon at the age of 15. In November of the same year, the now famous hit “Medusa” was released, which was dedicated to Alan’s good friend, who was changed by their communication - “I saw the light in her and decided to show this light to her herself ".MATRANG - MedusaIt was "Medusa" that became the breakthrough that Matrang had been waiting for. He posted the song on a small public page, from where the group “New Rap” reposted it.
At the end of 2020, the publication Life drew attention to the aspiring performer, releasing material under the heading “The New Viktor Tsoi from Vladikavkaz.” It is worth noting that the name was invented rather with the goal of collecting as many views as possible - Matranga’s work has little in common with the songs of the Kino group. His main focus is house rap, which made Miyagi and Endgame LJ famous.
Matrang became famous thanks to social networks. After that, 10 labels immediately paid attention to the young rapper. He chose Vasily Vakulenko's Gas Holder.
Matrang admits that the lyrics of his songs cannot be classified as literature: if you read them without musical accompaniment, like ordinary poetry, they will seem banal to many. But everything changes when they hit the beat.
