The childhood and youth of rapper Scroodgee
The star of modern domestic rap pop Scrooge lit up on November 5, 1992 in the tiny town of Velikie Mosty, in the Lviv region. For those who are interested in the question of what Scrooge’s real name is, we will answer that his real name is Eduard Vygranovsky. The future musician became the second child in the family, and it cannot be said that the baby had a sweet life. Mother and father constantly argued, and, carried away by sorting out the relationship, they completely neglected the upbringing of the children. In the end, the father left the family, leaving his wife and two sons. The mother had to work hard to carry two children, so Scroodgee was raised on the street. It was this period of gray and unpromising life that left its mark on the artist’s further work. He recalls that he absolutely did not understand how to live further, where to put himself, and what to do.
The rapper calls his small homeland the city of Pervomaisk in the Nikolaev region, where his mother, seeing no prospects, moved her family. But even here the guy immediately got involved with bad company. As usual among punks, he soon began to drink alcohol and smoke. The feeling of “adulthood” and euphoria influenced Edward’s consciousness so much that he began to skip school for months, which is why he was expelled from the educational institution. The mother worked hard to get her unlucky son accepted into a physical education school. She hoped that sport would help Edik direct his energy in the right direction.
The future black star was very concerned about the fate of his mother, so at the age of 14 he got his first job. Since that time, he has changed a lot of professions: salesman, car washer, merchandiser, construction assistant. During this period, the guy developed an interest in rap music, and therefore he spent part of his earnings on test recordings of tracks and shooting videos for them. At this time, Edward came to a clear realization that a simple interest could develop into his life’s work.
Childhood biography
The future rapper was born in Ukraine, in the town of Velikie Mosty, and grew up in Pervomaisk (Nikolaev region) - the family later moved there. The “wild” 90s were a difficult time for all young people at that time.
Having received a certificate, the young man went to Odessa and entered the institute - he decided to study as a designer. The profession seemed boring, and at school I was very attracted to rap. Expulsion from the institute did not upset the young man: he decided to work and save up to record his own songs. A salesman, a loader, and finally a builder in Poland, and in the meantime, in my head, the words themselves formed into angry lines.
Scrooge Tattoos
- At the age of less than 17, Vygranovsky decided to get his first eye tattoo on his arm.
- Immediately after this, he puts the word "HARDCORE" on his fingers.
- The knees are stuffed with bones and a skull, and the singer’s face is also quite decorated.
- And after a few years, almost the musician’s entire body is covered with tattoos.
Scrooge: biography
The young rapper Scrooge is atypical for the Black Star Inc. label. The singer's low, hoarse voice speaks harshly and sincerely about the darker sides of life. The world in his work is painted in black and white, gloomy gangsta rap with organic obscene inserts resonates with young people. The rough romance of city gateways is familiar to Scrooge's listeners, and the main ideas of the songs are simple and clear: you have to be a fighter in life and persistently pursue your goal.
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The beginning of Scrooge's creative career
After graduating from physical education school, Scroodgee decided to move to Odessa, where he entered one of the universities to become a designer. At the institute, the guy was in good standing, as he became a player on the basketball team. He became interested in this game while still in school.
The problems began when Eduard failed the State Educational Standards exams and his documents were returned to him. The guy had to seek his fortune in Poland, where he got a job at a large sawmill. Abroad, the performer began performing under the pseudonym “EDOS,” participating in rap battles and a long tour with rapper ZippO in 26 cities in Poland.
Propaganda flair
The whole country remembers the scandal before the Moscow mayoral elections, in which Timati was involved along with rapper Guf - then the musicians released a video in support of Sergei Sobyanin. Despite the denial of propaganda in the video, the audience's dissatisfaction with the behavior of their favorite rapper remained. The same applies to artists - it is unlikely that any of the young musicians who have just started their careers will want to participate in controversial political games together with Timati, who has changed his shoes more than once in flight.
At the moment, all areas of the label’s work are functioning, but how long artists and fans can be interested in the production center and clothing brand depends only on Timati, who clearly needs to change his approach to both business and music. However, the circumstances of 2020 are clearly not on the rapper’s side: the coronavirus pandemic has blocked almost all areas of Black Star’s work, making concerts and visiting burger joints impossible. Source
Scrooge in BLACK STAR
The musician's biography changes when he was still at a Polish sawmill.
- There he learns about a new Russian reality show for young talents, “Young Blood.” The point is to select the best candidate with whom the Black Star label should have entered into an agreement. In 2020, Scrooge decided to try his hand at it and applied to participate. The application was reviewed and approved, so the guy urgently leaves for Moscow.
- Over the entire period of the reality show, the young man managed to show himself as a talented performer, each time impressing the jury members with interesting and vibrant performances. At the award ceremony at the end of December 2020, the host of the television project Timati announced two winners of the show - Klava Koku and Dana Sokolova. Immediately, unexpectedly for everyone, the third winner was announced - Eduard Vygranovsky, whom the venerable rapper Timati took under his “wing” in the Black Star label. Scrooge was asked who the author of his lines was, to which he replied that everything rhymes and is written in his head, regardless of himself.
- Having enjoyed the victory, already in the winter of 2020, Scrooge began collaborating on the track “Into Chips” with such “giants” of Russian rap as Sasha Chesta, Timati and Mot.
- On April 21, 2020, the Russian audience was presented with a video for the composition “Rovnaya Doroga”, which was received with a bang. The plot, according to Scrooge himself, resembles his life, through which he walks like a dark corridor, sometimes looking back and going into different rooms.
- In May, Vygranovsky surprised fans by releasing his debut mini-album entitled “From Where I Am,” which included 7 compositions. In addition, videos were shot for some songs. Part of the album was the collaboration song “Secret”, which was performed by the audience’s favorite Christina Sy together with Eduard. By the way, the performer also had a contract with a famous label. The song “Secret” became so popular and beloved that fans immediately began to create various cover versions of it.
- After a successful start, in June Scrooge was invited by DJ Daveed and DJ Philchansky to participate in the recording of the mixtape “Quarry 2”.
- And at the end of 2020, the performer of Scrooge presented the track “Not everyone is lucky” to the audience and the musical elite, in which he spoke about his difficult fate, past and present.
- 2017 was marked by the release of the track “Gogol. Start". This composition was included in the official soundtrack of the film of the same name. This is another dark interpretation of the biography of the most mysterious Russian writer, played by Andrei Petrov.
- In April 2020, a video was released for the extraordinary song “Rukalitso” by Eduard Vygranovsky, which gave rise to many Internet memes and became a real virus on social networks. A spectacular video was shot for it, in which bloggers Kostya Pavlov and Max Brandt, actresses Natalya Rudova, singer Nathan, comedian Garik Martirosyan, and even producer Joseph Prigozhin played.
- At the end of 2020, Scrooge became the face of a Samsung advertising company.
- One of the latest projects was the solo single “Problems” and the duet “Indigo” with Dana Sokolova. And from the “fresh” side, Pavel Murashov sang “Drunk” with Scrooge.
Talent shortage
For several years after its founding, the Black Star label really was a kind of “talent factory,” setting a high bar after the promotion of Yegor Creed, L'One and Dzhigan.
Since 2020, artists on the label come exclusively from the “Songs” show on TNT. Either talented performers themselves do not go to Timati, or the producer has lost his ability to notice quality musicians “in the crowd” - Black Star has not had high-profile freshmen for a long time who would be able to blow up the music charts.
The most promising artists left Black Star
A similar creative stagnation overtook the Malfa label of Maxim Fadeev. Having nurtured several talented musicians in the early 2000s and gone through his entire creative journey with the Serebro group, Fadeev experienced a shortage of talented personnel, and the label had to be temporarily dissolved.
Scrooge's personal life
According to the singer, he met his first love at the age of 18 at a convention of rap artists. She became Lyudmila Topolnyk. At that time, the girl was barely 15. In order not to create problems, the guy decided to wait with courtship, but was unable to curb his feelings. A year later, Edward and his girlfriend stopped hiding their relationship. But shortly before working for the label, the couple broke up. And love began with Yana Nedelkova.
The personal life of the young rap artist became public after the publication of provocative photos with Christina Sy by Life. In the photo, the couple was walking sweetly, and readers immediately assumed their love affair. But, according to Scrooge, they have exclusively friendly relations with Christina, and warm feelings still connect the rapper with Yana.
The latest news about Scrooge suggests that the guy has already established himself as a professional performer who has gained enormous popularity among listeners of the Russian-speaking audience. He continues to actively work on new projects in order to continually delight his loyal fans. In addition to music, he managed to star in such humorous shows as “Improvisation” and “Once Upon a Time in Russia”.
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Scrooge now
Rumors about Scrooge's departure from the Black Star label appeared in the summer of 2019, shortly after the Internet learned about the conflict between Black Star and rapper L'One. The performer, who was left without the right to a pseudonym and his own songs, stated in plain text that the “Scrooge” project did not pay off and was deprived of funding, and therefore the rapper was sent on indefinite leave. Adding fuel to the fire was the fact that Scrooge disappeared from social networks at the end of May. In August, Edward got in touch. In a live Instagram broadcast, we will explain the reason for his absence as follows: Apparently, he agreed with Timati and his representatives on a new policy for releasing songs. On August 31, Scrooge released a new track “G” on the Make It Music label, a subsidiary of Black Star. Scrooge's followers noticed that the performer's style had changed. The track received mixed reviews from listeners and generally did not justify the long wait for new material.
Amorous brutal
According to Scrooge, his first love was Ukrainian Lyudmila Topolnik, whom he met at a music competition. Before he set off to conquer Russian show business, Eduard began an affair with Yana Nedelkova. But this relationship was also fleeting.
Having become an artist of the Black Star label, Scrooge struck up a friendship with another of Timati’s wards, Christina C. For about a year, the creative couple posted happy photos on social networks. Soon the girl announced that she and Edward broke up, but it happened on a positive note. But unexpectedly, the rapper returned to Yana Nedelkova, with whom he is still together.
Romantic union with a female colleague
Today, rapper Scrooge is not alone and does not hide his happiness. His girlfriend was Kristina Sargsyan (Christina Si), a successful singer from Timati’s team. The girl is 2 years older than Edward and became his guide in the world of modern show business.
Before his relationship with Christina, Scrooge dated Yana Nedelkova. He recalls this story reluctantly, but still shared some details of the unsuccessful romance with journalists.
According to him, the relationship with his former lover was very difficult. Lately, Scrooge and his girlfriend Jana have been quarreling constantly. The ex-lover held Edward near her with tears. Having met Christina, Scrooge saw in her everything that he did not find in the previous girl. After a frank conversation with Yana, he left her.
It is curious that Nedelkina considers Sarkisyan the reason for their breakup and calls her not the most decent girl. At the same time, Scrooge makes every possible excuse for his new lover and sees absolutely no guilt behind her.
Recently, young people are increasingly appearing together on the streets of Moscow. The paparazzi have a lot of photographic evidence of their tender romance. The young people do not hide, they hold hands, cuddle up to each other and, it seems, do not notice anyone around them.
The beginning of their love story was interesting. Edward recalls spilling the contents of his glass on Christina’s dress during a party in January 2020. The girl yelled at him, and he already secretly fell in love with her. After that, Xi became his curator. At first, the young people could not find a common language, always quarreled and constantly found themselves in strange situations. There was no talk of meetings, and only by July a real romance began between the guys.
They are often seen hugging in various places: in parks, on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, on quiet Moscow streets. Most recently, young people released a joint work - a video called “The Secret”. In the music video, they depict intimate scenes quite realistically.
Recently there have been rumors that the young people have separated. According to celebrities, this is not true. Scrooge claims that Christina is the complete opposite of his ex-lover. The guy assures that he is happy with the new relationship and has finally found his happiness.
The childhood of a daring hooligan
At the age of fifteen, Edward became interested in rap culture, and his idols were Waka Flocka Flame and Lil Jon. The sociable guy met the already popular rapper Zippo, who took Eduard to his performances. The guy was seen as rarely at school as at home. Eduard Vygranovsky barely completed the ninth grade and began working as a merchandiser and salesman.
Then the aspiring rapper went to Poland, where he worked in a sawmill for several months. There he came to the realization that it was time to radically change his life. In his free time, while on shift, or in the company of friends, Edward constantly thought about creativity. Soon the guy began to write texts about experiences and the surrounding reality.
Scrooge's Wife (rapper)
Scrooge's wife will definitely appear in the future, but for now the young man is single. His first love was a girl named Lyudmila. Despite the feelings that arose, Edward decided to courtship only a year later. The reason for such a long break was the age of the beloved. At the time they met, she was barely fifteen. However, this romance did not last long, and already on Timati’s team, the rapper was without a soulmate.
Yana Nedelkova is a girl who took the place of Scrooge’s previous passion. Their joint photographs from vacation appeared every now and then in print publications. Fans wrote that in appearance they suit each other. However, two years later, the paparazzi saw the performer in a Moscow park. There he walked arm in arm with singer Christina C.
Their relationship lasted more than a year. During this time, the young people recorded a video for the song “Secret”. In the video clip, the lovers showed their feelings in such a way that no one had any doubts about their sincerity. Edward said in his interviews that recently Yana had been holding him back with tears, trying to denigrate Christina, saying that she had quarreled between them. The young man defended his new love in every possible way.
Soon there was a rumor in the press that the tandem of Scrooge and Christina had broken up, and he returned to Yana. Whether this is actually true is unknown; the rapper does not comment on this information.
Scrooge
Rumor has it that rapper Scrooge also stopped working with the label, although his contract is still in force. The media write that Eduard Vygranovsky (the rapper’s real name) left for Ukraine, he also stopped blogging on Instagram and removed the signature “Black Star Artist” from there.
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So far, there has been no official confirmation either from the artist or from the label management. Perhaps he wanted to break the contract in advance or was simply tired of work, although he has not released a single track recently. We will wait for comments.
