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Full name: Vasily Mikhailovich Vakulenko

Stage aliases: Basta, Basta Oink, Basta Bastillio, Noggano

Age: 38 years

Zodiac sign: ♈ Aries

Place of Birth: Russia, Rostov-on-Don

Nationality: Russian

Height: 181 cm

Family status: is married (Elena Vakulenko)

Children: Maria, Vasilisa

Activity: rapper, music producer, director, actor, TV presenter

Instagram:@bastaakanoggano

Biography of Basta

Musician Vasily Vakulenko, known to the general public as Basta or Noggano, is one of the most popular rappers in the country. Talented man actively manifests himself in the production, acting and directing business.

The birthplace of Vasily Vakulenko is Rostov-on-Don

motherland famous artist- Rostov-on-Don. Basta was born in 1980 on April 20. The future rapper lived in an ordinary family, and owes his success to his parents and grandparents.

Basta's parents

Vasily's father worked as a military man, did not see his son until he went to school. Some time after meeting with the child, Mikhail got into a terrible car accident, but survived and received a disability. He instilled in the boy a good attitude towards music, letting him listen to the recordings of the Beatles, Queen and Deep Purple.

Vasily Vakulenko with his brother

The rapper's mother is an intelligent woman with two higher educations. To feed the children (Basta has an older brother), she sold dairy products and worked as a cleaner. Visiting his hometown with concerts, Vasily always meets with his mother and shares new photos with her on the Web.

Basta with mom, 2016

Vasya was raised by his grandparents. It was his grandmother who took him to music school, recorded in a church choir and bought an expensive Japanese synthesizer. The boy later received a church order and sang liturgies.

In the photo: on the left is a grandmother with a grandfather, on the right is Vasily in a church cassock

He gratefully remembers now his beloved "grandmother". In his interviews, the musician admits that he strives to give children all the parental warmth that he did not receive in his childhood.

Basta in childhood

Vasily from childhood was distinguished by a freedom-loving and wayward character. He got his nickname "Piggy" for sloppiness and participation in boyish fights. After the 9th grade, he left school, although teachers remember the boy with warmth. Vasya was an excellent KVN player and a real ringleader.

Vasya Vakulenko in childhood

At the age of fifteen, the future rapper, influenced by the work of the Wu-Tang Clan and Ol' Dirty Bastards, began to write the first rap texts. Vasily liked it, and he decided to develop in this direction.

Vasily Vakulenko, 1993

After school, Basta entered the local music school as a conductor. At the end of the first course, Vasily left educational institution, deciding that it would not be useful to him in the implementation of his musical career.

Basta's musician career

At the age of 17, Vasily was already taken to the Psycholyric team, which was later renamed Caste. Then he becomes known as Basta Oink. The first debut track of the artist, which became famous, is called "City".

Group "Casta", 1998

At the age of 18, Basta wrote the track "My Game". Already thanks to the first compositions, Basta began to be recognized not only in hometown but also beyond.

1998-2002: early career

Together with his friend, he goes on a tour of Krasnodar Territory and cities of the North Caucasus. Unfortunately, the artist's concerts were not always successful. A few months later, Basta decides to take a break from his career. IN At that time, he has serious problems with illegal drugs.

Vasily Vakulenko, 25 years old

In 2002, Basta again wants to make himself known. He sets up a recording studio at home and records new tracks. True, the rap artist has to face the fact that old fans have forgotten about him. And it was difficult for the artist to enlist the support of an authoritative producer.

2005-2006: moving to Moscow, album "Basta 1"

Helped Lucky case- Bogdan Titomir listened to the disc with Basta's compositions. The musician invited Basta and his colleague Yuri Volos to the capital and brought them to creative association"Gazholder". Aspiring rappers were accepted into the team. In the capital, Basta records many new tracks, which were included in his first albums.

Basta, "Mom"

In 2006, the artist's first successful album was released - "Basta 1" and his clips "Autumn" and "Once and For All". The compositions “Mom” and “My Game”, which are still loved by the artist’s fans, are becoming especially successful. "Mom" would later be included in the popular computer game " grand theft Auto IV.

2007-2010: "Basta 2", "City of roads" and "Basta 3"

Already in 2007, the artist's second album, Basta 2, was released, which included duets with popular singer MakSim and rap artist Guf. Also in 2007, Basta released several clips - “So Spring Cries”, “Our Summer”, “Inner Fighter” and “Tea Drunkard”.

Album "Basta 2"

Basta received the greatest fame after participating in 2007 in the video "City of Roads" by the Centr group, their joint work in 2008 received the MTV Russia Music Awards.

Basta, Centr, "City of roads"

Vasily Vakulenko has a new alter ego - the artist takes the pseudonym "Noggano" and releases several albums that are radically different from his previous work: "First" (2008); "Warm" (2009); "Unreleased" (2010).

Basta and Guf, "We walk along the edge"

In the spring of 2010, his third solo album"Basta 3", and in the fall of the same year, Basta recorded a joint album with another popular rap artist, Guf.

2011-2016: "N1NT3Do", "Basta 4" and "Basta 5"

In 2011, Vasily released another album, on behalf of the new Nintendo character, which includes compositions in the cyber-gang style. And in April 2013, the fourth “solo album” by Vakulenko “Basta 4” saw the light, rappers Smokey Mo and Rem Digga, as well as singer Tati, took part in it. According to the results of 2013, Basta is included in the list of 15 artists of the year, and his fourth solo album is in third place among the best-selling.

Basta, Nintendo

The singer is increasingly recording albums with others popular performers, in 2015, the result of his collaboration with rapper Smokey Mo was the album "Basta / Smokey Mo", released under the label "Gazgolder Records". In 2016, Vasily released the album "Basta 5" and the disc "Luxury" with tracks on behalf of Noggano.

2016-2018: show "Voice", new tracks

In 2016, the rapper became a mentor of the popular project on Channel One - the Voice show. The jury then also included Polina Gagarina, Alexander Gradsky and Grigory Leps. In the same year, the artist, together with Polina Gagarina, recorded the songs “The whole world is not enough for me without you”, “Voice” and “Angel of Faith”.

Now the artist often pleases fans with new tracks, and also produces young performers, as part of the Gazgolder association. Basta admits that he is always ready to lend a helping hand to talented rappers.

Personal life

The musician has always noted that his personal life is not as stormy as that of his colleagues in show business. In his youth, he was a shy guy, and, having matured, he met his true love - his wife Elena.

Basta's wife - Elena Vakulenko

Vasily met his future wife while performing in a private club. Elena Pinskaya came with her friends to relax, and was stunned by the fact that her idol was standing on the stage. After the performance, the girl approached Vakulenko to express her delight and thank him for the songs.

Vasily with his wife Elena

She did not pay attention to the unknown passion of Basta, who was sitting next to her. Vasily was amazed at Pinskaya's perseverance and independence and offered to accompany her home. And so began a stormy romance of young people.

Vasily Vakulenko and Elena at the wedding ceremony

No one believed in the seriousness of the relationship between the daring rapper and the sophisticated daughter of a journalist and winemaker. However, Vasily endeared himself to all of Lena's friends and parents, after which the couple decided to sign and get married.

Children of Basta

The couple's first child was born in 2009. They decided to name their daughter Maria. Now she is 9 years old and she is a schoolgirl. The girl is very similar to her father. At school he gets only fives, he sings well and plays the piano. Masha studies vocals with a teacher, and in her free time she plays tennis. At the age of 9, she managed to become the advertising face of the school collection of the H&M brand.

Basta's eldest daughter Maria

In 2013, the second daughter of Basta was born, who was given the name Vasilisa. "Princess", as her dad affectionately calls her, was named after him, and she is incredibly similar to Vasily. Now she is 5 years old, she is growing up as a very artistic girl.

The youngest daughter of Basta Vasilisa

The youngest daughter Vakulenko often appears at fashion shows for children's clothing. The girl is learning to play various musical instruments, is engaged in vocals and attends a creative studio.

Vasily Vakulenko with his daughters

Basta spends a lot of time with her daughters, they often go on trips and tours together. Vasilisa and Maria star in her father's videos, he composes musical compositions about them.

Basta conflicts

Basta quite often comes into conflict with representatives of show business. Most of them he manages to resolve peacefully.

2016: "Non-Magic"

In December 2016, Basta came into conflict with YouTube bloggers, the Nemagiya duet. According to the artist, bloggers spoke insultingly about his mother. Basta's answer was unexpected - he promised a reward to those who send an "extreme" photo with the participation of "Nemagiya".

Basta wanted to explain to the guys that they need to think about their statements so that they do not look tactless.

As a result, the bloggers apologized to the musician and stated that he initially misunderstood them. "Nemagia" did not have a goal to offend any of the artist's relatives.

2017: Guf

At the end of 2017, it became known about Basta's conflict with a former friend, rap artist Guf. The latter, during a video broadcast, accused Basta of not coming to his aid when Guf had problems with the abuse of illegal drugs. Basta could have sent him to a clinic for treatment, but chose not to interfere.

Basta and Guf do not mind cooperating

Basta replied that he had repeatedly tried to help Guf, but he asked not to interfere in his life. Vakulenko also said that he felt sorry for Guf. True, already at the beginning of 2018, Basta answered the fans that he was not opposed to recording a new album with Dolmatov.

2017: Decl

The artist also had a conflict with the rap artist Decl. Kirill Tolmatsky (real name Decl) did not like the fact that music was constantly playing loudly in the club near his house. The entertainment establishment belongs to Vasily Vakulenko, who did not tolerate comments.

The conflict between Decl and Basta went to court

Basta on the social network spoke rather sharply about Decl and his hairstyle. Tolmatsky sued Basta, demanding compensation for moral damages. Vakulenko did not admit his guilt - he does not believe that he insulted Decl. True, the court was on the side of the plaintiff.

2018: Sergey Shnurov

In October 2018, the artist's conflict broke out with another mentor of the Voice show - Sergey Shnurov. Surprisingly, these completely different musicians turned out to have similar tastes. Artists often wanted to get the same members on their team, and this led to a serious conflict.

Vasily considers Shnurov to be a non-professional and openly advises the participants not to choose this mentor, so as not to ruin their careers. During the show Evening Urgant"Basta emphasized hostile attitude towards the leader of the Leningrad group, saying that he was "not a good fellow."

2018: CSKA fans

In April 2018, the press reported that before the start of the CSKA-Arsenal Europa League quarter-final match, CSKA fans were attacked by unknown people led by Vasily Vakulenko's bodyguards. And after some time, CSKA fans fought with supporters of the rap artist.

Basta is a fan of CSKA

Basta said that he considers himself an ordinary fan of CSKA. He doesn't go to matches to get into fights. According to the artist, his bodyguard did not fight with football fans, and the situation was deliberately "inflated" in the media.

How much does Basta earn?

Today Basta is not just a rap artist from Rostov. He is a successful music producer and businessman. Now Vasily Vakulenko is one of the highest paid artists in the country.

Financial condition according to Forbes

The artist has business projects that have nothing to do with creativity - he is a co-owner of a hotel chain in Moscow and Suzdal, the Legendas club in Vilnius. The artist also sells vapes and sports nutrition"Laboratory of Force", is engaged in the production of jewelry and watches "Gazgold".

Approximately 30% of this amount is spent on the creation of clips, staff salaries and rental of halls. In total, Vakulenko spends about 4 million rubles on the Gasholder every month, the amount reaches 50 million rubles a year. Basta invests a significant part of his income in the development of the label.

How much does Basta's concert cost?

Concerts are the artist's main source of income. The cost of Vasily Vakulenko's performances is not firmly fixed. It will depend on a number of factors - the date, city, venue and format of the event.

Concerts are Basta's main source of income

One performance brings Basta about 1-1.2 million rubles. Every year he gives 70-100 performances not only in Russia but also abroad. The amount for Basta's concert in the USA reaches $10,000.

Basta: height, weight, eye color

Basta has a strong physique. Vasily is 38 years old, but neither age nor a busy schedule of life prevent the performer from monitoring his appearance and play sports.

Basta figure parameters:

• Age: 38 years (as of October 2018)
• Height: 181 cm
• Weight: 95 kg
• Foot size: 43
• Eye color: green
• Hair color: fair-haired

The rapper was never thin, his weight did not fall below 100 kg with a height of 181 cm. However, in 2018 Vakulenko surprised fans with his transformation. Thanks to hard training, he lost a lot of weight.

Vasily is actively involved in sports

The musician explains the sharp weight loss not only by regular sports (boxing and running in priority), but also by a busy work schedule. The man reports that due to concerts and long recordings in the studio, he sleeps 4 hours a day.

Basta has a busy work schedule

Vasily is a supporter of a healthy and active lifestyle. He eats wholesome foods. His weakness is natural cow's milk. In his interviews, he says that he orders the delivery of Kuban milk directly to his home. The rapper does not count calories, but prefers to eat protein foods, adds a lot of fruits and vegetables to the diet.

Basta looks good thanks to a healthy diet

He has been engaged in his body since his youth, and still believes that training in the gym helps him to be in good shape. But not only sports and healthy nutrition allow him to look great, Basta has incredible charm and knows how to win over anyone.

Basta today - latest news

In 2018, Basta continues to actively perform with concerts around the country, releasing new albums. In addition, he remains one of the most talked about artists on the web. For example, in September, Basta showed fans a new luxurious black Rolls-Royce car, worth over 26 million rubles.

"My new friend"

In October, the artist presented to the public his own feature film - "Klubar". In the picture, in addition to Basta himself, Evgeny Stychkin, Mikhail Bogdasarov, Evgeniya Shcherbakova, Ruslan Tarkinsky and residents of the Gas Holder play.

The film "Clubare" was released

Basta is an example of how an ordinary guy from a provincial town can achieve dizzying success. According to the artist, it's all about the love of creativity and the desire to develop, to overcome their own weaknesses and vices. That is why interest in his person, over time, does not fade away.

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Basta is a creative pseudonym, there are others: Noggano and N1NT3NDO. Who is he? First of all, a rapper. He is also known as a composer, broadcasts on radio and television, acts in films, writes scripts, is engaged in producing activities, tried himself as a director.

Biography of Basta

The real name of the performer is Vakulenko Vasily Mikhailovich. Born in Rostov-on-Don in 1980 on April 20. The father was a military man. Parents had nothing to do with music, but still decided to send their son to a music school. Grandmother's perseverance played a decisive role.

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The second step on the way to musical career was supposed to be a music school, where Vasily Vakulenko entered after school. A year of training in the specialty "conductor" was enough to understand: this is not what he needs.

The first attempts at reading and writing his own rap were already at the age of fifteen. At the same time, their own group was organized for the first time.

Later, when Vasily Vakulenko was 17 years old, he joined the Psycholyric musical team. Two years were not in vain: having gained a variety of experience in the field of music during this time, the talented young man remains true to his passion for rap. WITH light hand Vasily, the group "Psycholyric" received its new name - "Casta".

It was during the period of work with the Casta group that the real ascent to the heights of popularity began. Here appeared the most famous pseudonym- Basta. Vakulenko wrote his first song - "City". It was included in the collection of the group "Casta", called "First Strike".

The composition “My Game” became a hit, Vasily composed it at the age of 18. The musician speaks of this as the most important creative stage in his musical career. This song brought Vakulenko wide popularity as solo artist. The first time she sounded from the stage of the sports palace in the singer's hometown. Then there were trips with concerts in Krasnodar region and on the Black Sea coast.

After the flash of fame, there was a temporary lull. Basta was hardly remembered. A new round of creative career began in 2002. The singer's friend and colleague Yuri Volos pushed him to the idea of ​​starting an independent solo musical activity. To do this, they set up their own recording studio at home. The performer quickly brought his forgotten songs back to life and started writing new ones. A big break in activities caused doubts among the producers. Restoring the former glory was not so easy.

Not afraid of unsuccessful attempts, friends went to conquer Moscow. They hoped to find studios that would agree to cooperate. Everyone loves Basta now, and remembering this difficult period, he later composed the composition “Dumb Labels, No Chances”.

Luck soon smiled at Vakulenko. Demodisk with recordings of Basta's songs was heard by Bogdan Titomir, who helped the talented performer in further promoting his work. Soon a club founded by Vasily appeared, as well as a label of a personal recording studio Gazgolder.

Under the leadership of the rapper, the studio received a second wind. Later, other rappers joined his party: Pika, Kupe, Guf. To date, the recording studio Gazgolder Records belongs to Vakulenko, Bogdan Titomir and Andrey Kobzon. The musician's first album was released in 2006 and immediately received public recognition. In the same period of time, the video for the song "Autumn" debuted, which was also a success. The next video for the song "Once and For All" was distributed on the Internet through social media and YouTube.

"Basta-2" is the name of the artist's second album, released in 2007. The circulation of the collection was over 50,000 copies. All CDs were sold out very quickly. This year turned out to be fruitful for the rapper's video work. Among them are the following: "Our Summer", "Internal Fighter" and others.

Success followed on the heels of Vasily. This time he becomes the conqueror of cyberspace: the song "Mom" became the soundtrack to one of the most popular games in the gaming environment.

Vasily Vakulenko's new stage name Noggano appeared when the subsequent collections were released: "First", "Warm", "Unpublished" (2008-2010).

The same creative period brought fresh laurels: the MTV Russia Music Awards for the video work for the song "City of Roads". Vakulenko tries to work in the film industry as a director, actor, producer and screenwriter, making his own movie ("Tea Drunkard"). The work of the screenwriter was to their liking, and the following script was written for the film "Tales for Adults".

Basta's new pseudonym, Nintendo, became at the same time the name of the new album, made in an extraordinary cyber-gang style.

Today, Vakulenko continues to actively engage in cinematography: in his creative baggage there are many acting roles, several scripts, as well as directing and producing.

The most recent event in Vasily's work is participation in the popular Voice project as a judge and teacher along with Grigory Leps, Polina Gagarina, Alexander Gradsky (end of 2015).

Basta's personal life

Vasily Vakulenko is a wonderful father and husband. The family of the famous rap artist today consists of four people: himself, his wife and two daughters.

The other half of the musician is the charming Elena Pinskaya. Comes from a wealthy, intelligent family. Mom is engaged in journalism, dad runs a company that sells expensive wines. Lena was born in Moscow, has two higher educations. Vasily's wife gives all of herself to her husband and children, although before meeting this man she was going to continue her father's work.

The fateful meeting with her future husband happened in a restaurant. Vasily dined there with a friend, and Elena was present at the presentation held at this restaurant. The musician's work was familiar to the girl firsthand, and she took the opportunity to get to know him better. Having chosen a convenient time when the man was alone, Lena herself approached him and started a conversation. They gave each other cell phone numbers and began to call each other. The result of this communication was a marriage relationship, happy to this day.

Basta, whose biography will be presented in this article, is a Russian rapper, singer, actor and composer. Real name - Vakulenko Vasily Mikhailovich. His second creative pseudonym is Noganno. Former Member"United Caste" group. Directed a number of paintings on the "Gazgolder".

First steps in turnip

Basta, whose biography is known to all his fans, was born in Rostov-on-Don in 1980. The boy's mother and father were military personnel. Although the parents were far from music, they noticed the creative impulses of their son and sent him to a music school. Vasily wrote his first composition in the style of rap when he was 15 years old.

Basta is a soloist whose biography is intricate, and the path to musical fame was rather thorny. Studying at the conductor's department at the school seemed very boring to Vasily. Therefore, he decided to leave there and came to grips with hip-hop. For a sample, the boy took the tracks of foreign rap artists. In addition, Basta listened to music of other genres and tried to create his own compositions. At seventeen, he wrote the track "City", and a year later - the hit "My Game", which instantly won the hearts of listeners from all over the south of Russia. According to Internet polls, "My Game" is still one of the ten most popular rap songs.

Glory

Thanks to the success that fell on his head, Bast (photo, biography of the artist are posted below) went on a concert tour of the cities of the North Caucasus and Russia. But after the speeches, his enthusiasm faded. Vasily decided to give up concerts. Music still interested him, but the young man was not sure that people needed and were interested in it.

A close friend of Vasily Yuri helped him organize a home studio. In 2002, the singer Basta, whose biography is often the subject of discussion in the yellow press, returned to songwriting. When the records were ready, the question arose before the young man: “How to release them now?” So that the fans do not forget the work of the rapper, Vasily resumed his concerts. It was not possible to release the records, so Basta, together with a friend, went to try his luck in the capital. Moscow received young people unfriendly. They had to wander and seek access to solid recording studios. But all attempts were in vain. Remembering those hard times, Vasily even wrote a song about "lack of chances" and "dumb labels".

Debut album

But in the end, luck turned to face the rapper. His demos accidentally ended up with Bogdan Titomir. He supported the talented performer and helped him get into the creative association "Gazgolder". So the rapper was able to do what he loves. In addition to Vasily, the recording of the debut album "Basta 1" was attended by: producer Yuri Volos, DJ Beka and backing vocalist Rasta. The release took place in 2006 and caused disappointment among experienced turnip connoisseurs. But the broad masses accepted Basta's tracks with enthusiasm. According to Vasily himself, everyone recognized himself in his compositions. And then Basta and the team shot clips for several tracks and distributed them online. The album itself continued to sell successfully.

Second record

The success of the rapper attracted the attention of the Monolit company, which offered to record a second disc. The album "Basta 2" was perceived quite differently. The musical style has become more diverse, and the themes are much richer. But, despite the different design, the essence of the tracks has not changed. The album went on sale in August 2007. Moreover, there were no previous rotations on the radio and clips. In a couple of months, 50,000 copies were sold. Soon the third album of the group was released. His tracks were designed for a fairly wide audience. "Basta-3" included such hits as "Urban", "California", "The sun is not visible" and "Rostov".

The album "Dreams", which appeared in 2009, received warm recognition not only from rap fans. Basta also successfully collaborated with performers of other musical genres - the singer Maxim and the City 312 group.

At the end of 2012, Vasily recorded several covers of Mikhey's songs. Of particular note is the track "Mama", for which a video was shot. The rapper also took part in a concert dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the memory of Jumanji.

Aliases. Basta Oink

In 1997, Vasily joined the Psycholyric group. It was the very first cast. The hero of this article took the pseudonym Basta Khryu and wrote the track "City". This composition was included in the band's debut album called "First Strike".

Then Vasily suggested renaming the group. The new name "Casta" was liked by the leader of the team Vladi and was approved. The song "First Strike" was re-recorded and became calling card team.

In addition to Caste, Vasily had his own group - "Street Sounds". For her, the young rapper wrote his first composition "My City". Vasily's pseudonym was the same as in Caste - Basta Khryu. The young man explains his origin as follows: “Since childhood, I scattered things everywhere, which is why they called me Piggy.”

Basta

In 1998, Basta, whose biography is now known to the entire Russian rap community, wrote the track "My Game". Vasily's solo career began with him. Basta became very popular in his city. But star fever he did not have. Bullies, older friends and drugs appeared. Vasya recalls: “This song saved my life many times. It used to be that they wanted to kill, and when they found out that I was Basta, they left me alone.

This difficult and full of misfortunes life was rhymed by the rapper in his albums. In 2002, a friend of Vasily named Zhora bought a computer with his mother's money. On it, the guys made tracks for the first album. These compositions accidentally came to Bogdan Titomir, who suggested that the young rappers move to Moscow. Two years later, the album "Basta-1" appeared, and the clip "Autumn" was often played on TV. The Moscow life of the artist was closely connected with the "Gazgolder". Then this club was one of the most closed places in the capital. Yes, and Basta himself did not seek to join the local rap party. The first acquaintance of the rapper was Smokey Mo. And then Vasily crossed paths with Guf and recorded a cover version of "My Game" with him. Soon the singer received an offer from the Center group to star in their video City of Roads. The team was famous, which gave a chance to increase the popularity of the rapper. Basta took advantage of this chance. Biography, personal life of the artist has changed dramatically after the premiere of the video. The rapper has become popular not only in Russia, but also in the West.

Statuses, awards, prizes and nominations rained down on Vasily. The album "Basta-2", released in 2007, became the leader in sales. It sounded more varied and mature than the previous one. The artist recorded the third disc, already being the country's leading rapper. And in the interval between the albums, Vasily released two releases in the Noganno project.

Noganno

It is a hooligan project. Noganno is a bastard, a womanizer and a foul-mouthed man. "Immoral and asocial type" - this is how Vasily characterizes his hero.

Basta, whose biography is considered a role model for many rappers, came up with this project in 2007. At that time, Vasily was already reading both romantic and lyrical tracks. He only did it under the pseudonym Basta. After the release of the second album, the singer began to compose compositions for Noganno. He made him his alter ego. Vakulenko got inspiration, and the rapper wrote a lot of material. Noganno's tracks were distributed free of charge on the Internet. Then two albums were released: "Noganno Warm" and "Noganno First".

Nintendo

In 2008, the rapper Basta, whose biography periodically flashes in the media, came up with a minimalist project. Vasily himself characterizes it as a "cyber gang". This is brutal rap story line which is woven into the space of a video game (the scene of action is Rostov-on-Don in the 90s). Nintendo songs are distinguished by serious themes and a special style of performance. The musical component of the compositions is a synthesis of electronic samples, techno, break-beat and the southern direction of hip-hop. The name "Nintendo" was chosen because Vasily liked the translation of this word from Japanese - "We do quality work and are waiting for results." In October 2011, the first album was released.

Brothers Stereo

Since 2011, the performer Basta, whose biography is known to many foreign benchmarks, began work on a new project - Stereo Brothers. In addition to Vakulenko, many other musicians of various genres participate there. Together they play a mix of rock, hip-hop, techno, minimal, dub-step, house and other styles. In October 2013, iTunes premiered the band's first track, Supa Life. And on December 29, the debut album of the Stereo Brothers group was posted on the Gasholder website for free.

Personal life

With my future wife Vasily met Elena Pinskaya in Moscow. This happened by accident. The rapper came with his girlfriend to a restaurant where Elena and her friend were sitting at the next table.

Pinskaya immediately recognized the artist, as she had long been interested in his work. Elena decided to take the initiative, and when Basta went outside to talk on the phone, the girl followed him to make a compliment. It was not an easy act, but it had rather pleasant consequences for Pinskaya.

From that moment, Elena firmly entered the life of Vasily. The girl was from a wealthy family. Her father is the head of a company selling elite wines, and her mother is a well-known journalist.

In 2009, the lovers got married. A few months later, Elena gave birth to a daughter, Maria, to the rapper. And four years later, the couple had a second daughter - Vasilisa. Basta has repeatedly said in an interview that the family is the greatest value for him. It is the daughters and the wife that motivate the artist to create new hits. Elena's mother considers her son-in-law to be very talented and sometimes offers him to write soundtracks for her documentaries.

Participation in foreign projects

In 2007, Basta (biography, personal life of the rapper are presented above) learned about the interest of Rockstar Games in his tracks. A year later, in the fourth part of the Grand Auto game, his composition “Mom” appeared.

• In some Russian cities the performance of the rapper was banned due to the content of the lyrics.
• The lead singer of the Basta group, whose biography is reviewed in the article, made his first tattoo at the age of 25. It was an inscription in Spanish "Follow with God."
• Vasily considers the elections a waste of time.
• Basta (wife, biography of the singer is always at the center of the gossip of the Moscow rep party) is not against sexual minorities. But he believes that they should not flaunt their own relationship.
• Vasily has a brother who has two higher educations. Now he designs railroads.
• Reper believes that the president of Russia should be a person with a humanitarian mindset.

(pseudonym - Basta) - a popular Russian rap artist, composer and TV and radio host. The famous rapper proved himself not only in music, but also achieved special success as screenwriter, director and producer. Also known by the pseudonym Noggano.

Childhood and youth

Vasily Mikhailovich Vakulenko was born in Rostov-on-Don on April 20, 1980 in a military family. His father and mother were not related to the world of art, but, noticing that his son has musical ability, took the boy to a music school.

After graduating from a secondary school, Vasily Vakulenko decided to continue his journey in the world of music and became a student of a local music school by selecting the conductor's department. But soon the future rap artist realized that conducting was not something that would be useful to him for self-realization. As a teenager, he showed interest in a new phenomenon for Russia in the 90s - rap culture.

Music

At the age of 15, the young musician wrote the first rap text. And at the age of 17, Vasily was taken to the Psycholyric group, which was soon renamed to. In his native Rostov, Vakulenko was known as Basta Khryu. During this period, a debut rap track called "City" recorded by Basta appeared.

The musician celebrated his 18th birthday by writing new song"My game". "City" and "My Game" quickly glorified Basta far beyond the borders of his native Rostov. Gradually, the artist's compositions become more and more popular.

From that moment on, the rap artist, together with his friend Igor Zhelezka, who is also a rapper, began touring the cities of the Black Sea coast of Russia. They went on a kind of musical tour of the Krasnodar Territory and even North Caucasus performing at various venues. At times, they gathered 6-7 thousand fans at the stadiums. But everything did not go as Vasily dreamed, and the concert activity quickly came to naught. The rapper has not performed with concerts for several years.

The creative career of rapper Basta resumed in 2002. Yuri Volos, a friend of Vakulenko, suggested making a studio at home, equipping it with the necessary sound equipment. Vasily, who has long missed creativity, quickly restored his old compositions and wrote new ones. But no one remembered the rapper Basta, and finding a producer turned out to be a difficult task.

Bast later wrote a song about this difficult period of life under speaking name"Dirty labels, no chance." By a lucky chance, Basta's demo disc got to. The musician liked the compositions of young performers, and he invited them to the Russian capital. In Moscow, Titomir brought Basta and Volos to the studio of the Gazgolder creative association, where the rappers were accepted and showed interest in them. In the very first year of his stay in the capital, Basta created musical material for several discs, but decided not to rush, but to release albums with a time interval.

2006 was a breakthrough year for rapper Basta. His debut album "Basta 1" was released, positively received by rap lovers. This long-awaited success inspired the artist so much that Basta immediately released two new videos under the names "Autumn" and "Once and For All." For rapid distribution, he took advantage of the Internet. The composition "Mom" also became popular.

Basta and Guf - "Tea Drunkard"

In 2007, the album "Basta 2" appeared, which included duets with the singer and rapper and whole line new clips, the most striking of which were "So Spring Cries", "Our Summer", "Inner Fighter" and "Tea Drunkard". In just three months, the rapper's second album sold 50,000 copies.

Successful Russian rapper was noticed by American producers computer games from Rockstar Games. Basta's song "Mama" sounded in the popular game "Grand Theft Auto IV".

Basta - "Graduation" (Slow)

The composition "Graduation" has become one of the main ones in the career of a musician. In social networks, users called it one of the best, suggesting that such a single would be played in schools for a long time at every prom.

In the future, Basta pays more and more attention to working with other representatives of Russian show business. Together with the Nerves group, he creates the video “With Hope for Wings”, which impresses the Russian audience.

In 2007, Vasily Vakulenko is recognized not only under the pseudonym Basta, but he also becomes Noggano. Under this name, three albums of the rapper were released: in 2008 - "First", in 2009 - "Warm" and in 2010 "Unreleased".

In addition, Basta's creative biography has been enriched with new pages. In 2008, the musician made his debut in several capacities at once: screenwriter, director, producer and actor. It happened when he presented his own film "The Tea Drinker". Basta liked writing scripts so much that they began to appear one after another. Vasily worked as a director in the film "Tales for Adults". Now Basta's creative baggage in the world of cinema is acting in 12 films, scripts for 5, directing and producing in a number of films.

Basta - "My game"

Basta is gradually strengthening cooperation with other rap artists. In 2010, rapper Guf participates with Vakulenko in the creation of a new work, and in November a disc is released in a gray booklet and virtually without a title.

In 2011, Basta pleasantly surprised fans with the new Nintendo album, which struck with an unusual cyber-gang style, and fans of his work expect other innovations.

In 2016, it became known that Basta became a mentor for the fourth season of the project "", and he was accompanied by, and.

Basta's collaboration with singer Polina Gagarina was successful. The songs “The whole world is not enough for me without you” and “Voice”, as well as the composition “Angel of Faith”, presented in 2016, were especially remembered by the fans.

In the same year, the album "Basta 5" was released, which became the seventh work in the discography of the rapper, performing under stage name Basta. After a while, Vasily pleased Noggano's fans by releasing the Luxury disc. Thanks to an income of $ 1.8 million, Basta was ranked 17th in the list of the richest figures in Russian show business, according to Forbes magazine.

Basta and Polina Gagarina - "Angel of Faith"

Vakulenko collaborates with famous musicians in creating new masterpieces. Together with singer Alena Omargaliyeva, he sang the song “I rise above the ground”, which was very popular with celebrity fans.

Surprised fans and the rapper's performance of Soviet songs. Cover version lyric song"Dark Night", written by composer Nikita Bogoslovsky and poet Vladimir Agatov, became unique work Basty.

Basta - "The Master and Margarita"

The song "Master and Margarita" is one of the recent works Basty. This single can be attributed to completely different works that have no resemblance to the already familiar compositions. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the feature feature film“Me and Uda. Redemption".

Among the works of the musician, which became part of film projects, are the song “Giv mi money”, which was included in the soundtrack of the crime comedy “Bablo”, a cover version of the composition “Paradise Apples”, which sounded in the drama “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive". The number of films in which the rapper's songs are used included "Motherland", "Ke-dy", "Attraction", "Street".

Paulina Andreeva ft. Basta - "Look into your eyes"

In 2017, together with Basta, he performed a cover version of the hit "Look into your eyes", which ended the film "Myths". A video was later shot for the song.

Fans expected from Vakulenko and unique concerts, which few rap artists decided on, because in the memory of fans - April 2015, when he was the first of Russian rappers managed to perform with a symphony orchestra at the Olimpiysky stadium, the largest concert venue Russian capital. Therefore, in 2016, Basta organized a concert in the Kremlin Palace, and again with the participation symphony orchestra.

Basta - "Samsara"

The artist decided to re-hold the concert at the Olimpiysky in 2017, and all the fences were removed for a 360 ° view, and the singer appeared in front of an audience of 36,000 on a stage designed in the form of a boxing ring.

In 2016, Basta had a conflict with Russian rapper Kirill Tolmatsky, known as. Tolmatsky complained about too loud music in the Moscow club "Gazgolder", which belongs to Vakulenko. Basta reacted on social media by posting an angry post regarding such remarks. Posting a tweet on a microblogging service

Childhood and the period of study I welcome guests and regular readers of the site website. So, Vasily Mikhailovich Vakulenko, he is also Basta, Noggano and Nintendo first saw the light in Rostov-on-Don on April 20, 1980. Ross with his older brother. The boy's parents were in the military. Grandmother took an active part in Vasya's upbringing. At her insistence, Vakulenko, in parallel with general education school, attended the musical. She assured her grandson that it would be useful to him in the future, and she was right.

Creation

As a fifteen-year-old teenager, Vasily begins to write rap, and also creates his first group. Having decided to connect his life with music, he enters the school to master the profession of a conductor, but after only one academic year he leaves the educational institution. Two years later, Vasya became the soloist of the Psycholyric band, which was later renamed Casta. At the same time, Vasily Vakulenko began to be called "Basta Khryu" (later renamed "Basta") and released his first brainchild - the composition "City", included in the album "First Strike". At eighteen, Basta wrote the song "My Game", after which he began to feel the first popularity. This is one of Vasya's most recognizable songs, in which many listeners found themselves, because the game means real story performer's life. In 2007, a video clip for a rewritten version of this composition was released. Vakulenko began to actively engage in music, touring around his native land. This was followed by a break in the activities of the musician for several years. In 2002, Vasily's friend suggested the idea of ​​creating his own studio. Basta again plunged into creativity, and for further development moves to Moscow. In the hope of signing a contract with some record label, the musician distributes his demo CDs, one of which ends up with Bogdan Titomir. He helped young guy, at a time when he decides to create his own creative association "Gazgolder". In 2006, the singer's video "Autumn" begins to be broadcast on television, and the album "Basta 1" is also released, which immediately becomes in demand among listeners. It consists of 19 tracks, and the song "My Game" is still performed at every concert of the artist to this day, becoming his hallmark.

Basta - Autumn (2006)

This gives impetus to the writing of the second collection of hits. A year later, the disc "Basta 2" sees the light, in which there are joint tracks with such artists as MakSim, Alya and others. The release included 17 compositions that were appreciated by the listeners: in two months the disc circulation amounted to 50,000 copies .

Basta - Tea Drunkard (2007)

At the same time, Vakulenko begins to promote another personal project - Noggano. The young man is again waiting for success. In 2008, the album "First" was released, which consists of 16 tracks. Multiple humorous turns and a specific manner of narration lead to the fact that the public jumps on this kind of creative material with excitement.

Noggano - Fucking Pump (2008)

In 2008, Vasya presents himself to the public in a new image and issues material in the form of the N1nt3nd0 project (Nintendo). This, according to Vakulenko himself, is a cyber-gang, where the sound of the tracks differs from the usual tunes from Basta. In the same year, the hero of our biography marries his beloved woman, with whom, after a while, he has children. In 2008, he released the second album from Noggano "Warm". There are 17 audio tracks on the disc, and the guests are such performers as Sidr, Guf, Super Sonic, Kupe, Zhora "Papa". Thanks to hard work, the result was a high-quality creative material.

Noggano ft. QP - Vodka (2009)

2010 is marked by the release of a joint album with Guf, as well as the next solo album "Basta 3". The third solo release consists of 20 tracks, among which "The sun is not visible", "Love without memory", "Turn around", "Urban" deserve special attention. In May of the same year, the album took the first position in the rating of releases "Russia Top 25" and received a gold status.

Basta ft. Guf - Accordingly (2010)

A year later, Vasily has another attempt at self-expression - the release of "Nintendo". Vasily is distinguished by the fact that experiments with sound are not alien to him, thanks to which he covers a very wide audience of listeners.

N1NT3ND0 - Give Me Money (2011)

In 2013, the performer will present the fourth solo release "Basta 4". The recording was attended by such artists as Tati, Smokey Mo, the group "Nerves" and Green Grey, the choir "Adeli". In its sound and general atmosphere, it is somewhat gloomy, telling about serious and sore topics. But, despite this, he found a response among the listeners, thanks to which Basta began to strengthen his position as a rap star of the first echelon.

Basta is More expensive than money(year 2013)

A year later, Vakulenko and his team presented the feature film Gas Holder. The picture collected not very flattering reviews on the Internet, but a portion of criticism only benefited Vasily, who took into account all his mistakes and subsequently set about new achievements with new efforts.

Gasholder: The Movie (2014)

In the fall of 2015, he became one of the mentors of the program "Channel One" - "Voice". It was a bold move and the risk paid off: TV experience in a positive way affected the future creative development performer. In the same year, he presented an album jointly with Smokey Mo, in the recording of which Elena Vaenga and.

Basta & Smokey Mo - Ice (2015)

In 2016, the rapper pleased his fans with the fifth solo album from Basta. It was released in two parts and included 11 and 12 compositions, respectively. Such performers as Tati, Smokey Mo, "Nerves", Serpent, Jahmal TGK, Alena Omargalieva, Charusha took part in the recording. Such an arsenal contributed to the fact that a very extensive music audience, which only had a positive effect on the creative advancement of Basta.

Basta ft. Alena Omargalieva - I rise above the ground (2016)

It should be noted the conflict between Basta and which arose in August 2016 due to the fact that the performers of the festival under the auspices of Gazgolder could not finish their performances before the allotted time. As a result, Cyril on Twitter published a number of impartial statements about Basta, who did not remain silent and wrote: "Decl is a shaggy schmuck." The result of this was a trial, where Vasily was charged. The court ordered Vasily to pay Cyril 50,000 rubles in compensation for moral damages. But the conflict was not settled on this: the rappers continued, if possible, to troll each other with or without reason. In addition, there was an unpleasant situation with video bloggers. The latter made a review of the film "Gazgolder" and subsequently continued their mockery of Vasily, this time hooking his loved ones. The rapper could not leave it just like that and used different methods of resolving the conflict: from the offer to apologize, to the desire to find the guys and talk to them more seriously. As a result, the conflict was temporarily resolved, but with a similar reaction, Vasily showed everyone that it was necessary to follow your own words. Also on December 31, 2016, fans were presented with a pleasant surprise from Noggano in the form of the album "Luxury". The tracks, performed in a typical style for such an alter ego, were duly appreciated by the listeners.

Noggano - Rolexes (2016)

Musician Vasily Vakulenko has vast creative experience, recognition and respect in wide circles. But he is not going to stop there, which is confirmed by Basta's concert at the Olympic, which was attended by 36 thousand spectators. February 2018 was marked by the fact that Vasily became a mentor in the fifth season of the Voice. Children project. With his behavior and charisma, he endeared himself to many viewers, who began to sympathize with Basta. Basta did not want to stay away from fashion trends, and since April 2018 he has been launching his Gazlive show, where he interviews celebrities. The program is based on the fact that Vasily asks questions sent by the audience themselves, and also arranges competitions - the invited guest appears before the audience from an unusual side. Helps the presenter charismatic, who has an abundance of jokes and a somewhat non-standard manner of speaking. "Gazgolder. Klubare" is another film from the Gazgolder association, which was released in October 2018. Vasily took into account all the mistakes and shortcomings of the previous work, so this time the picture was appreciated.

Personal life

If we talk about personal life, then since July 2009, the hero of our biography has been married to Elena Pinskaya. The couple is happy together and from this marriage they have two children: Maria (born December 2009) and Vasilisa (January 2013).

Basta now

Basta is a popular Russian artist who has been in demand for many years. This became feasible thanks to the perseverance and talent that Vasily possesses. He is not limited to one style of performing songs and experiments with sound, thanks to which a wide range of listeners is covered. The multifaceted Basta is not going to stop there, as he has a lot in his plans: participation in the show, the release of new creative material and concert performances. All this is waiting for loyal fans who have remained faithful to their idol for many years.

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Stills from music videos of Basta, Noggano, N1NT3ND0 from YouTube
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The official website of the Association "Gazgolder" - gazgolder.com
Personal archive of Vasily Vakulenko

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