Alexander Tsikhov

Smokey Mo is a Russian rapper, beatmaker and producer. His album "Kara-Te" is already a classic of Russian rap. In his work he managed to combine literary and artistic turns, deep sound and idea.

The future rapper was born on September 10, 1982 in the south-west of St. Petersburg. His real name is Alexander Tsikhov. As a child, Sasha had two main hobbies - music and martial arts. In an interview, he said more than once that if he could not eventually realize himself in music, he would have devoted his life to sports.

His parents instilled a love for music in the guy, but he decided to sign up for the karate section after watching the action movies popular at that time. As he admits, the greatest impression on him was made by Jackie Chan.

When Alexander was 10 years old, the family moved to Kupchino - an area that influenced the life and work of the future rapper.

The musician does not like to talk about his parents, he only says that his family was ordinary and kind. Their example allows Tsikhov to always remain on a positive wave.

It is noteworthy that Smokey coexisted with the now popular rappers Assai and Creep-a-Creep. But then these were just boys from the "hangout" with whom Sasha did not make friends. On the contrary, sometimes they met at the "arrows" - to sort out relations between the districts.

At the age of 15, the guy got to a rap concert of the "Tree of Life" group, which was organized by the guys familiar to Sasha from the Baltic Clan association. The performance of the "Tree of Life" seriously influenced the guy - he realized that he simply had to do rap.

Like many of his peers who were hooked on rap in those years, Tsikhov recorded his first songs with the help of two tape recorders (which, by the way, were not easy to obtain) - one turned on the instrumental, and the other recorded the recitative issued by the performer "Over the beat". Smoky Mo calls it childish fun, but they made him who he is now.

Sasha did not like school, he considered it a waste of time. But when he entered the St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, he noted that it was much more pleasant and interesting than school, because no one demanded too much from him. Tsikhov received a diploma in show business manager-producer.

Soon Sasha gathered a group called "Smok", which, in addition to him, included two more people - Vika and Dan. Together they recorded several songs, which were later published in the collection New Names of St. Petersburg Rap. Issue No. 6 ", and also held a number of joint performances. The last concert of the Smok group took place in the city of Velikiye Luki (Pskov region). It was accompanied by a number of incidents that led to the collapse of the team.

In 1999, the second group was formed with the participation of Tsikhov - "The Wind in the Head". In the same year, the first and only album, "Senorita", was released. Sasha gathered his next group when he was already a student at St. Petersburg State University. The team was called "Dynasty" - it was under its auspices that the rapper performed at the Rap Music festival in 2001.

Alexander took up music professionally after meeting Fuze and Marat, the guys from the Kitchen Records association. This happened thanks to Vladi, a member of the "Casta" group. Fuze suggested to Smokey which direction to move, and Marat helped to find equipment for his home recording studio, where Tsikhov's first four solo albums were recorded.

The first disc "Kara-Te" was released on March 19, 2004 with the support of the Respect Production label, which previously collaborated with "Kasta" and Noize MC. Both critics and fans of the genre warmly received the disc from Smokey Mo, which allowed the young artist to roll out a successful tour of the country.

Two years later, the release of the second album - "Planet 46", took place, in which there were already more joint works than in "Kara-Te". Among the invited artists were Decl, Krip-a-Krip, Mister Maloy, Gunmakaz, Maestro A-Sid and others. Nevertheless, both viewers and critics noted the heterogeneity of the tracks collected under the same cover. The album sold worse than the previous one.

A three-year lull ensued, from which Smokey pulled out Dj Nick One, who produced Alexander's mixtape Saint-P Penomen. At the same time, the hit "Game in real life" was released together with MC Molodoy and Dj Nick One.

Inspired by the success of the mixtape, the rapper again takes up the writing of lyrics for songs. In the same 2009, another collection "200 years later" was published - a joint work with the guys from the V-style group (Vladivostok). A year later, Smokey publishes his third album, Out of the Dark. However, the reviews about him are even worse than about "Planet 46" - even despite the presence of feats with Basta, Kazhe Oboima, as well as the duet Fike & Jambazi. Tsikhov falls into depression, which he will later talk about in the next album.

In 2011, the disc "Time of the Tiger" is released. The album had a strong energy - Smokey put into it the range of feelings that overwhelmed him. And listeners appreciated it, calling it a successful return of the rap artist. The fans also noted the fact that the fewer feats with other artists in the album, the more successful it turns out.

In 2011, the contractor begins to cooperate with Gazgolder, a creative association headed by Vasily Vakulenko. "Gas holder" helped Tsikhov to conquer new horizons - Smoky made several appearances on Channel One (first in the program "Red Star" with "Triagrutrica", performing "To Work", and then in "Evening Urgant" with Glucose, performing "Butterflies") , recorded a new album "Younger" - this time completely at a professional studio, and also starred in the crime thriller "Gas Holder".

Later, the joint track "Shar" with Basta and Tati became the soundtrack for the series "The Law of the Stone Jungle". In 2014, a re-release of the debut solo album "Kara-Te" was released. 10 years later". Old tracks have acquired a new sound, and also acquired guest verses.

A year later, a new disc by Vakulenko and Tsikhov was released, which is called “Basta / Smoky Mo”. The main hits of this album were "Stone Flowers" with Elena Vaenga, "Ice" with Scryptonite, "Living with Dignity", "Vera" and "Slumdog Millionaire". "Basta / Smoky Mo" successfully "shot" and for a long time was in the top of various charts.

In addition, Tsikhov managed to appear on TV screens in the issues of "Battle for Respect" and the Russian adaptation of the detective series "Bones".

Like many rappers, Smokey Mo has a creative split personality, and his name is King Mozi. This "guy" loves expensive sound and more fashionable motives.

Alexander has no wife and children yet. Since 2013, he met with Daria Strakhova. In the summer of the same year, a video was released for the joint song of ATL and Judah "Eyes to the Sky", in which Dasha also participated.

The girl adheres to a healthy lifestyle, keeps fit and helps others to find ideal forms. Until 2016, their Instagram was full of joint photos. What happened in 2016 is unclear. Perhaps young people no longer meet. Or they decided to adhere to the principle “happiness loves silence”.

In 2017, the performer released a new album called "Day Three". However, even before the presentation of the album, individual tracks have already appeared on the Web, as well as a video for the song "Paradise Lost". In the fall of 2017, together with Kizaru, the representative of the new school rap, Smokey Mo released the track Just do it. Kizaru also appeared in Alexander's video "Palladium".

In the same year, a joint mixtape "Armor of God-2" with Zloi Negr was released, where the artist's beats are read out by his stage colleague.

The RAP.RU website included "Day Three" among the best releases of 2017.

In the fall of 2017, a video by Alexander Timartsev (Restaurateur) appeared on YouTube, in which he announced the launch of the new season of the Versus Battle Fresh Blood project. The fourth season will differ from the previous three. The main difference was the division of the participants into teams and the appearance of mentors in the person of Miron Oksimiron Fedorov and Alexander Smoky Mo Tsikhov.

In February 2018, the musician presented a new disc - the continuation of the album "Day Three" - "Day One". It includes 15 tracks and not a single fit. Smokey released a full-length solo album. Fans were happy for the rapper, some noted that the artist has not lost interest in creativity, follows trends and is not fixated on past successes.

About what Smokey Mo is doing now, the performer himself willingly shares on Twitter and Instagram. He loves to chat with fans live, answering their questions. So once he said that he is not involved in sports now, since he has problems with his back (although he is in good shape - with a height of 170 cm, his weight is 75 kg).

Also in February 2018, he gave an interview to The Flow, which was published on the video hosting YouTube.

2004 - "Kara-Te" 2006 - "Planet 46" 2010 - "Out of the Dark" 2011 - "Time of the Tiger" 2013 - "Junior" 2015 - "Basta / Smoky Mo" 2017 - "Day Three" 2018 - "Day One "

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