Jacques Menshikov

Jacques Anthony is a prominent figure in Russian rap, if only because the guy is dark-skinned. In addition, the musician is not shy before the authorities in this genre and has developed his own style, and in interviews strikes with deep, philosophical reflections. True, the rapper does not bother with the selection of means of expression, he has a good command of both pompous syllables and obscene vocabulary.

The label Reigun Records, which once took up the promotion of Jacques, liked the guy because he talked about not only girls and cars in his songs, but raised questions of morality. And Reigun itself raised its status from studio to label when Anthony joined its ranks.

According to Anthony's passport - Jacques Menshikov. The guy's relatives live on 2 continents - in Africa and in Russia. Simon Yori's mother, a native of Congo, was a member of the first Russian hip-hop community, DOB Community. Subsequently, considering that "the talent of a woman among men is doomed to loneliness," Simona left the group, began to write scripts and became interested in directing.

The musician bears the surname of his stepfather Andrey Menshikov, the same Legalize, a famous rapper and winner of the MTV Russia award. When Jacques turned 21, his biological father contacted him. The man lives in the Congo, works as an oil worker and, according to Anthony, “strains” by making him quit rap and teaching him how to break through in life. Whereas the performer, by his own admission, does not need advice.

Jacques's childhood, according to his stories, was exuberant and colorful. In 1996, the whole family ended up in the Congo. When the war broke out in the country, Legalize returned to his homeland with his stepson, but Simona remained. Anthony later recalled that the period of his life with his father became the freest in his biography, although it differed little from the existence of blacks in the Brooklyn ghetto, except that they did not shoot at each other.

The boy went to the school of the Honored Teacher of Russia Sergei Kazarnovsky, where the children of the elite - actors, bankers, musicians - studied. This is an educational institution with a creative bias, students were allowed to express themselves, as their fantasy prompts. The main thing is to be able to explain what you are doing and what you want to say.

"The buzz is over" at the age of 9 - Simona divorced Legalize and took her son to St. Petersburg. There Jacques, in addition to studying at school, was engaged in dancing and karate. However, the awakened interest in rap, according to the mother, threatened Anthony's future prospects. The boy increasingly began to disappear at various parties. Nor did Yori's promise to give him a car if Jacques successfully graduated from school.

For a period, the rapper studied in the Congo under the supervision of a rich uncle. Simone sent him to Africa when Anthony first appeared at the police station for consuming hashish.

Returning to Moscow, the guy entered a political scientist at RUDN University, but his studies did not work out. Jacques said that at that time he risked "getting caught" or even perishing, "there were a lot of jambs." Saved by the service in the ranks of the Strategic Missile Forces, where the musician deserved the corporal's shoulder straps. Channel One was filming about a black guy from the Ivanovo division. And even there, the rapper managed to run some kind of underground business. But the army, as they say, made Anthony a man.

Jacques knew the figures of the Russian rap scene from childhood, but he did not use either these connections or the help of his father, he did not communicate with him for 10 years. According to Menshikov Sr., in stirring up the conflict with Anthony there is a share of the fault of the press, which called the novice rapper only the son of Legalize. Andrei had already started another family, raised a child, and then journalists knocked down and intervened in his personal life. The situation strained both sides.

In the early period of creativity, Jacques was noted for the performance of pop-rock in English, but then hip-hop took over. Under the pseudonym Dxn Bnlvdn, the rapper has released a double mixtape "Flaming Tony" and a video for the song Day After Day, in addition, a commercial for his own clothing brand PVRVDIGMV.

Calling himself Jacques-Anthony, the musician presented the video "# Podomnaya" and the mini-album "Enough Questions". Everything that was not included in the previous discs was included in the album "#NoName".

Fame came after the release of the track "Old Testament" in 2014. In December, following Jacques finished the work on the album "The one nigger." The public "Rhymes and Punchy" nominated such an active performer for the "Breakthrough of the Year" award.

In February 2016, the rapper presented his debut studio album "Unbreathing" of 13 songs, including those performed with the British MC Porchy. Then came the clips "Breathing out the smoke", "Do it right", "Signals". So Smoky Mo Anthony has recorded the composition "Director".

The song "Our District" became the soundtrack to the film "Attraction" by Fyodor Bondarchuk. Anthony did not like the picture, he "fit" into the project for the sake of his friend Nikita Kukushkin, who starred there.

In the same year, the fans received the second full-length album “Dorian Gray. Volume 1 ". In the title, Anthony used the name of the hero of the novel, Oscar Wilde. The second part is on its way. The author described the disc as less understandable, but more conceptual, after which, as Jacques jokes, a direct path to the psychiatric hospital.

Jacques tells about himself briefly: he is touchy, jealous, does not accept criticism, loves milk, the cartoon "Prince of Egypt" and the works of Mikhail Bulgakov. In his spare time, Anthony plays games on computer consoles where you have to compete together. Does not drink alcohol.

It is known about the rapper's personal life that his wife's name was Oksana. In 2013, the couple had a daughter, Michelle, and after 5 years the family broke up. Anthony started a new love story with the young singer BADSOPHIE.

Jacques once admitted that he needs 3 million rubles for a normal life and the implementation of the planned projects. per month. The singer does not have such money, but Anthony easily buys designer things and expensive toys for his daughter. He claims that there are people who invest a lot of money not only in his music. These anonymous people are attracted to all aspects of the artist's existence.

Among his colleagues, Jacques puts Oxxxymiron in first place, he believes that he, like no one else, corresponds to the world level. There is no talk about Timati, "he was promoted for a long time, but he is not a rapper." In 2015, together with Miron, the musician recorded the composition and the video "Bezdykhanny".

Anthony started Twitter and Instagram accounts.

In 2017, the artist started a lifestyle vlog, in which he talks about concerts and free time. In October, the video clip "Expensive" was released, while this is the most expensive video of Jacques - the shooting alone cost 2.2 million rubles.

To accusations that it was a plagiarism of "Vitamin" Scryptonite, Anthony replied that this is just a genre similarity, "which does not rest anywhere." One rapper recorded a techno song, the second didn't like it, and he did it his own way. And in Russia, for some reason, the result is called a byte, which in hip-hop language means copying.

At the beginning of 2018, Jacques presented the video "Young King", the album "Luli" of 7 tracks, a little later - a new composition "Do not stop", recorded with the singer GABI. The girl became the main person in the video. The video was directed by Irina Lapteva, who collaborates with Yegor Creed, Dana Sokolova, Klava Koka. In the video for the song "Surpass Yourself" appeared the daughter of rapper Michelle.

The site created for this purpose informs about the locations of the tour in support of Lyuli. Anthony is a strong man (height - 181 cm, weight - 79 kg), pumped up, but his busy schedule also affected: in May 2018, from a performance in Nizhny Novgorod, the singer was exhausted and taken to the hospital, the next concerts were canceled. However, in August, the performer already delighted fans in St. Petersburg.

Without false modesty, Anthony believes that the main consumer of his music is the Western black listener. And to start working there, the rapper wants to grow to the required level here.

Previously critical of the commercialization of rap, Jacques changed his mind and commented that people want to eat and make their lives better, and those who do not like it, "go to ***."

2013 - Flaming Tony 2013 - Flaming Tony II 2014 - Enough Questions 2014 - Molly Cyrus 2015 - Lifeless 2015 - That Negro 2016 - Zebra (as a member of the 3e5ra duo) 2016 - "Dorian Grey. Volume 1 "2017 -" DoroGo "2017 -" At any cost "2018 -" Lyuli "

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