Matvey Melnikov

Mot (Matvey Aleksandrovich Melnikov) is a Russian rap artist, since 2013 has been a member of the Black Star Inc label, author and performer of the hits "Soprano", "Solo", "Kapkan".

The future singer was born on March 2, 1990 in the city of Krymsk, Krasnodar Territory. The boy's maternal grandfather was Greek by nationality.

When Matvey was 5 years old, the Melnikov family moved to Krasnodar. Parents paid much attention to the development of their son: at an early age he was sent to the school of folk dance, and then Latin American. At the age of 10 Matvey becomes a student of Alla Dukhova's Todes studio.

It is dancing, not music lessons, that become a real hobby of young Matvey. When the boy finished 9th grade, his parents moved to the capital. Melnikov graduates from senior classes with excellent results: along with a diploma, the young man receives a gold medal and becomes a student at Moscow State University with a degree in economics.

While still a student, at the rehearsals of modern dance and hip-hop in the DJ MEG Mainstream studio, Matvey felt an irresistible desire to move and rap to the sound of music. So the creative biography of the singer began. In 2006 Melnikov turned to GLSS studio to record the first tracks. While studying at the university, the rapper does not leave the occupation, which he still considers as a hobby.

At the age of 19, Melnikov passed the casting for the Battle for Respect competition on the MUZ-TV channel, which was dedicated to promoting hip-hop culture and a healthy lifestyle. As a result of several battles, Melnikov managed to take one of the top 40 places. After the competition, a new nickname of the singer Mot appears to replace the old BthaMoT2bdabot.

While studying at the 3rd year of Moscow State University, Matvey takes part in the First international summit of rap singers, which took place at the Luzhniki arena.

On the stage of such a significant event, foreign pop stars Raekwon and Onyx and Russian performers NoGano and Assai performed. In 2011, Mot released the album "Remote", the tracks of which were written in the relax style, which won over many hip-hop fans. Of short stature (165 cm), the singer captivated the fans with lyrical love compositions. The CD was produced by lvsngh and Mikkey Vall. A video is being shot for the hit “Millions of Stars”.

A year later, the rapper's new work appeared - the disc "Repair", which included 11 songs. The track "To the Shores" was used in the author's documentary "Black Game: Hitchhiking", a clip was created for it, which was filmed in Krymsk. The artist creates both albums under the Soul Kitchen label, which is more focused on the funk and soul roots of hip-hop.

In 2013, Motu received an offer from Timati's project “Black Star Inc.”, and without thinking twice, he leaves a high-paying job in his main specialty and begins cooperation with a leading rap label. In parallel with work on the new album "Dash" Matvey Melnikov entered the postgraduate study at Moscow State University. In the same year, the musician released the video "In a beautiful dress", which becomes a hit. In 2014, the disc "Azbuka Morze" appears, in the creation of which Matvey was helped by rappers L'One, Misha Krupin, Nel and Timati.

Melnikov is invited to work in the cinema. The singer played a role in the short film "Capsule", filmed by Timati. Ekaterina Vilkova, Pavel Murashov, Andrey Zakursky took part in the film about the processes taking place in the head of a creative person at the time of creating a masterpiece. The hits of 2014 performed by rapper Melnikov are the works "Mom, I'm in Dubai" and the duet with the group "VIA Gra" "Oxygen".

2015 was marked in the singer's creative career by the appearance of the album "Absolutely Everything", which included not only Mota's solo compositions, but also duets with Jah Khalib (hit "You Are Near"), Bianca, VIA Groi. With the participation of football player Dmitry Tarasov and Olga Buzova, Melnikov shoots a video for the song "Day and Night". The hit became one of the tracks on the next compilation of the rapper "92 Days", in which musicians Misha Marvin, Dj Philchansky, Cvpellv and others took part.

The songs of the album "Daddy, give her money", "At the bottom", "92 days" were included in the ratings of popular songs on the MUZ-TV channel. Together with a member of the label "Black Star Inc." Yegor Creed Melnikov wins the Breakthrough of the Year and Best Duet awards at the annual music channel awards. Melnikov received the prize for the Oxygen video (9 million views of the video on the You Tube channel), and Creed for the song “Samaya, Samaya” (100 million views).

In 2016, Mota's album "Inside Out" appears, on which the singer worked together with Bianca and Artem Pivovarov. The collection includes the hits "Talisman", "Goosebumps", "Monsoons". The clips "Trap", "Wake me up in a whisper" appear. At the concert dedicated to the annual Golden Gramophone-16 award ceremony, Mot and Bianca perform in a duet with the song “Absolutely Everything”.

In early 2017, the premiere of the duet of rapper and popular singer Ani Lorak "The Sopranos" took place. The video for this song on the Internet has collected more than 58 million views.

In March, a presentation of the hit "Fall asleep, baby" took place, which Mot performed together with rapper Yegor Creed. Another novelty of the season is the hit “Dallas Club of Spiteful Critics”, the number of views of which has exceeded several million.

The rapper's personal life was happy. In 2016, on August 5, the wedding ceremony of Matvey Melnikov and Maria Gural took place. Young people met on the Internet back in 2014. Maria, a fashion model from Ukraine, was invited by Matvey to become a member of his public on Instagram. The girl added a popular singer, not knowing who it is. In 2016, the first meeting of the couple in real life took place. Maria came to Moscow to shoot Mota's video "Kapkan". The performer immediately liked the girl. Maria answered Matthew with mutual sympathy.

In June 2016, the couple began to live together in the singer's apartment in Moscow. Matvey made a marriage proposal to Maria on vacation in Thailand, while swimming at a waterfall. Six months after the registry office, in April 2017, the young people played a real wedding and even got married. On the occasion of the celebration, Matvey presented his wife with the song "Wedding", in the video of which he used footage of the ceremony.

The Melnikov family appears at concerts and social events together, Maria appears every time in front of reporters in new evening dresses. Numerous photos of the couple can then be seen in the press. True family happiness, according to Matvey in an interview, lies in children. The singer dreams of several offspring at once: a son who can become an older brother to a little sister.

In October 2017, it became known that the couple was expecting the appearance of their first child. In the video for the track "When the Word Will Disappear", Mota's wife showed a changed figure. In January 2018, the singer announced the birth of his son to fans. The boy was named Solomon.

Now Matvey Melnikov continues to delight fans with new hits. In the winter of 2018, the premiere of the musical composition "Solo" took place, which gained 21 million views in six months.

In June, the performers of the Black Star label - Timati, Mot, Yegor Creed, Scrooge, Nazima & Terry - starred in the video for the song "Rocket". At the end of the summer, the rapper presented a video for the track "Shamans".

In two weeks, he scored 1.5 million views. In addition, Matvey recorded the song by Grigory Leps "She is not yours", which the rapper chose to perform at the big tribute concert of the singer.

Matvey Melnikov also does not pass by his attention. Popular rappers and friends Mot and Yegor Creed took part in the comic music show “Soyuz Studio”. The singer also went on the air of Ivan Urgant's program "Evening Urgant".

2011 - "Remote" 2012 - "Repair" 2013 - "Dash" 2014 - "Azbuka Morze" 2016 - "Inside out" 2016 - "92 days" 2017 - "Kind music of the keys" 2018 - "What are the people in Hollywood"

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Matvey Melnikov Net Worth 2021

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Matvey Melnikov Net Worth 2016

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