What nationality is scriptonite? Biography of scriptonite, his nationality and personal life

The answer will not be short (spoiler - because Skrip is damn good, and before bombarding me with dislikes, try reading the long post to the end).

Let's start with the banal - Skrip is popular because it was promoted by Gazgolder, and before getting to Gaz, Adil (real name, Adil Zhalelov) was making such a noise in the underground. But not everything that is promoted in the mainstream gains a loyal fan base and remains popular for a long time. Example - Mushrooms or Pike, whose bangers played from every iron, but a year or two passed and no one needed them anymore. With Skripi everything is different, Skripi is loved, appreciated and respected. And there are reasons for this (and the banal one is “massive promo”, although his debut really had an insanely massive promo, let’s ignore it).

1. Musicality. Let's start with the fact that hip-hop is still music (and battle ms and assholes muttering graphomaniac snot to the beat, drowning for "we are poets", let them go to hell, hip-hop is not poetry at all), but with musicality in Russian hip-hop has been very bad for a long time (it’s hard to say whether it’s been bad since the time when Micah died, or bad since the time when the trend for “lyrics for life” began). And Scryptonite is one of the few who thought of bringing musicality back to hip-hop, since he is a musician himself, a composer, a beatmaker, a producer and a mixing engineer (the kind of people who can naturally do EVERYTHING in Russian showbiz - create two and miscalculated)... and here we come to point number 2

2. Eclecticism. Being a smart musician, Zhalelov realized that he simply couldn’t go out on a rap band (which, by the way, he said in an interview with Dudya - “everyone is looking like their idols on their stage, but we have to look like their idols - classics from the West, otherwise we’ll all sound like like shit"), and began to mix it with... But he didn’t mix it with anything. On the first hip-hop album - barely. Instead, his entire debut album (“House with Normal Phenomena,” which brought him fame) was woven from dancehall (!) and blues (!!), and not just any blues, but real blues in the spirit of New Orleans (!!! ). Благодаря этому его музыка не может не привлечь внимание "мимо проходящего слушателя", потому что когда ты слышишь блюз с вкраплениями внезапно эмбиента и трипхопа, да еще и с натурально ниггерскими грувами, и на русском - это удивляет, ошарашивает и впечатляет. But there must be something else here, without which his music would not have entered so deeply into the people. And here is point 3, which is closely intertwined with point 2

3. Availability. While many company musicians who make blues or jazz step on the same rake when their music is incomprehensible to the masses, Skrip solved the problem of accessibility in a most ingenious way. He didn't simplify it musical content, instead, he intertwined into strange half-dancehall-half-blues instrumentals (we are still considering his debut album, then, having gained popularity and status, he began to do whatever his soul wanted) ordinary EVERYDAY STORIES. His first album - as he himself states - is a story about life in his native Pavlodar, a small town on the outskirts of Kazakhstan. But there are hundreds and thousands of such towns throughout the CIS, and millions of people live in them, and these millions are worried about the same simple everyday problems. Thus, moving away from the constant self-representation that is familiar to today’s hip-hop, Skrip talked about the everyday, and told it in such a way that the simple hard worker Vasya would think “yes, this guy is the same as me, I respect him.” So imagine what kind of media bomb a pop product should be, which simultaneously combines eclecticism and dissimilarity from others and the accessibility and clarity of the problems raised in this pop product (the closest analogue I can name is the Belgian Stromae). Scryptonite’s debut album turned out to be such a media bomb; this album played on two opposite friends friend audiences that would never have crossed paths otherwise - he hooked the aesthete snobs who admired Adil’s blues and musicality, and at the same time he hooked ordinary guys who only know demobilization songs on the guitar; they would like something simple in the style of " for life, from the heart brother." But - you should not confuse accessibility with vulgarity, although one often flows into the other. Adil, for all the simplicity of his stories, has no vulgarity, because... because point 4

4. Ingenuity. Let us leave aside his ingenuity in musically(he will fully reveal himself on the next records, when he allows himself wild experiments, surpassing in boldness and indigestibility The Life of Pablo by Kanye West). Adil is very creative as a storyteller. He literally crammed his debut album on storytelling with small details that create a very dense atmosphere. Here you have the droning diction of a drunken alcoholic in “The Den”, and the choral melancholy howl in “Party”, and - my favorite - one of his main hits - “Dance Yourself”. The song is about a junkie who locked himself in the bathroom, getting high with friends in a den, and whose girlfriend came to take him home; the description seems to sound disgusting and banal, but due to small parts(like "... Turn on the water. DAMN IT, IT'S BOILING WATER!" in the scene where lyrical hero trying to get a half-asleep, half-drunk man out of the bath) she acquires a kind of wit.

The output is a pop artist (don’t twist your snobbish snouts, in our time there is no longer an exact division into “underground” and “mainstream” - with the advent of broadband Internet and universal accessibility of music, the underground has long penetrated into the mainstream, and the mainstream into the underground, so that any artist now is POP, be it Sigur Ros, Machine Head or Arianna Grande, the only question is his demand), which has no analogues Russian stage haven't been for a very long time. So it is equally successful to work for both snobbish intellectuals and the proletariat in last time in Russia only Dolphin succeeded.

P.S. and finally - yes, and he also has a collaboration with Tricky. On the album Tricky. And if this doesn’t tell you anything, then you don’t know anything about modern music.

Participant's name: Adil Oralbeekovich Zhaleelov

Age (birthday): 03.07.1990

City: village Leninsky, Pavlodar region, Kazakhstan

Family: not married

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Adil Kulmagambetov, aka rapper Scryptonite, was born on June 3, 1990 in the village. Leninsky in Kazakhstan. The rapper's father was also interested in music, but only during his childhood. He wanted his son to become an architect in the future. The family was against Adil's decision to become a rapper. That’s why the guy did things in spite of his loved ones.

The guy began his path to the top of the rap industry when he was young. At the age of 11, he became very interested in Decl’s work, and every day his desire to become famous only grew. All this led to the desire to create tracks personally. I must admit that he does it really well.

Music career

At the age of 15, Adil wrote music for the first time. Already in 2006, he gave his debut concert in front of the public for the first time. He was 16 years old, but to a young artist entrusted to perform at the city festival. The guy was very worried, but when he went on stage he forgot about all his worries and amazed the audience with his charisma and talent.

In the same year, Adil received a certificate in high school and decided that in order to promote creativity, I needed to change my last name. His choice fell on his grandfather’s surname – Zhalelov. From then on, a lull began in Adil’s work. It dragged on for 3 long years.

In 2009, Adil and his friend Anuar organized their own group “Jillz”. It also included: Aidos Dzhumalinov, Azamat Alpysbaev, Sayan Dzhimbaev and Yura Drobitko. The fame of Scryptonite is connected precisely with this composition of the team. At that time, the rapper's fame came exclusively in his homeland.

From 2009 to 2013, Adil became famous in the trap genre. Wide popularity came to him after the release of the video for the track “VBVVCTND” - an abbreviation for “Choice without options - all that you gave us.” The labels “Gazgolder” and “Soyuz” became interested in Adil’s work.

The guy was thinking about which label to continue collaborating with. He talked with the owner of Gazdolier Basta and realized that he wanted to work with a person like him. Together the rappers quickly found mutual language.

In 2014, Adil became a resident of the Gazgolder label. The artist considers this moment fatal in his career. In 2015, Adil gained a lot of fans, but the rapper didn’t think about releasing an album. During the period from 2014 to 2015, the rapper released the following tracks: “Not welcome”, “Curls”, “Yours”, “5 here, 5 there”, “Your bitch”, “Space”, “Accidents”, “Perspective” . Zhalelov took part in the development of the album “Basta/Smoky Mo”. He delighted fans with new singles, which occupied significant places in the top charts.

In November 2015, the artist’s first album, “House with Normal Phenomena,” was released. Everything went well and the project took second place on the iTunes chart. The performer became popular, and his album was amazingly successful.

Released in 2016 new album Scriptonite "718 Jungle". In 2017, the rapper pleased the audience with the mini-album “Open Season”, again as a member of the group Jillzay.

The artist gives his solo concerts, touring Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The halls are full of people, and many people's favorite hits are playing. The rapper is not going to stop there. He writes new lyrics and actively promotes rap in the music industry.

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Personal life and photos

Scryptonite’s personal life is very interesting to many fans of the rapper’s work. But Zhalelov prefers to remain silent about himself in interviews with the press.

In 2016, it became known that the rapper was living with a girl. Adil’s chosen one was Martha Memers, known in circles as an artist. Scriptonite runs a page on the social network Instagram. The popular rapper has 1 million subscribers. True, he mostly posts premieres of posters and videos of concerts from the Gazdolier label, leaving facts about his personal life secret.

Now only the lazy don’t discuss your tracks and videos. How did you come to popularity?

I grew up in Kazakhstan, in the village of Leninsky, eleven kilometers from the city of Pavlodar. At the age of 11 I became interested in rap, at 15 I started writing music, then there were the first groups and creative associations in Pavlodar, Almaty. In 2009, my friend Anuar, who still performs with me, and I created the group Jillz, thanks to which we began to be recognized in all cities of Kazakhstan. In 2013, we shot a video for the song “Choice Without Options” and posted it online, not expecting much effect. But the guys from Gazgolder noticed us, then there were negotiations with the Soyuz record label, but we decided to release on Gazgolder after all. All this time I lived in Pavlodar and only six months ago I moved to Moscow.

And how is life in Moscow?

Well, life is like work. I only recently moved into my apartment; before that I spent all my time at Gaza. And then my girlfriend left on business, and in order not to stay at home alone, I came to Gaz again, spent the night right there, and didn’t leave here. In principle, I am not attached to cities, except perhaps Pavlodar. And since now it’s convenient for me to be physically in Moscow, I’m here. It’s easier to go on tour from the capital; here you need to meet on business, star in videos. And you can sign up anywhere, as long as you have the desire. 70% of the album “House with Normal Phenomena” was recorded in Pavlodar, many acapellas were taken dirty - made at home without soundproofing.

Aren't you afraid that when you move to Moscow, you will stop being a genius from the outback and start doing another commercial project?

My boys are with me, who will not let me become arrogant or change my guidelines in life. I didn’t strive to move to Moscow, I moved out of necessity. I never did music for women or money, as is the case with many. Money, of which there is plenty in Moscow, does not change attitudes towards people, only the scale increases, I am sure. Only now am I able to financially help my parents and sister. I despise one character trait in rappers, and other people have it too: those who cannot make money say that creativity for the sake of money is bullshit. Those who do their business only for themselves simply cannot achieve anything and deceive themselves. I'm not pretending good boy, who only wishes peace to everyone in the world. I want to live a luxurious life and help people. One doesn’t interfere with the other, you just don’t need to force life into a framework.

What American or domestic hip-hop influenced the formation of your style?

Even as a child, I was influenced by two Eminem albums: The Eminem Show and Encore, as well as by the person of Dr. Dre in their context, because it was he who put the puzzle together, created high-quality sound, and helped keep everything in the same mood. So in my head I formed a standard of what an album should be - not a collection or a folder with tracks, but whole picture. It was on this principle that I recorded my debut album. Beatmakers - all those who write music and look for samples - need to sift through a lot of material. I myself have studied everything: from jazz of the 1920s to ethnic, rock, blues, soul, and I more or less understand everything. Such immersion is the same school, just like we go to the library, read encyclopedias and gain knowledge. That’s why I wanted to do something Latin, I wrote “Dance by yourself” based on my knowledge. I finally stopped listening to Russian rap in 2009.

Why?

Our generation with early years accustomed to accepting copies western music: in the 1970s in the USSR they put up the label “pop music”, and it was the same soul and funk, only with less dynamic chants. We have been conditioned to inferior copies of the originals. Russian rap, even if it does not purposefully copy American rap, is still very similar to the earliest compositions of the founders of this genre from a musical point of view. Now many boys, if not keeping up with American rap, then very close. But they cannot adapt the meanings to our mentality, so the texts look like literal translation into Russian. I myself had a period until 2009 with pompous rap and Anglicisms - then we learned to make sound at a Western level. And they spent another five years to ensure that the usual human themes sounded cool and understandable, like the familiar “bitch, bitch, money, money.” We learned. And this became a mark, an indicator for ourselves that we had grown.

What are the themes of your songs?

I talk about women - I like to delve into their psychology. In general, mine main topic- these are people as such. Charles Bukowski said it well: “My genius grows out of an interest in whores, working people, tram conductors - lonely people beaten down by life. And I would like these people to read my writing.” I talk about the life of an ordinary resident of the post-Soviet space with ordinary everyday problems. Therefore, I try to express myself more simply in my texts so that my thoughts are accessible to many. What's the point of writing music if people don't understand you? I don’t understand rappers who rap about their rap. I think they are very flawed people. Where is the rest of their life? Where are the people in it?

Is it important to you which people listen to you?

It was unpleasant when, in a full hall in Astana, I read about young majors spending their father’s money, absolutely not understanding their value, and at the same time, it was precisely these people who stood in the front row, about a hundred, with joyful faces, waving their hands, not realizing that I it was talking about them. At the concert-presentation of the album “House with Normal Phenomena” in Moscow, there were probably not the same people who live the life I’m talking about, but at least they can understand it. There were people from twenty-two years old, which is good news. I want to see older audiences in the hall. Of course, teenagers are the most grateful audience, but they do not understand everything in my texts. I don't want people under eighteen to listen to my songs, no matter if I lose money doing it.

Interview: Natalya Nagovitsyna

In this article we will talk about popular Lately the word "scriptonite". What is this or who is this? For fans of modern Russian rap, the answer to these questions is obvious, but for everyone else we present the popular rap artist Adil Zhaletov, who performs under the pseudonym “Scryptonite”.

His songs are heard everywhere, representatives often listen to him different ages, but mostly young people. Many representatives of this style, including ATL and Oxxxymiron, talk about his extraordinary talent and great prospects. And the famous rapper Basta guides Adil on this difficult journey.

And yet, let's return to our question: Scriptonite - what kind of fruit is it? Is this an example to follow? To understand this, let us remember the path of his life.

Artist biography

The rapper was born in Kazakhstan in the village of Leninsky (11 km from the city of Pavlodar) on June 3, 1990. His father Oralbek Kulmaganbetov works as an engineer and has 2 diplomas.

Scriptonite - why such a pseudonym? What is “scriptonite”? Very popular questions among listeners. The rapper wanted to emphasize the level of his beats, since “script” is a high-level programming language.

Adil did not want to follow in his father’s footsteps, because of this they had great disagreements in childhood. The boy was interested in music from the age of 11, and from the age of 15 he was already writing beats on his own, which made his parent very angry. There were quarrels until music brought in the first money. Having dropped out of college in the 3rd year, future star worked with his mother at a gas station, where he began making beats and selling them.

In 2013, he released his first video, “Choice without options, everything you gave us.” The video is going viral on the Internet great amount views. The author is contacted by the Soyuz production center and Gazgolder. After this career young performer is rapidly going up. Vasily Vakulenko (Basta) himself becomes his mentor, and the tracks bring considerable income and popularity.

Why a hero?

The biography of Adil Jaletov is a strong motivation for any person. The boy from the village is now one of best performers, he is known not only in Russia, but also in other countries, and this despite the fact that at the beginning of his journey no one believed in him.

In addition to self-belief and potential, he has great tenacity. In his most famous interview on the “Blow In” project, he talks about working without breaks. Before the release of the album, Adil may not sleep for two days, immersing himself in the project. Such perseverance and desire to work is not inherent in everyone, this is another quality that deserves respect.

Why antihero?

His tracks often contain references to alcohol and drugs. When during an interview the star was asked: “What is this, Scriptonite, is this true?”, he honestly gave a positive answer. The songwriter states that he had periods of what he calls “half a liter of vodka with marijuana,” but does not consider this correct and does not promote such a lifestyle. On the contrary, in his videos he shows anti-heroes whom he himself would not like to be like. For example, such videos include “Stash.” Scriptonite “maintains a relationship” with alcohol, which he himself has honestly admitted more than once, but is not proud of it and does not consider it right.

Under the pseudonym Scryptonite, which evokes strong associations either with himself or with his main weakness, a rapper from Kazakhstan performs. The real name of the performer is Adil Oralbekovich Zhalelov. Despite close cooperation with the Russian label Gazgolder, Skryptonite calls himself only a Kazakh rapper.

Childhood and youth

The future singer was born on June 3, 1990 in Pavlodar (Kazakhstan). Adil's path to becoming a rap artist began at a young age, he was only 11 years old. At that time, a sonorous pseudonym had not yet been invented, and the young man himself bore a different surname - Kulmagambetov.

It all started with a passion for creativity, which gradually grew into a desire to come up with tracks on my own.

The boy did not have an easy-going character; conflicts with his father were an integral part of his teenage life. And my father was a strict and hot-tempered man. Scriptonite recalls that as a child he categorically refused to understand his father. And only today I realized why he acted this way and not otherwise. Now he idolizes his father. And he realizes that he himself is very similar to him.

In addition to music, Adil was fond of drawing as a child. And after 9th grade, at the insistence of his father, he entered college to become a master artist - this is the first stage of an architect.

The future rapper also played basketball and went to judo. I learned to play the guitar, though on my own. Special music education Adil didn't receive it. And these hobbies did not last long.

In his 3rd year of college, he realizes that this is not what he would like to devote his life to. Zhalelov takes the documents, and behind him is an incomplete secondary education.

Music

Adil began composing music at the age of 15, and already at 16 he performed for the first time in front of a relatively large audience. The performer's debut on stage occurred during the city festival. It is noteworthy that Scryptonite had to create despite his family: his father, who was also fond of music as a child, saw Adil as an architect in the future.

At the same time, Adil graduated from school and changed his last name. He decided to exchange his father’s Kulmagambetov for his grandfather’s – Zhalelov. Later in life young singer everything was relatively quiet until 2009.

Just this year, Adil and his friend Anuar, performing under the pseudonym Niman, organized the group “Jillz”. In addition to Zhalelov and Baimuratov, the group included Azamat Alpysbaev, Sayan Dzhimbaev, Yuri Drobitko and Aidos Dzhumalinov. This line-up of musicians brought fame to Skryptonite. True, the rapper acquired fans and fame at that time only in Kazakhstan.

In the period from 2009 to 2013, Adil managed to gain fame as a performer of “real trap music,” but the rapper’s popularity came after he and Anuar released a video for the track VBVVCTND. The title of the song is an abbreviation of the phrase “Choice without options is all you gave us.” As a result, two labels became interested in Scriptonite’s work: Soyuz and the production center Gazgolder.

Zhalelov carefully considered both proposals and decided to give preference to “Gazgolder”. In many ways, this development of events is due to personal communication with the owner of the production center. Adil immediately found a common language with popular rap artist: they communicated in the same language, and the prospect of working with a like-minded organization turned out to be preferable for Scryptonite. As a result, on February 27, 2014, Zhalelov received label resident status. Later, Adil would call this year a turning point in his career as a rap artist.

By 2015, the number of fans of Skryptonite’s work had increased significantly, but the singer was in no hurry to release his first studio album. Several singles were released during 2014-2015. In some of them, Adil acted as the main artist: “Not welcome”, “Yours”, “Curls”, “5 here, 5 there”, “Space”, “Your bitch”, and in some as a guest: “Accidents” " and "Perspective". Zhalelov also took part in the creation of Basta’s album and, released under the laconic title “Basta/Smoky Mo.” An equally striking collaboration was his work with the singer.

Scryptonite's career did not stand still. Singles with Pharaoh brought the performer even greater popularity, and the second even received 22nd place in the top 50 songs of the year from the portal “The Flow”.

Adil’s videos for the songs “Ice” and “Slumdog Millionaire” did not escape popularity; they quickly reached the coveted figure of 1 million views. Fans couldn't wait for the release full album.

On November 24, 2015, the long-awaited event happened: the album “House with Normal Phenomena” was released. The launch was extremely successful, and the project took second place in the corresponding iTunes chart. The only thing that “House...” was inferior to was the singer’s album that had appeared at that time, but “Gorgorod” turned out to be less popular than Scryptonite’s creation.

The success of the debut was amazing. Not only the popularity of the performer, but also the unusual style of the project had a significant impact. One of the reviewers noted that “House...” included tracks of a wide variety of genres, from hip-hop and trap to those close to gospel.

After release debut album creative life Adilya did not think about fading away. Although it was initially planned to release two albums at once: “At Home...” and “3P”, the release of the second was postponed indefinitely.

At the end of 2016, fans of creativity were delighted with the album “718 Jungle”, which was released by the group “Jillzay”. Adil, in turn, is the co-founder of this team.

In September 2016, the Russian edition of the men's magazine GQ recognized Scriptonite as the “Discovery of the Year.”

Personal life

Scriptonite’s fans are interested in his personal life no less than his work, but Zhalelov himself prefers to remain silent.

At the same time, a number of publications at the end of 2016 published information about the girl Scryptonite. She, according to the media, turned out to be the artist Martha Memers. But the rumors were not supported by compelling reasons - both the rapper and Marta did not react to this information in any way - they did not confirm their romance, but did not deny it either.

In an interview, the rapper mentioned that he has a child with his ex-girlfriend. The boy lives with his mother in Pavlodar. According to Scryptonite, he tried to move his family to Moscow, but they did not take root here and soon returned to Kazakhstan.

Of course, journalists became interested in Scryptonite’s ex-lover. His ex-girlfriend her name is Abdiganieva Nigora Kamilzhanovna, she is an active user of Instagram and, judging by her account, works as a dancer. Their son's name is Luchi, and he also often appears on Nigora's account. But the artist himself has an extremely negative attitude towards social networks, and leads "Instagram" reluctantly.

By the way, if you look at the rapper’s videos from that period when he was not so popular, you can see Nigora there.

It is unclear who Scryptonite is dating today. It is known for certain that there is no stamp in the rapper’s passport. Adil does not and never had an official wife.

Scriptonite now

Second studio album The rapper was released only in May 2017. It was called "Holiday on 36 Street". Colleagues from the group Jillzay, as well as Basta and from the group, took part in the recording of the album. At the end of 2017, the album took third place on the chart. Apple Music and iTunes among the most popular albums among Russians.

To the delight of fans, in the same year Scryptonite presented his third studio album, Ouroboros. It consisted of two parts - “Street 36” and “Mirrors”. On the day of release, the rapper announced that he was “leaving rap” and taking a break for 2-3 years, but did not finish musical career. He also added that for him, rap has basically outlived its usefulness as a format.

In an interview with Gazeta.Ru, he said that he plans to make other music, but he is not afraid of remaining misunderstood. He admits that he began to drink less, quit smoking cigarettes, and took up sports. After all, even in a conversation with Dude, he said that he wanted to kill the rock star in himself, namely that “shaggy, thin Scryptonite who drinks four hundred whiskey in the evening” and sings for no reason. And indeed, fans of the rapper noticed that Scryptonite now looks great - with a height of 175 cm, his weight is about 72 cm.

And soon after the release of the album “Ouroboros” and a loud statement about leaving rap, it became known that the group “Jillzay” had grown into a separate music label- "Zorski".

Adil continues to perform, tours are planned for six months in advance. And on November 3, 2018, a concert will take place at the Megasport sports palace, where all the hits of Scryptonite will be performed.

Discography

• 2015 - “House with Normal Phenomena”
• 2016 - “718 Jungle” (with Jillzay)
• 2017 - “Holiday on Street 36”
• 2017 - “Ouroboros: Street 36 / Ouroboros: Mirrors”