Oksimiron vs Purulent. How the most anticipated rap battle of the year broke through to television and confused Twitter

Rapper Oksimiron lost in a battle to rapper Gnoyny. Although there is no video recording of the fight yet, this event became one of the main topics of the day: the results of the rap battle were even covered by central television channels. On Twitter, opinions were divided. Some are happy that Oksimiron’s authority has been undermined, some are indignant, and others are perplexed why a rap battle is even important.

On August 6, a series of battles took place at the St. Petersburg Opera Concert Club, where participants from the Versus and SlovoSPB leagues met. The most anticipated battle of 2017 took place there - Oksimiron vs. Purulent, reports the portal about rap culture The Flow.

For those who are not entirely familiar with the culture of rap battles, let us explain: this is a duel where performers take turns rapping over several rounds. At the same time, they hurt each other in every possible way with the help of phrases that should humiliate the enemy and evoke the approval of the audience. The weapons of the participants are the word; physical contact between opponents is prohibited. Rappers usually prepare the text for a battle in advance and memorize it by heart.

The duel between the rappers was scheduled a year ago. At last year’s series of battles in one of the rounds, Gnoyny mentioned Oksimiron:

And what about your **** Oxxxymiron? What is the opinion of this messiah worth?
If he says he likes cool battles,
But you’ve never been to the best battleground in Russia?
What does the opinion of this hype-hungry pig mean?
If he says he loves cool battles, but has never fought with a battle MC?
ST, Johnyboy, Dunya. Oksana fan, listen up: I’m here to teach Hebrew.
The phrase “When it’s beneficial for me” is translated as “When I can’t fuck.”

Oksimiron, who, by the way, participated in a battle against Johnyboy on Versus, reacted to the statement of a potential opponent and challenged him to a battle. Accepted the purulent challenge.

A year later the battle took place. Usually, the organizers post videos from battles on the Internet a few days later, so as not to immediately spoil the results. For now, you can see small, not too legible fragments on Instagram.

The first serious spoiler appeared on MDK's Twitter. And the Internet is inclined to believe the public, although it was quite surprised by this outcome. Oksimiron is a famous rapper who will have a concert at the Olimpiysky in early November. Gnoyny first drew attention just last year, when he, in fact, was challenged to a battle by Oksimiron, reports The Flow. That is why fans were so looking forward to this battle and that is why its result was so unexpected.

The reaction to Gnoyny's victory on Twitter turned out to be contradictory. Some were glad that Oksimiron was finally overthrown, others still cannot believe what happened.

However, not everyone was so interested in the rap agenda. Some were rather surprised that such news could seriously worry anyone.

But it seems that the battle between Oksimiron and Gnoyny was really very important. Because even central television channels, which usually do not pay attention to such events, reported its results. Twitter was surprised at this turn of events.

Rapper Oksimiron has not yet commented on the outcome of the battle, but Gnoyny was laconic.

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Versus rap battles are very popular, but not every one of them is successful. Recently, a battle between blogger Dmitry Larin and rapper Eldar Dzharakhov was a complete failure. He gave the Internet a couple of throwaway memes like , but the video from the event became one of the most popular on the Versus channel.

The famous performer Oksimiron can safely be called a person with an unusual destiny. Having lived in Europe for a long time and received a philological education at Oxford, he chooses rap and Russia.

Rapper biography

Miron Fedorov, better known as Oxxxymiron, was born on January 31, 1985 in Leningrad. In the 90s, his father, a physics professor, was offered a job at a German university. He agreed, and in 1994 the family moved to the city of Ruttenscheid.

The boy was sent to the Maria-Waechtler Schule educational institution, where mainly children of wealthy parents studied. Miron did not find a common language with his classmates and often conflicted with them. In 2000, the guy moved again. His new place of residence was the English city of Slough. Here he focused on his studies and achieved some success. In 2004, Miron was admitted to the Faculty of English Language and Literature at Oxford.

In 2006, Fedorov was expelled due to his diagnosis of manic-depressive psychosis. Soon he was reinstated in the educational institution and nevertheless received a diploma in the rare specialty “Literature of the Middle Ages.”

In 2008, Miron moved to London and began looking for work. Before he started making music, the guy managed to change a dozen different professions (loader, tour guide, office worker, salesman, etc.), but he didn’t stay anywhere for long. As a result, Fedorov realized that a measured lifestyle and work from 9 to 6 was not for him and chose a creative path.

Creative career

Miron began to actively study music after moving to Germany. His first creative pseudonym was the abbreviation of his first and last name “Myth”. He tries himself in different directions, but most of all he is attracted to rap. Miron composes lyrics in German, and later in Russian. In 2001, he released his debut track “Freestyle Demo in Bardcore Style”, followed by “Best MCs”, “KVRP” and Al Ogon”. Myth tries his hand at the 1st Russian battle Hip-Hop.ru, but only makes it to the 2nd round. After an active year in 2001, he took a break from creativity for 7 years.

In 2008, he resumed his musical activities. This time Fedorov took a new pseudonym Oxxxymiron. This is a kind of hybrid of the literary term “oxymoron”, meaning “contradiction”, and his name Miron, supplemented by three “X”. The performer began posting his tracks on the Internet. The guy is noticed by the German label “Optik Russia”, which begins to promote him.

Next year, Oksimiron again takes part in the Hip-Hop.ru battle. This time he reaches the semi-finals. According to the results of public voting, Oksimiron was recognized as the winner in several categories, including “Discovery of 2009” and “Best Hip-Hop Artist of 2009.”

In 2011, Miron released his debut album “The Eternal Jew” in the style of rap and grime, which brought him long-awaited fame. Afterwards, the performer begins to actively tour the CIS countries. In 2012-2013 Oksimiron presents to listeners the mixtapes “miXXXtape I” and “miXXXtape II: The Long Way Home.” In 2015, he published his second album “Gorgorod”.

In 2015, the verbal duel Oxxxymiron vs. Johnyboy set a world record for rap battles, collecting 1 million views on YouTube in one day. A year later, Oksimiron’s battle with rapper ST was watched by more than 9 million people in a few days. In 2017, the verbal battle “Oxxxymiron vs Gnoyny” should take place, which is predicted to break all previous records.

Miron has several high-profile scandals with other rap artists. In 2010, his opponent was the group “Casta”, in 2011 - Roma Zhigan and the TV channel Rap.ru, 2015 - Ptah (group "Centr"), 2016 - blogger Yura Khovansky.

The life of a popular rapper in England, filled with adventurous adventures, formed the basis for the script for the series “Londongrad” (2015).

Since the beginning of 2017, Oksimiron has been not only an artist, but also the head of the Booking Machine concert agency.

Rapper's social networks

Miron is registered in the following popular social networks:

Oksimiron has his own website (http://oxxxymiron.com), which contains information about concerts, his biography, videos, and links to official pages on social networks.

Many years ago, Oksimiron took his first steps in his musical career, but deciding that he was making a low-quality “product”, he took a 7-year break. The matured rapper managed to find his path and his listener. And now he attracts thousands of spectators at concerts, and millions of fans are waiting for his albums.

Famous Russian-speaking rap artist. Stage name – Oxxxymiron, real name – Miron Fedorov. Born in Leningrad, he immigrated to Germany with his parents in 1994, and later studied at Oxford (graduated in 2008). Author of two studio albums. Widely known among hip-hop fans in Russia and in Russian diasporas in Western countries, he often came into conflict with Russian rap artists.

Oksimiron Twitter page

The microblog was registered back in 2010, before the release of the first studio album, and a year later it became very popular. The performer posts announcements of his performances, videos from concerts, and also simply shares his thoughts on abstract topics. On the official Oksimiron Twitter account, most of the messages are video reports about past concerts and life on tour.

The page https://twitter.com/norimyxxxo has a lot of readers, and their number is growing. The number of people interested in oxxxy’s work on Twitter is several hundred thousand. The feed is almost always updated daily, with 10 or more tweets appearing in one day.

You can quickly find out about all the interesting news from Oxxxymiron’s twitter on o-twitter.ru!