Seryoga

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Cyrillic ( Russian )
Серёга / Сергей Васильевич Пархоменко
Transl. : Serëga / Sergej Vasil'evič Parchomenko
Transcr. : Serjoga / Sergei Wassiljewitsch Parchomenko
Cyrillic ( Belarusian )
Сярога / Сяргей Васільевіч Пархоменка
Łacinka : Siaroha / Sjarhiej Vasilevič Parchomienka
Transl. : Sjaroha / Sjarhej Vasil'evič Parchomenka
Transcr. : Sjaroha / Sjarhej Wassiljewitsch Parchomenka
Музыкант Серёга (Пархоменко) .jpg

Seryoga (real name Sergei Wassiljewitsch Parchomenko ; born October 8, 1976 in Gomel , Belarusian SSR ) is a Belarusian rapper.

Seryoga works and lives mainly in Kiev , Ukraine . The native Belarusian has the greatest success in Russia , where he has already placed three singles at number 1 in the Russian charts and won three MTV Russia Awards . He was also successful in many other countries in the CIS . In Belarus his pieces are on the index.

Career at home

The rapper grew up in a working-class family in Belarus.

His great success in the CIS countries began in 2004 with the first album Мой двор ( Moj Dvor ), which reached number 1 in the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus and continued with his international collaborations such as B. with producer Gilmano from Slow Jam . Over 900,000 official sales were registered in Russia alone, approx. 380,000 in Ukraine, approx. 20,000 CDs and 61,000 cassettes in Belarus.

In 2005 Seryoga wrote three songs for the Russian blockbuster Shadow Boxing (Boy s tenyu), including the successful track King Ring , which was nominated for best movie song at the 2006 MTV Russia Movie Awards. Seryoga later recorded the song Tamerlane for the hit movie The Guardian of the Day - Dnevnoi Dozor , the sequel to 'The Guardian of the Night - Nochnoi Dozor '. In December 2005 Seryoga released his second album Disco Malaria , which was produced for Seryoga by the Berlin producer Gilmano (Slow Jam). The album was revised in November 2006 by the same producer and provided with 8 new tracks and 4 remixes.

On September 21, 2006 Seryoga hosted the MTV Russia Music Awards in Saint Petersburg . At the award ceremony, the rapper presented a song specially written for the awards.

In 2006 Seryoga presented its own collection of Kangol hats with its KingRing logo next to the traditional kangaroo symbol. The rapper also signed an exclusive promotional contract with the American fashion label Rocawear in autumn 2006 .

International career

At the end of 2006 Seryoga began to publish records for the first time for the Western European market. For this his label KingRing was registered in the EU and a worldwide contract was signed with EMI Music Publishing .

The first destination is Germany , where Seryoga's management wants to test whether there is a market for Russian rap.

Seryoga became known in Germany through the music title 2Kaiser with the Frankfurt rapper Azad . Seryoga gives the reason why he chose Azad for the collaboration, that he has been following the career of the German rapper for several years and that this is the closest of all the German rappers he knows. The single 2Kaiser was released on November 24, 2006.

On December 15th, his label King Ring will release Seryoga's first European album Russia's No. 1 , which was also produced by producer Gilmano (Slow Jam) and accompanied as executive producer. He gets support for the publication from Azad, and the slow jam artists Rapturous , Eveleena and Skurril . For the single releases there were various collaborations with well-known remixers such as B. Shuko and Mastering Engineer Busy from True Busyness . He is also featured on the Sido single Ein Teil von mir with a Remix Featuring Part, he also appeared as a guest on Aggro Radio .

In April 2007 Seryoga was together with B-Tight at some concerts on the Halt's Maul - number entrance tour of the rapper Sido Support. On April 11th he was a guest with Sido on the MTV show TRL . The video for his single Gangsta No More could already reach number three in the TRL Most Wanted .

In December 2007 his song King Ring was chosen as background music for the third official trailer of the game Grand Theft Auto IV , to whose official soundtrack he also contributed some songs. The song 2 Kaiser can be heard in the film The Equalizer (2014), the title is not featured on the official soundtrack.

Seryoga studied German at Vechta University and therefore speaks fluent German.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
2 Kaiser (Seryoga feat. Azad )
  DE 85 December 8, 2006 (2 weeks)

Albums

  • 2004: Мой Двор: Свадьбы & Похороны [ Moj Dvor: Svadjby & Pochorony ] (for Ukraine and Belarus)
  • 2004: Мой Двор: Спортивные частушки [ Moj Dvor: Sportivnye Tschastuschki ] (for Russia)
  • 2005: А на танцполе нету свободных мест [ A na tanzpole netu svobodnych mest ] (remix album)
  • 2005: Дискомалярия [ Disco Malaria ]
  • 2006: Дискомалярия. Большая порция [ Disco Malaria. Bolshaja Porzija ] (new edition)
  • 2006: Russia's No. 1
  • 2008: Хроника парнишки с гомельских улиц
  • 2015 Феникс

Singles

  • 2005: Чёрный Бумер [ Tschornyi Bumer ]
  • 2005: Заuziuzizo [ Disco Malaria ] (vinyl)
  • 2005: Возле дома твоего [ Voslje doma twajewo ]
  • 2005: Barbeque
  • 2006: 2Kaiser (with Azad)
  • 2006: Миллион dollar [ Million Dollar Song ]
  • 2007: Я-рэп (with ST1M)
  • 2007: Gangsta No More
  • 2009: Кружим

Others

  • 2006 Disco Malaria ( Juice Exclusive CD # 71)

Awards

2004

  • two MTV Russia Music Awards nominations: Best Hip-Hop Act, Best New Artist
  • Artist of the year ("Choice of the year", Belarus)

2005

  • four MTV Russia Music Awards nominations: Best Hip-Hop Artist, Best Male Artist, Best Song, Best Ringtone
  • MTV Russia Music Awards - Best Hip-Hop Artist
  • MTV Russia Music Awards - Best Ringtone ( King Ring )
  • Golden gramophone (Russian Radio Awards) for Черный Бумер
  • Muz-TV Russia Music Awards - Best Ringtone ( Черный Бумер )

2006

  • Two MTV Russia Music Awards nominations: Best Hip-Hop Artist, Best Male Artist
  • Goldenes Grammophon (Russian Radio Awards) for Возле дома твоего ( Vos´lje doma twojego )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Azad and Seryoga ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Backspin Online , September 29, 2006.
  2. ↑ Focus No. 41/2006, page 164
  3. ↑ Russia's number 1: Seryoga ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Charts DE
personal data
SURNAME Seryoga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Serega; Серега; Серёга (Russian); Пархоменко, Сергей Васильевич (Russian); Parhomenko, Sergej Vasil'evič (scientific transliteration); Пархоменка, Сяргей Васільевіч (Belarusian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian rapper
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Gomel , Belarusian SSR