Childhood and adolescence Greetings to guests and regular readers of the site website. So, rap artist Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov, better known under the pseudonym Guf, first saw the world in Moscow on September 23, 1979. He grew up as a Russian-Jewish boy, went to one of the capital's schools, skipped classes, indulged in light drugs, which was due to the fact that his parents did not properly raise their son. Already in the third grade, Lesha began listening to rap. At the age of 12, the parents take their son with them and move to China, where he continues to receive his education. In another country, Alexey managed to study at a Chinese university. Under the mood of that time, I wrote my first composition" Chinese wall", which was written at the age of 19. In China, our hero dealt in illegal drugs. It is not surprising that soon young man law enforcement officers drew attention. Because of this incident, Guf quickly had to return to Moscow, where Alexey lived for some time with his grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna.
Creation
After a while, Lesha submits documents and enters the Faculty of Economics, where, as a result, he makes new friends. With one of these acquaintances, in 2000 he created a hip-hop project - “Rolex-X”, the name of which is derived from the names of the team members: Roma and Lekha. It was during this period that the young man acquired the pseudonym Guf. After a two-year creative break due to a guy’s drug addiction, Alexey takes up music again. The rapper begins to write his own album, and while working on one of the compositions, in 2002, he meets Slim, a member of the Smokescreen group. Together they record the track “Wedding,” which later became a cult favorite for the guys and received a lot of positive feedback. responses. In 2004, Alexey, together with Nikolai Princip, founded the group "Centr". He also recorded a test album, released in a limited edition. The composition of "Center" was modified several times, but in the end only three performers remained - Guf, Slim and Ptah. The guys' musical creativity was mainly related to drug themes. The team began to re-release old works and release new ones. In 2006, the comrades organized their own label, called “CAO Records”.Centr during a live performance (2006)
At the same time, Dolmatov managed to study and solo projects. So, in 2007, he presented the album “City of Roads” (the performer prefers that the second word be stressed on the first syllable). The album was written in a week, but even despite this, it received the highest ratings from both ordinary listeners and the rap community. It was on this record that the first track was published about the grandmother (“Gossip”), who in every possible way shared her grandson’s hobbies and supported him in all his endeavors. Well, after the composition “Original Ba” Tamara Konstantinovna became known as Original Ba XX. In the same year, the group "Centr" released its first full-length album, "Swing". The release included 16 audio recordings, many of which have become cult favorites. The track “City of Roads” won the “Hip-Hop” category at MTV Russia 2008. We can say that this was universal recognition of the artists and their entry into the ranks of rap stars. It should also be noted that at this time the group changes its name from "Center" to "Centr". This is due to suspicion of plagiarism and selfish use of the name of the famous Soviet-American group Vasily Shumov.
Centr - City of Roads (2012)
Next, Alexey takes part in the recording of the track “My Game” and the music video for it. In this work, the rappers talked about what they had to go through in the past, including problems with psychotropic substances.
In the fall of 2008, the Centr album “Air is Normal” was released, in which such performers as 5Plyukh, Noggano, Slovetsky, and others appeared. According to the site “Rap.ru”, the release became the best album of 2008. The guys were a great success, and their tracks are very popular: “Someone was the most knowledgeable, downloaded it from the Internet. Quickly threw it onto the phone’s flash drive. By the evening, half of the people in the area already have ringtones, in the morning they already have blanks, in suspicious nines and foreign cars!"
Due to a conflict situation with other participants, Guf decides to leave "Centr" in 2009. The guy wastes no time and creates his own label “ZM Nation”, and also publishes the album “At Home”. This is the second studio album of the hero of our biography, the total duration of which is about 55 minutes. Beatmakers such as Miko, Basta, Capella, Nel (Marselle) worked on the album. The compositions are made in the artist’s typical style: storytelling with pleasant and rocking beats. The track “Ice Baby” deserves special attention, in which Lesha confesses his love to his wife Isa. This composition took 12th line in Russian chart digital tracks, which is a confirmation of its popularity at that time.
Guf - Ice Baby (2010)
In 2010, Guf began close collaboration with Vasily Vakulenko (Basta), with whom he recorded a record called “Basta/Guf”. Despite the gray and simple booklet of the album, the songs were successful: the tracks were sold out on all phones at an extraordinary speed. Many of the songs were very fond of fans of Guf’s work and remained in the players to this day, because when listening to them, one can mentally return to the past and feel nostalgic for the past years.
Basta ft. Guf - Samurai (2011)
In the fall of 2012, the album “Sam I...” was presented. This is Alexey's third studio release, which consists of 23 tracks. As with many previous titles, the album's table of contents has more than one meaning. In addition to the original (himself and those others who are nearby), this refers to the name of the son, whose name is Sami. The rapper treats him very kindly and gives him his love, trying to be good father, despite all the nuances and circumstances.
Guf ft. Basta - Guf Died (2012)
2013 is notable for the recording with Rigos, with whom Guf released a joint release next year, called “4:20”.
Kravets and Guf - No Conflict (2013)
In 2014, a meeting of all former members of the Centr group took place. The comrades understand that the past conflict has been settled and decide to revive the project. In October, a video for the song “Virazhi” was published on YouTube.
Centr - Turns (2014)
A few months later, in February 2015, the premiere took place music video“To put it bluntly”: “Like the good old days, here are SL, PT and Guf. We still represent Moscow, I will never stop playing my game.”
Centr - Hard (2015)
And at the beginning of November, Guf’s 4th solo album “More” appeared online. Slim and Ptah took part in the recording of the track “At the Ram.” The album was produced by BluntCath, who was also responsible for the joint release of Lesha with Rigos.
Guf - Mowgli (2015)
Finally, on March 11, 2016, the premiere of the Centr group’s album entitled “System” took place. The guys admitted that this is the last album of "Centr" and the group will no longer continue to exist, and all participants will focus on their solo projects. The release consists of 18 audio tracks, with guests including A’Studio, Caspian Cargo and Mitya Severny.
Centr, A "Studio - Far (2016)
Guf is probably known to all connoisseurs of Russian hip-hop. He continues to be involved in musical activities, and his name is still on the lips of music lovers. Regular release of solo creative material and participation in feats allows Dolmatov to remain well-known and in demand as an artist in the Russian hip-hop scene.
Rigos Ft. Guf - Not a single passenger (2016)
Thanks to his media presence, Guf was invited to an interview with Yuri Dudu, where he answered a number of uncomfortable questions that related to drugs, personal life and the artist’s creativity.
Guf - about heroin, divorce and new life (2017)
In 2017, two parts of the joint album “GuSli” with Slim were released, the name of which is derived from the initial letters of the guys’ creative pseudonyms. All the same, familiar stories from guys about life, set to fashionable beats. Many noted a positive change in the approach of these artists to creating music, so the album received enough good reviews: The collaboration between two former members of the Centr group has borne fruit.
Gusli (Guf & Slimus) - Tricks (2017)
That same year, there was a somewhat controversial collaboration between the two artists, who released a video clip for joint track. The composition and Guf’s “Generation” were received ambiguously, but still, it was another experiment from Alexey and going beyond the usual creativity.
Timati feat. Guf - Generation (2017)
In February 2018, one of the most anticipated battles of the Versus site was released, where Guf and Ptah met face to face. The background to the conflict was long, the guys spoke impartially towards each other, accused each other of all kinds of sins, and then, in the end, they decided to express all their complaints when they came face to face. There were also certain conditions of the financial plan, so this issue contained a sufficient amount of advertising. In the end, thanks to his charisma and ability to express his thoughts in an interesting way for the public, Guf won. At the battle itself, many personal things were expressed and passions did not subside even after the fight.
Versus #9 (season IV): Guf VS Ptah (2018)
Personal life
If we talk about personal life, it should be noted that in 2008 the hero of the biography married Aiza Vagapova, to whom he dedicated one of his main hits “Ice Baby”. The couple had a wonderful relationship and the fruit of their love was their son Sami, who was born in May 2010. But at this time, as Lesha recalls in one of his interviews, he begins to cheat on his wife. The relationship was taken to extremes, and constant quarrels ended with Isa leaving Guf in 2013, and in March 2014 their relationship officially ended. It should also be mentioned that during the “Versus” battle, Lesha’s opponent David revealed that Guf has another son. Alexey was seen in relationships with many girls of model appearance, but this did not lead to anything serious. The public knows that for some time the artist was in a relationship with Keti Topuria, but the couple soon broke up. There is also information about Alexey’s connections with an 18-year-old girl, Yana, who blackmailed the rapper with the idea that she would present to the public some facts of their intimacy.Guf now
Guf is a talented performer who has remained in demand for many years. His style of storytelling and sincerity in his tracks attracts many. Every year Lesha tries to expand the scope of his creativity and he is no stranger to experiments. Thanks to the presence of a stable fan base that Alexey has formed, he is supported even during difficult periods in the life of his idol. Thus, Guf receives a portion of trust from the fans and has no right to disappoint them. The artist is not going to stop there; he plans to release new creative material and concert performances, which the rapper’s fans are looking forward to.Preview: Wikimedia Commons - Alina Platonova
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Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov, known to us all as Guf (GUF), was born on September 23, 1979, in Moscow. From about the age of 10 I became interested in rap art. In the 5th grade he encountered drugs. He often began to skip class, after which he was taken by his parents to China. For seven years he lived in China, where he studied at one of the universities. Alexey has 2 higher educations: economics and linguistics. After this he returned to Russia.
Already at the age of nineteen he performed his first track - “The Wall of China”. He was recorded together with Roma Korobchansky (with whom Guf studied together, in the same group). For 2 years, Guf took a short break (due to drugs) in his hobby.
Guf became more famous in 2000 when he joined the group “ROLEX-X”. And so he finally realized that he shouldn’t sit and wait for something, he needs to move forward. It was after this idea that he became one of the creators, known on at the moment groups - “CENTER”. This is how his first demo album “Gift” appeared. Few copies were produced, only 13 pieces, and they were given to close friends as a New Year's gift.
He was very familiar with the “KASTA” group, as he often visited his area. He took part in the filming of the video “We take it on the streets,” and one of the Casta members, Shym, wrote the music for “New Year’s.”
Many songs dealt with his favorite topic - “Drugs”, and he began to be recognized among rappers for this topic. Guf claims that he forgot about drugs a long time ago and no longer uses them.
Already in 2002, she begins to work on her new, next album. I found a new friend – Slim, who at that time was part of the “Smoke Screen” group.
In 2006, the song “Gossip” became very popular. The album “City of Roads” contains the song “Original Ba”, dedicated to Guf’s grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna, in which she even takes part.
Also in 2006, a video called “New Year’s” was released for one of the documentaries called “Drug Users (drug addicts)”; this video soon became quite popular. A new hit was created with SMOKI MO “Traffic”, it was placed on the album “Air is Normal” (2008).
Already in 2007, a highly popular album called “City of Roads” was released. Soon a new track appears called “My Game” in a duet with the popular rapper Basta. Guf also begins his concert activities. The same year, on October 25, an album called “Swing” from the group “CENTR” was released. In 2008, ‘Center’ won the “Best Rap Group” category at the RMA.
In 2009, together with the group, Center performed on Muz-TV with the song “City of Roads”. Also in 2009, he voiced a doll named “Fifth” in Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov’s “Ninth”. By 2009, Guf decides to leave CENTER, he confirmed this in his interview. starting from September and ending in December, all members of the CENTER group release solo albums. The album from GUF - “At Home” was released on December 1, 2009.
Personal life of GUF
Soon after Guf decided to quit drugs, he began to lead a healthy lifestyle. He lasted only half a year, but then his girlfriend named Isa came to his aid.
Isa helped Guf a lot with this problem. Once, when she found out about his drug addiction, she locked herself and him in the apartment for 5 days, and soon helped him completely forget about them.
Name: Guf
Real name: Alexey Dolmatov
Birthday: September 23, 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth: Moscow
Weight: 75 kg
Height: 182 cm
Zodiac sign: Scales
Eastern horoscope: Goat
Activity: singer
Biography of Guf
Guf (real name Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov) is a talented rap artist who has managed to achieve a lot during his short musical career. Listeners love his songs, his concerts always attract a huge number of people. It is quite remarkable that our today’s hero was able to achieve great success not only as one of the participants in the famous Russian group"Center", but also as a solo artist.Guf is a brilliant artist who cannot be ignored. His work is full of subtle meaning, and therefore it is always very pleasant to listen to his texts. However, this is probably already known to all fans of this extraordinary performer. But what else can you tell about this original artist? The answer to this question is the following article.
Guf's early years, childhood and family
Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov (better known to the public under the pseudonym) “Guf” was born in Moscow on September 23, 1979. Russian and Jewish blood flows in his veins. As a child, Lesha was the most ordinary guy. He, like everyone else, skipped classes, and also loved music and long walks around his hometown.
Now Guf's Twitter is popular in the blogosphere
However, already in the mid-eighties, drastic changes took place in his life. His parents left for China, and he himself followed them. The future is in the Celestial Empire famous rapper lived for several years. Over the years, he managed to make new friends, learn Chinese well, and also study at one of the Chinese universities.But the controversial life of China very soon bored the future musician. He missed Russia and very soon returned to Moscow, where he began to live with his grandmother. Bright character V ordinary life and creative life is grandmother Gufa Tamara Konstantinovna. Fans know her as Original Ba XX. The country recognized her thanks to the rapper’s track “Gossip”. But the composition “Original Ba”, which is included in the album “City of Roads” and in which Alexei’s grandmother even takes part, talks about the relationships between relatives and the character of Tamara Konstantinovna. Guf reads that “She can easily dance to Sean Paul for you.”
In Moscow, Dolmatov entered a new university and began recording his first tracks. Together with his then classmate Roman a.k.a. Marlin Guf recorded the composition “The Wall of China”, which, quite unexpectedly for everyone, ended up on some Moscow radio stations.
Since 2002, Guf has already been working on his own debut album. And his collaboration with Slim begins with the composition “Wedding”. By the way, at that time Slim was in the group “Smoke Screen”.
After this, there was some break in the performer’s work, caused by his studies at an economics university, as well as problems with drugs. As the rapper himself admits, for a long time he was a typical drug addict. Valuables disappeared from the apartment, periods of drug use were replaced by protracted withdrawal symptoms. However, Guf still managed to get rid of his addiction. One of the reasons for this was Alexey’s other passion – passion for music.
And at the age of 21, in 2000, Alexey already became a member of the Rolex-X group. He created it together with his classmates named Roman. He is known as Marlin. The name was based on the names of the band members. By the way, after participating in the Rolex-X project, Alexey Dolmatov became known as Guf.
Rapper Guf's career
At one point, Guf felt the need to move on and together with Princip he organized the group “CENTR”. This happened in 2004. Together with Princip, Guf released his first demo album. It was called "The Gift" and was actually given as a gift. The circulation of the record was only 13 copies. All of them were presented to close friends as a New Year's gift.Since 2002, Guf, with the support of friends, began working on his debut album. During the same period, he began to work closely with another young musician - Slim, who very soon became one of the participants in the new project "Centr". This group was created in 2004 by Alexey Dolmatov and his friend Nikolai Princip. At first the team included included only two performers, but later grew to four (in addition to the above-mentioned Slim, the group also included rapper Ptah).
Together they recorded two successful albums and even managed to write two special compositions for the famous Russian film “HEAT”. In the mid-2000s this project was very popular, but at some point everything began to fall apart on its own. Princip started having problems with the police, Guf became interested in solo work, as well as side projects. So, in particular, already in 2007, Guf presented to the public his debut “solo album” “City of Roads”, and some time later he recorded several successful tracks with the Rostov rapper Basta.
Despite the fact that already in the second half of the 2000s the group began to collect various prestigious awards one after another, in August 2009 our today's hero left the team. As noted in some interviews with performers, the reason for this decision was a quarrel between Guf on the one hand and Ptah and Slim on the other.
After leaving the group, Alexey Dolmatov created his own label ZM Nation, within which he began working on a new album. As a result, the second solo album was released in 2009. The album “At Home” immediately attracted the attention of listeners and became one of the main new releases after several months.
Soon Guf was recognized as the best by the major Internet portal "Rep.ru" Russian performer at the end of the year. In addition, prizes in the category “ Best Album" and "Best Video" was also awarded to the album "At Home".
However solo successes did not force the talented native of Moscow to stop there. In 2010, he began work on the joint album “Basta/Guf”, on the creation of which his old friend worked with him. The recorded album was presented to the public in 2010. After this, the two successful rap artists performed together for a long time.
In the same 2010, Guf was recognized as artist of the year according to the Russian Street Awards. Just a year later, he also received the MUZ-TV award in the “Best Hip-Hop Project” category.
Guf now
At the beginning of 2012, in a series of concerts and performances, Guf began to methodically find time to begin work on his third studio album. The collection of material lasted for several months, but in the end, the prepared record was released. November 1st, 2012 new album according to tradition, it was presented on the website “Rep.Ru”, within which the record was available for free download.By now last job Gufa is the single “420”, recorded together with the musician Rigos.
Guf's personal life
In the summer of 2008, Guf married his longtime girlfriend Aiza Vagapova (later Dolmatova). Many of the artist’s songs speak about love for her. In May 2010, there was an addition to their family - it was decided to name the “little goofy” with the very exotic name Sami.
Rapper Guf broke up with his wife Isa
For a long time, the relationship within the couple was ideal. However, in mid-2013, reports appeared in the press that Guf and his wife were on the verge of divorce due to the fact that the rapper was taking drugs again. Moreover, in some sources you can also find information that Aiza has a new friend - snowboarder Sergei Sterin. Guf himself also allegedly meets with new girl named Lera Gusarova.Subsequently, Guf's wife denied reports of her new romance.
Alexey Dolmatov lived in China for seven years. He had to leave this country because of his problems with drugs.
The area where Guf lived, where his grandmother now lives and which he repeatedly sang in songs, Alexey calls ZM, that is, Zamoskvorechye.
Guf was born on the same day as rapper ST (Alexander Stepanov). However, Alexander is 9 years younger than Alexey. Colleagues recorded 2 tracks together. One was called “Differently”, and the second “Article”. Later a video was shot for the first composition. By the way, both MCs burr.
Guf fan. He follows the games of Liverpool Football Club.
Alexey Dolmatov gave nicknames to all his relatives. In his songs, he can jokingly call himself Kagtavy Guf or Gufaka. Grandmother Tamara Konstantinovata became Original Ba XX, wife Aiza Dolmatova became Ice Baby, and son Sami became Gufik.
Alexey's biological father is from Rostov-on-Don. Guf himself has been there often and therefore knows the Casta group well. Once he even starred in their video for the song “We Take It on the Streets.” And a member of the group, Kasta Shym, wrote the music for Guf’s “New Year’s” song. In addition, Guf took part in the recording of Casta’s track “New Step”. The song was released in 2010 on the album “XZ”.
The rapper's favorite performer is American Nas.
Guf
Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov. Born on September 23, 1979 in Moscow. Russian rapper performing under the pseudonym Guf. Member of the Centr group.
Father - Sergei Mikhailovich Dolmatov.
Sister - Olga Dolmatova.
Alexey's father left the family when he was 3 years old. His mother remarried, Alexey considers his stepfather to be his own father, he raised him as his own son.
Parents often went on business trips abroad for work, in particular to China. In this regard, in childhood, Dolmatov was raised by his grandmother, Tamara Konstantinovna. She took care of him until he was 12 years old and essentially became his second mother. Alexey has repeatedly said that his grandmother (now deceased - died of cardiac arrest in the fall of 2013) was the closest person to him. He remembered her love and care for the rest of his life and even reflected it in his work. In particular, the rapper’s songs “Gossip” and “Original Ba” are dedicated to his grandmother. Moreover, Tamara Konstantinovna took part in the recording of several of his songs. She became known as Original Ba XX.
Although the grandmother tried to look after her grandson, she could not do without the influence of the street. Already at the age of seven, Alexey tried marijuana for the first time. And this later affected his entire life.
I've been interested in rap since the fourth grade. He was into MC Hammer back then.
At the age of 12, because the grandmother could no longer cope with her grandson, who often skipped school, his parents took him to China. There he entered a local school and studied Chinese along the way. Russian students who studied there acted as tutors.
Guf graduated well from school in China and went to college there foreign languages in Shenyang. At the same time, I was left alone in China - my parents returned to Moscow.
In China he began to compose his first songs. Perhaps he would have remained in the Middle Kingdom, but drugs again interfered with his plans. He himself said: “I had serious plans and goals: to stay in China, to do business... But drugs completely deprived me of this opportunity, paralyzing and subjugating me.” By the way, at that moment his work was inextricably linked with drugs. At the same time, at some point he became interested in hard drugs - he tried heroin. The addiction intensified and he began taking it intravenously. “We injected ourselves, and I passed out. I came to my senses and saw: a pale friend was sitting, saying: “I barely pumped you out, you were in a coma for two hours, look at you, you’re all blue.” And at this time in the next room, Suspecting nothing, my grandmother watched TV. I can’t imagine what would have happened to her if I had died then,” Alexey recalled.
In China, he contacted drug dealers who supplied him with cannabis for sale. Guf said that his hostel was never empty - clients always came for a dose. Over time, the university management began to take a closer look at Gufu. And when the police finally became interested in him, Gufu had to literally flee China in 1998, where he spent 7 years.
Returning to Russia, Guf entered the university at the Faculty of Economics.
Guf's father and sister - Sergei Dolmatov and Olga Dolmatova
In 2000, in Moscow, near the Kyiv train station, Alexey Dolmatov was detained by the police - they found a glass of grass on him. He spent 3 months in Butyrka in a common cell with 70 prisoners, after which he was transferred to a VIP cell with a game console and a TV. His father had to spend about 20 thousand dollars to free him. After spending 5 months in a pre-trial detention center, Guf was released under an amnesty.
In 2000, he took up hip-hop professionally as part of a group Rolexx, the name of which comes from the names of the project participants: Roma and Lyosha. It was after participating in the Rolexx group that Alexey became known as Guf. But he used the group's name as his main pseudonym until 2005. How Guf aka Rolexx Alexey is listed on back side CD packaging with the album “Turtle Races” by the group “ Negative influence", released in 2005. In 2006, on subsequent albums, for which the rapper wrote guest verses or took part in skits, including “Floors” and “Basta 2”, Dolmatov was already designated as Guf.
Guf wrote his first track called “Chinese Wall” at the age of 19. It was first heard on Radio 2000. However, this was followed by a forced creative break due to drugs.
Guf - Chinese Wall
Since 2002, Guf has been working on his debut album. In the same year, his collaboration with Slim, who at that time was a member of the Smoke Screen group, began with the song “Wedding”.
Then in 2004, Guf, together with Nikolai Princip, created a group Center. They released their first demo album called "Gift". The circulation was only 13 copies, which were presented to the closest friends for the New Year.
In 2006, Ren-TV for documentary film“Drug Users” (Russian: Drug Users) from the series “Project Reflection” a video was shot for the popular composition “New Year’s”, in which Slim and Ptah participate. Guf records a duet with Rostov rapper Basta - a song called “My Game”. A video clip was also shot for the song “Traffic”, recorded with the participation of Smokey Mo and which was included in the second album of the Centr group called “Air is Normal”.
In April 2007, the album “City of Roads” was released. In addition, the artist begins active concert activity. On October 25, the album “Swing” by the group Centr, of which he is a member, is released.
In the fall of 2008, the Centr group, together with Basta, won the Hip-Hop category at the RMA awards of MTV Russia.
In 2009, he dubbed one of the characters American cartoon"9" - a one-eyed doll named "Fifth". In the original, the hero was voiced by actor John C. Reilly.
In August 2009, Guf left the Centr group after a quarrel with Slim and Ptah.
Winner of the Russian Street Awards 2010 in the category Artist of the Year.
On November 10, 2010, Guf’s joint album with Basta, entitled “Basta/Guf,” was released. On July 21, 2011 took place big concert Basta and Gufa at the Green Theater.
On September 9, 2011, the Federal Drug Control Service announced the detention of Guf. Guf's tests revealed traces of marijuana and he was released.
On November 1, 2012, Guf’s third solo album “Sam and...” was released, which was posted for free download on the Internet.
On October 24, 2013, Guf released a song and video clip called “Sad,” where he explains the reason for the collapse of the Centr group: “We had a very strong group, they didn’t mow down anyone. / It turned out that the whole of Russia was rocked. / But its existence suddenly ceased: I imagined myself as a soloist, became vain and mercantile.”
On March 4, 2014, the premiere of the song “Industry” took place, in which the rapper speaks on the topic of rap battles, including mentioning the organizer and host of Versus Battle.
In 2015, a new solo album “More” was released.
Guf - Bai
In 2016, he reconciles with Slim and Ptah, the Centr group releases the album “System”, after which it breaks up again.
In August 2016, the artist was sent back to Russia directly from the Odessa airport. Guf tried to perform in Odessa, despite the ban from the SBU. The rapper became persona non grata in Ukraine in March 2016 due to his performance in Crimea.
In 2017, Guf and Slim released the album GuSli and GuSli II.
On February 6, 2018, a rap battle took place between Guf and Ptah at the Versus Battle site. The judges included rapper Nigativ, DJ 108 (“Baltic Clan”) and Basta. Guf won.
In October 2018, rapper Guf was beaten in a Moscow nightclub. He wrote a statement to the police, but refused hospitalization. Guf performed at a birthday party at the Bunker-42 restaurant. The father of the birthday boy did not like that the program ended very quickly. Later it became known that in the Moscow club. The artist’s too short performance did not please the oligarch’s 13-year-old stepson. After the speech, the guards took Guf to the basement of the establishment, where they beat him.
Height of Guf (Alexey Dolmatov): 182 centimeters.
Personal life of Guf (Alexey Dolmatov):
First wife - (in her first marriage - Dolmatova, in her maiden name - Vagapova), designer, fashion designer, presenter. We got married on August 6, 2008.
In August 2013, Isa left the rapper, and in March 2014 they officially divorced. Isa stated that she wanted to deprive the singer of parental rights over their common son. However, she did not do this and Guf continues to see the boy.
Guf, who is older than Sami. Rapper Ptah (David Nuriev) spoke about this during a rap battle. Dolmatov confirmed the veracity of Ptah's words, but did not go into details.
Immediately after breaking up with Aiza Anokhina, Guf began a short affair with party girl Alena Chelsea.
Then Guf flew to Thailand with his new girlfriend, model Lesya Fak. Soon joint selfies and declarations of love appeared on their Instagram. But the relationship quickly ended.
Then rapper Guf began an affair with Golden Girls stripper model Liliya Taradymenko.
In 2017, rumors appeared about a relationship between Guf and the singer, lead singer of the group A"Studio, who was then officially married to Lev Geykhman. First, they were spotted together on vacation in Thailand.
The couple constantly stirred up the public's interest by posting photos together. Later it became known about the divorce of Topuria and Geykhman.
Guf's discography:
2007 - “City of Roads”
2007 - “Swing” (as part of the Centr group)
2008 - “Ether is normal” (as part of the Centr group)
2009 - “At Home”
2010 - “Basta/Guf” (together with Basta)
2012 - “Myself and...”
2014 - “4:20” (with Rigos)
2015 - “More”
2016 - “System” (as part of the Centr group)
2017 - GuSli (together with Slim)
2017 - GuSli II (together with Slim)
Video clips of Guf:
2006 - “New Year’s”
2009 - “For Her”
2010 - “Ice Baby”
2010 - “100 lines”
2010 - “It was a long time ago”
2011 - “It Takes Place”
2011 - “200 lines”
2011 - “On the Floor”
2012 - “Today - tomorrow”
2012 - “Guf died” (student Basta)
2015 - “Mowgli”
2015 - “Bai”
Filmography of Guf:
2009 - “Hip-hop in Russia: from the 1st person”
2014 - “Gas holder”
2016 - “Russian Hip Hop Beef”
2016 - “CAO”
2017 - Egor Shilov
When you hear the combination “Rapper Guf,” only one thing comes to mind: the most popular song of 2009, Ice baby. A former member of the Centr group with the memorable name Guf released the album “At Home” on December 1, 2009. By 2010, almost all of Russia knew the lyrics from the cult song Ice baby.
Who would have thought that Guf would gain such popularity? This composition was dedicated now ex-wife rapper Ise. A lot of time has passed since 2010. What is he doing now? popular rapper? What's going on in his personal life? Are the rumors true that Guf is a drug addict? Let's figure out the life of a celebrity together.
Biography of rapper Guf
In the growing colors of the fall of 1979, the future famous Russian rap artist was born in Moscow. 38 years have passed since that moment, the artist has long grown to 182 cm, got married, raised a son, and got divorced. Many events have happened since 1979, but we are only interested in the most unusual facts from the life of a celebrity. First you need to find out the name of the rapper Guf. And his name is the simplest: Lesha. But Lesha is only for his family and friends. The whole country called the young man Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov. A tall young man, brown eyes, dark hair, Virgo by zodiac sign - the most banal thing that can be said about a person. The life of Alexei Dolmatov deserves to be told about it a little more than his height and weight.
A photo of rapper Guf can be seen below.
The creative side of life
So, using his name as one of the components of the group’s name, at the beginning of the 2000s, Alexey Dolmatov entered the world of hip-hop. Rolexx - this is the name of the group that Alexey and his partner Roman came up with to combine their creative abilities. Combining the two proper names, they created their own “brand”.
This was just the beginning creative path. Further - more. At first Guf used the name music group as his pseudonym and only later became known under the name Guf. Then Alexey becomes a member of the Centr group, where, in addition to Guf, there are also such colorful rappers as Slim, DJ Shved, Ptah, Princip. This musical community existed for a relatively short time - 6 years. Many tracks and several albums were released.
But the hero of our story wanted to move on and develop into solo career. Guf himself says that his vanity, commercialism and increased self-esteem due to popularity were the reasons for his departure from Centr. Alexey imagines himself as a soloist. It was at this moment that the song Ice baby was born.
2009: Alexey is already married to Isa, released a solo album, and dedicated an incredibly sweet rap song to her. In the near future, the Russian rap artist will have a son. It seems that Dolmatov’s life is filled with colors, his career is going up, his beloved wife is nearby, but what is really bothering the singer?
A new stage in creativity
Alexey Dolmatov, having filmed for the popular channel on Yiutobe “vDud”, admits that it was a very frank interview. During his conversation with Yuri, the rapper says that he has the most ordinary days for a celebrity: woke up, had breakfast, went to the interview.
But Dud really invites interesting personalities. The life of Alexei Dolmatov is not too eventful now. The singer is busy improving his country house; he has a lot of free time. Leads a quiet, measured life. For Guf, it is more comfortable to live outside the city, where there is no unnecessary noise or neighbors.
IN creative life from a rap artist new idea- joint creativity with Slim, former member Group Centr. By the way, Alexey does not depart from traditions and in 2017 again comes up with a name for the duet, combining two stage name: Guf + Slim = Gusli. Slim is again with Guf, but without Ptah. Dolmatov explains this by the fact that he cannot find common language with him. Even though they good friends and Guf speaks of Ptah with warm words; in everyday things, according to Alexey, they are incompatible. He can no longer work with this performer in the same team; they cannot find a common language in creativity.
Is Guf real?
Guf tells Dudya that he has been having problems with the rights to his creative pseudonym for about nine years. Somehow Alexey signed a 10-year contract with the producers, transferring to them all rights to his name. Then the story takes on an interesting plot: producer Gufa is killed in a car accident, the rights are transferred to the new owner of the company - the producer's wife. She, in turn, sells her husband’s company and, accordingly, the contract with Guf passes to other unknown owners. And this is where the problems started. Alexey’s pseudonym was no longer in his hands, the artist was called an impostor, 150 lawsuits were filed, but the rapper won the case and regained his invented name.
Speech problems
Dissonance occurs in our heads when we learn that Guf has a speech impediment. And we’re not talking about the rapper’s burr. It turns out that Alexey stutters, but this does not interfere with his career. When he hears the beat, this problem goes away and he starts rapping without any obstacles.
Dolmatov admits that at school he couldn’t even answer at the blackboard. I completed all assignments in writing - the problem with stuttering was so strong. And even now, in his fourth decade, he cannot read a book without stuttering. At numerous court hearings, when Guf returned his name, he could not introduce himself. The judge said everything for him. The artist has such a small uniqueness - he can rap without stuttering. Perhaps music is a kind of treatment for him.
Guf is stage shy
It is very interesting that, despite his age and extensive experience in the hip-hop industry, Dolmatov is shy of the public. At his concerts it is difficult for him to show emotions and charge the audience. He cannot “make a drive” or joke during performances. However, Guf is trying to correct the shortcoming and is jealous of those who can arouse emotions in the audience. But he doesn’t consider it necessary to repeat after other rappers; jumping around the stage at the age of forty is stupid, Guf believes.
Drug problems
Dolmatov does not hide information about existing problems with drugs. Without hesitation he talks about the fact that when he was studying in China, he began selling hashish.
I was the coolest huckster in the hostel. Italians, Germans and Koreans came to me separately. I sat with a piece of hashish and cut it like a Prague cake.
This story could not last long. The embassy learned that the young man was selling illegal goods. Alexei had to leave China in the luggage compartment, because staying there meant signing up for the death penalty.
The rapper Guf tried drugs for the first time at the age of 12.
I just went with the Armenians to smoke weed.
Already at the age of 16-17, the rap artist became addicted to heroin. The artist attributes his addiction to drugs to the fact that his father left him at the age of 3.
If you look at the statistics, most drug addicts, most dependent people, have one parent.
When the parents divorced, the mother and her new boyfriend went to China. It was from this moment that Guf was left to his own devices; his grandmother was nearby all his life. Drug addiction once almost brought rapper Guf to death. He actively fought against this, went to Israel for treatment, but believes that it is impossible to recover from such an addiction. Alexey says that he will do everything to prevent children from getting involved in drugs.
Unsuccessful marriage
The artist was married from 2008 to 2013. ex-wife rapper Guf Aiza was always there, supporting him in moments of weakness, helping him fight drug addiction. Once she even managed to pull him out of this hole. The personal life of rapper Guf was public. Everything was as if behind glass - half the country was watching the development of their relationship.
The reason for the divorce was Alexey’s numerous infidelities. He began flirting with other girls already during Aiza’s pregnancy and continued to “have sex” even after the birth of his son. At one point, Guf stopped hiding his infidelities, disappeared in strip bars for several days and was not ashamed of his behavior. For him it was in the order of things. Now Isa and Guf keep in touch. Alexey believes that he is to blame for the breakup, and the relationship should not have been flaunted. That is why there is practically no information about his current girlfriend. One thing is known - this is not a media personality.
"I will love you..."
The most popular song by rapper Guf is Ice baby. The lyrics of this track stuck in the heads of thousands of people, the lines were sung by all the young people who are interested in this genre of music. But now you can hardly hear her at Guf’s concerts. Alexey says:
The songs of rapper Guf are a reflection of his whole life. The artist is inspired by the events of his days, reads only about what is happening to him at a given period.