Alexey Dolmatov spent his childhood in Zamoskvorechye, which he will often mention in his work. When the boy was three years old, his parents divorced. But soon the mother of the future rapper married for the second time, and his stepfather became a real father for the little rebel. Grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna was involved in raising her only grandson, to whom several tracks are also dedicated.
Eccentric major
Parents' frequent business trips and lack of control became the reason for Alexey's poor academic performance. Added to this were numerous truancies and drug use. At the age of 12, the Dolmatov family left for China, where the boy went to a specialized school. Having received a certificate, the characterful guy entered a prestigious university, where he studied foreign languages.
In 1995, grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna flew to China to visit her beloved grandson. As gifts, the woman brought cassettes of popular hip-hop artists. Having listened to a ton of music, Alexey began writing his own songs, dreaming of a career as a musician. In parallel with his new hobby, Dolmatov started creating a business, but due to a trip to Moscow, his plans changed dramatically.
Having returned to Russia for several months, Alexey got into a party where he tried heroin. Soon the guy became heavily addicted to drugs.
Returning to China, the enterprising young man began selling illegal drugs in student dormitory. But soon Dolmatov was suspected of drug trafficking and he had to flee the country.
In 1998, Alexey finally returned to Russia and decided to start life with clean slate. Soon he entered the institute, choosing the Faculty of Economics. In Moscow, Dolmatov organized the group “Rolexx”, the name of which consists of two names: Roma and Lesha. To match his stage image, the aspiring rapper took the pseudonym Guf.
In 2000, Guf was arrested at the Kievsky railway station in Moscow, and an impressive amount of marijuana was seized. To keep my son in good conditions his father bought him a luxury camera for $20,000. Five months later, the rapper was released under an amnesty. By this time, the Rolexx project had collapsed and Alexey once again started a new life.
Guf spoke in some detail about his drug addiction in an interview with Yuri Dud in the spring of 2017.
Third attempt - successful reboot
In 2004, Guf, together with his friend Nikolai Nikulin, better known as rapper Princip, created the project “CENTR”. Over the course of several months of fruitful work, the guys managed to record the demo record “Gift” and release 13 cassettes. At the same time, Guf recorded several tracks with longtime acquaintance Slim, including the compositions “Leader” and “Wedding,” which became hits.
In December 2004, Slim and Ptah joined the CENTR group. The updated lineup recorded the soundtrack to the comedy “Heat.” Despite the success and popularity of the project, Guf continued to work on solo career. The rapper actively collaborated with Vasily Vakulenko (Basta) and rapper Smokey Mo. IN
In 2007, Guf released the album “City of Roads,” which received a positive review from the famous publication “Rolling Stone.”
In mid-2009, a split occurred in the CENTR group and an emotional Guf left the project, loudly slamming the doors. Alexey created his own label, which was called “ZM Nation”. By the end of 2009, Dolmatov recorded a new solo album, and received prestigious awards for it. According to the portal “Rep.ru” Guf won in such nominations as: “ Best Performer of the Year", "Best Record", and " Best clip».
Interesting notes:
In 2010, Dolmatov presented his joint album “Basta/Guf” with Vasily Vakulenko. In support of the new record, the rappers went on tour. Alexey’s next award was the title “Best Artist of the Year” according to Russian Street Awords. In 2011, Guf’s piggy bank was replenished with another prestigious prize - a Muz-TV statuette in the “Best Hip-Hop Project” category.
Falling popularity, a huge army of fans, and regular tours reminded Guf of his addiction to drugs. In the period from 2012-2015, the rapper began to appear at parties less and less, and canceled all concerts and tours.
The reason for this was long-term treatment for drug addiction in one of the Israeli clinics. After completing a rehabilitation course, Alexey began writing a new album with the simple title “Everything.” Despite efforts, the record did not become popular.
In 2017, Guf once again decided to start a new life. The rapper made peace with his longtime friend and stage colleague Slim. Soon the guys presented the joint album “GuSli”, which was greeted warmly by fans and highly praised the work.
In 2018, Dolmatov established relations with Ptah, but soon the conflict escalated and the rappers met in the Versus Battle ring. Guf looked much more convincing then. The rapper won and even received an impressive fee for participating in Versus.
Also in 2018, it became known that rapper Guf was beaten and robbed instead of his own performance in the capital’s club. The rapper has two broken ribs and a concussion. The artist filed a lawsuit against the attacker, but details of the development of the story were not reported.
Scandalous union
The first, and so far, the only official wife the odious rapper became the no less eccentric girl Aiza Vagapova. The young couple maintained friendly relations for a long time, which over time developed into a romance.
In 2008, Guf and Isa got married. The girl took her husband's surname. In 2010, their first child, Sami’s son, was born. Five years later happy family life, Isa said that she could no longer tolerate Guf’s antics and fight his addiction to drugs.
In 2013, the Dolmatovs decided to divorce, but they were unable to do so calmly.
Bright personalities threw mud at each other, showering each other with reproaches and humiliations. Anyone registered in the social networks. Scandals and diss songs regularly appear to this day. More details
Rap artist, co-founder (together with Princip) and former member of the group “CENTR”, founder of the label “ZM Nation”, one of the founders of the label “TsAO Records”. Winner of RMA, RAMP and other awards.
Guf entered the hip-hop world in 2000 as part of the group “Rolexx”, whose name comes from the names of the project participants: Roma and Lyosha. It was after participating in the group that Rolexx became known as Guf.
Your first track called “ Chinese wall"Guf wrote at the age of 19. It was first heard on Radio 2000. However, this was followed by a forced creative break due to drugs.
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”.
As part of the CENTR group
Realizing the need to move on, Guf, together with Princip, created the CENTR group in 2004. With this lineup 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 creative life Guf has another bright character - his grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna, known to fans of Guf’s work as Original Ba XX. The whole country recognized her from the track “Gossip”. The song “Original Ba” from the album “City of Roads,” in which she even takes part, tells about their relationship and her character. “She can easily dance to Sean Paul for you,” reads Guf.
Many of Guf's early songs are dedicated to drugs, and it was these songs that became his “ business card"in the rap community, forming a new specific style. Guf used hard drugs, as he himself said, but has now completely abandoned them.
In 2006, the song “Gossip” was released. In the same year, by Ren-TV for documentary film“Drug Users (drug addicts)” from the series “Project Reflection” a video was shot for the no less popular composition “New Year’s”. Guf records a duet with Rostov rapper Basta - a song called “My Game”. A video was also recorded with the participation of Smokey Mo for the song “Traffic”, which was included in the second album of the CENTR group entitled “Air is Normal” (2008).
In April 2007, the album “City of Roads” was released. In addition, the artist begins an active concert activities. 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.
After leaving the group "CENTR"
In August 2009, Guf left the CENTR group after a quarrel with Slim and Ptah. He stated this in his interview. Despite this, in the fall of 2009, a video was shot for the song “Is It Easy to Be Young” from the album “Ether is Normal.” Guf is filming for this video separately from the rest of the group.
Guf creates a new label - “ZM Nation”.
From September to December, solo albums of all members of the CENTR group are released. Guf’s solo album “At Home” was released on December 1, 2009.
At the end of 2009, information appeared about a joint album with Basta, which should be released in September 2010. Dates change after each Guf/Basta interview; in September 2010, official information appeared that the presentation of the album would take place on October 23.
On November 10, 2010, a joint album with Basta called Basta/Guf was released. The presentation took place on December 25.
On July 21, 2011 took place big concert Basta and Guf at the Green Theater, judging by Basta’s post on Twitter, there were more than 8,000 people at the concert.
On September 9, 2011, the State Drug Control Service announced the detention of Guf. Guf's tests revealed traces of marijuana and he was released.
Dolmatov Alexey Sergeevich, popularly known as Guf , born 09.23.1979 in Moscow.
Guf wrote his first track “” at the age of 19. This track was recorded together with Roma (aka Marlin), with whom Guf studied in the same group at the Moscow State Pedagogical University. Lenin, and was first heard on radio “2000”. Then Guf had a creative break, which lasted 2 years.
Guf has two higher education: economic and linguistic (Chinese). In the 90s, he and his parents lived in China for several years and managed to study at a Chinese university. Guf entered the hip-hop world in 2000 as part of the group “Rolex-x”, whose name comes from the names of the project participants: Roma and Lyosha. It was after participating in the group that Guf became known as Rolex-X.
Guf has often visited Rostov, so he is well acquainted with the Casta group. One of the Casta members named Shym wrote the music for Guf's track "", and Guf himself took part in the filming of the Casta song "We take it on the streets". Since 2002, Guf began work on his debut album.
Many of Guf's early songs are dedicated to his past life, and it was these songs that became his “calling card” in the rap community, forming a new specific style. Guf used drugs, as he himself said, but has now completely given them up.
In the same year, his collaboration with Slim, who at that time was a member of the Smoke Screen group, began with the song ““.
There is another bright character in Guf’s creative life - his grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna, known to fans of Guf’s work as Original Ba two x. The whole country learned from the track “” that she reads the newspaper “Life”. The song "" tells about their relationship, about her character. In the same year, Ren-TV filmed a video for the documentary “DRUG USERS (Drug Users)” from the series “Project “Reflection”” for an equally popular composition - "". In April 2007, the album “” was released. Guf records a duet with Rostov rapper Basta - a song called “”. In addition, the artist begins active concert activity. On October 25, 2007, the album “” of the Centr group was released, and a year later, on October 22, 2008, the second album “” of the Centr group, of which Guf was a member, was released. Also in October 2008, Guf married a girl named Isa.
In 2009, he decided to leave the Centr group. He clearly stated this in his . Also in 2009, he voiced one of the characters in the cartoon "" "".
At the end of 2009, namely on December 1, Guf released his second solo album "", which was based on the results of voting in 2009 among readers of Rap.ru.
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 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 the creative life of 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. Once 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 nearly 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 embarrassed by 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 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.
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, during his short career musical career, who managed to achieve a lot. 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 famous rapper lived in the Middle Kingdom 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 will 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 record's circulation 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 group 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 “Rap.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.