What school did Guf go to? Conflict between Guf and Aiza. Guf and solo career

03.04.2019

Famous rap artist, member of the group Centr, rapper Guf also registered on Instagram. On his page he shares photos of his personal life and creative biography, tells how and where he spends his weekends, when and in which city his tour will take place, and what compositions will be included in his new album.

Finding Guf’s Instagram page is not difficult; he runs it under the nickname @therealguf, which translated into Russian means “this is the real Guf.” There is no doubt that this is indeed a real Guf account, because... appear on it every day latest photos singer, and also, it is listed on his official website.

If anyone doesn’t know who this Guf is, let us remind you! This famous rapper, whose real name is Alexey Dolmatov. Born on September 23, 1973 in Moscow. In 2000 started creative career. In 2004, together with rapper Nikolai Princip, he founded the group Centr. Created his own label “ZM Nation”. During his work, he released 8 studio albums, several of them as part of the Centr group, and also recorded eight singles, and took part in more than thirty albums of other artists.

Guf and we met for only a short time

Lyosha was married to a model, they have a common son, Sam. Then, he dated a TV presenter for some time. In the winter of 2015, Alexey Dolmatov began an affair with a participant in the most scandalous television project in the country, Dom-2. The girl even left the show because of him. And recently, joint photos with

Rap artist, co-founder (with Princip) and former member 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 one 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.

Russian rapper, founder and member of the “Centr” group Alexey Dolmatov, founder of the ZM Nation label. known in wide circles How Guf.

Biography of Alexey Dolmatov

Alexey Sergeevich Dolmatov born in Zamoskvorechye in 1979. When he was three years old, his father left the family and his mother soon remarried. According to Alexey, his stepfather turned out to be good person and fully replaced his biological father. However, the correct family composition did not guarantee a happy childhood for Alexey - due to his parents’ frequent moves, he left school early and became interested in psychotropic substances. During this period of his life, his grandmother was the most authoritative and closest person to him.

When Alexey turned 12 years old, he and his parents were forced to move to China. There he had to finish school and go to university. It was in China that Alexey discovered the world of rap culture when his grandmother came to visit him and brought a stack of CDs with hip-hop recordings. At that time he was 19 years old, and he turned out to be almost the only person in China who knew what rap and hip-hop were. Inspired by this idea, Alexey wanted to expand his music business in this area in China. but instead found himself hostage to drug addiction and was forced to leave the country to return to Russia.

In Moscow, he entered an economics university, but at that time only music really fascinated him.

Creative career of Alexey Dolmatov

Alexey first appeared on stage as part of the Rolexx group in 2000. Soon the young artist became known as "Guf".

In 2002, Guf began working on his own album and participating in duets. In 2004, together with Nikolai Princip, he created the group “Centr” and immediately recorded the album “Gift” with a circulation of only 13 copies.

Guf dedicated his early tracks to drugs, they became his calling card. Alexey Dolmatov used hard drugs, but has now completely given them up.

“I used to have some kind of... Pain, not pain, I don’t know - it came from the outside and poured into rap by itself. It was only later that I realized what it was all about, because of what experiences. And for the last two or three years everything has been more or less smooth in my life. Family, child. This is the reason why my album is constantly delayed.”

In 2006, as part of the group “Centr”, Alexey Dolmatov recorded a track for the film “ZHARA”. In 2009, the rapper voiced a character in the film Nine. Dolmatov spent 2007-2008 on tour, and in the fall he joint track with Basta won the RMA MTV Russia award.

Alexey Dolmatov often visited Rostov-on-Don, where his father was born. There he met the group "Casta".

“I heard about Basta a long time ago - I often went to Rostov in my youth, my grandmother is from Rostov, and my dad is from there. In Rostov they told me that they have “Casta” and Basta. We met when Basta came to Moscow to release an album. I told him that I had always been drawn to the song “My Game” and that I wanted to cover it. Basta is a real maestro, go to his studio at any time, he is always doing something. I try to be on such a normal wave with all my fellow rappers.”

In 2009, Guf had a fight with Slim and Ptah, left the group, but still starred in the video “Is it easy to be young” only separately. Dolmatov creates his own label ZM Nation. The solo album was released in 2009. The rapper began collaborating with his Rostov colleague Basta. In November 2010 they released the album “Basta/Guf”. A joint project of popular rappers brought together huge amount fans. More than 8 thousand people gathered at the concert at the Green Theater.

In 2011, Alexey Dolmatov began having problems with drugs again. A blood test found traces of marijuana.

Guf made his third album, released in 2012, available for free download. The rapper is scheduled to release an album at the beginning of 2014 together with a member of the St. Petersburg group “True Jamaican Crew”.

Personal life of Alexey Dolmatov

The rapper's grandmother, Tamara Konstantinovna, repeatedly participated in her grandson's projects. Guf fans know her as Original Ba XX. In the fall of 2013, Tamara Konstantinovna died of cardiac arrest.

In 2008, Alexey Dolmatov married Aiza Vagapova, and in 2010 their son Sami was born. In August 2013, the couple broke up, after which Dolmatov began openly dating singer Leroy Condra.

Later it became known about the rapper’s relationship with singer Keti Topuria. This affair lasted about two years and was completed on the initiative of Keti, who accused Dolmatov of treason.

Guf entered the hip-hop world in 2000 as part of the 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. However, he used the group's name as his main pseudonym until 2005. How Guf aka Rolexx Alexey is listed on back side packaging of the CD 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.

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”.

2003–2009: Centr Group

Realizing the need to move on, Guf, together with Nikolai 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.

There is another bright character in Guf’s creative life - 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. But in the fall of 2013, my grandmother dies of cardiac arrest.

Many of Guf's early songs are dedicated to drugs, and it was these songs that became his “calling 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 the documentary film “Drug Users” (Russian). Drug users) from the series “Project Reflection” a video was shot for the no less 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 in the 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. 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 is creating 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.

2009–2012: Collaboration with Basta and “Sam and...”

On November 10, 2010, Guf’s joint album with Basta, entitled “Basta/Guf,” was released. The presentation took place on December 25.

On July 21, 2011, a big concert of Basta and Guf took place at the Green Theater; judging by Basta's Twitter post, more than 8,000 people gathered there.

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 July 19, 2012 the third big summer concert Basta and Gufa at the Green Theater.

November 1, 2012 third solo album Guf’s “Sam and...” was posted for free download on the hip-hop portal Rap.ru.

On December 30, Guf was excluded from the list of artists of the Gazgolder TO, although, as his wife Isa states, collaboration was discontinued back in 2011. On December 28, an interview was posted on Rap.ru with extracts of Basta’s answers to listener questions, among which was a statement that Guf was never an artist on the label: “He didn’t sign a contract with us, we just took part in the work. It will probably stop starting in the New Year.” Since August 2013, he has been divorced from his wife Isa. IN at the moment meets with actress and singer Leroy Condra, who took part in the video "For Her".

2013–present: 420

On April 20, the day of cannabis use, Guf, together with dancehall musician Rigos, a member of the St. Petersburg group True Jamaican Crew, released the single “420”, foreshadowing a joint release planned for early 2014. On March 4, 2014, the premiere of the song “Industry” took place, in which the rapper speaks out on the topic of rap battles, including mentioning the organizer and host of Versus Battle.

Reconciliation with Slim and Ptah

October 24, 2013 Guf releases new song and along with it a video clip called “Sad”, where he explains the reason for the collapse of the Centr group:

A mysterious photo and a commentary to it appear on Slim’s Instagram, where Guf is visible in its outline, and a few lines to the photo. And so, in 2014, the song “Winter” appears on the album of the group “Caspian Cargo” with guest verses by Guf and Slim. In a subsequent interview for Rap.ru, the Caspian Cargo group reveals that the track was put together with the consent of both ex-members of the Centr group. But later, many different guesses appear on the network that the group members will record more tracks; in one of the interviews, Guf states that a joint concert of the group is possible, nothing more; Bird says the same thing. However, on April 27, 2014, a joint composition with Guf called “Killer City” appears on Bore’s album “On the Bottoms.”

Discography

Studio albums

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” (together with Rigos)

Demo albums

2003 - “Gift” (together with Princip)

Singles

As main artist

2013 - “420” (featuring Rigos)
2013 - “No conflict” (with teacher Kravets)

As a guest artist

2009 - “Iron Sky” (“Roma Zhigan” with Guf)
2013 - “Everything for $1” (“Caspian Cargo” with Guf)
2014 - “Yana” (Misha Krupin with Guf)

As part of the Centr group

2014 - “Turns”
2015 - “Tough”
2015 - “Houdini” (with teaching “Caspian Cargo”)

Participation

2004 - “Explosive Device” (album of the group “Smoke Screen”) Song: “Wedding”;
2005 - “Turtle Races” (album of the group “Negative Influence”) Song: “Unholy Trinity” / “Trinity” (teaching “Ezekiel 25:17”);
2006 - “Floors” (album of the group “Smoke Screen”) Skit: “Skete from Guf”;
2006 - “Basta 2” (Basta album) Song: “My Game”;
2007 - “All-in” (album of the Rap City group) Skit: “Buy (skit)” (professor Ptah);
2008 - “Enter the Dragon” (tribute to the memory of Ricochet) Song: “My City” (study Smokey Mo);
2008 - “My tape recorder” (QP album) Song: “Heads or Tails (For good luck)”;
2008 - “One Hundred out of a Hundred” (album ST) Song: “In a different way”;
2008 - “Hold on tight” (mixtape of the group 25/17) Song: “Iron Sky”;
2008 - “Warm” (Noggano album) Song: “Swing”;
2009 - “Cold” (Slim’s album) Songs: “Air” (study Ptah), “Tablet (skete)” (study Ptah);
2009 - “About Nothing” (Ptah album) Song: “Those days”;
2009 - D.Vision (album by Def Joint) Song: “My City”;
2010 - “MegaPolice” (album of the group “AK-47”) Song: “To those who are with us” (student Noggano);
2010 - “Basta 3” (Basta album) Song: “Walking on the edge”;
2010 - “Exit from the Darkness” (Smoky Mo’s album) Song: “Traffic” (student Slim);
2010 - “Couplets with a Golden Seal” (album of the group “Good Hash”) Song: “Couplets with a Golden Seal-2”;
2010 - “KhZ” (joint album of Khamil and Zmey) Song: “New step”;
2011 - “Moscow 2010” (album Miko) Skit: “Lavem kamats-kamats”;
2011 - “Na100ashchy” (album ST) Song: “Article”;
2011 - “T. G.K.lipsis" (album of the group "Triagrutrika") Song: "Only there";
2011 - “Time of the Tiger” (Smokey Mo’s album) Song: “Red Arrow”;
2011 - “Attack of the Clones” (mixtape Obe 1 Kanobe) Songs: “We Can” (feat. Smokey Mo, Tsunami, Mezza Morta), “One Time”;
2011 - “Islands” (joint album of Princip and Apxi) Song: “The Beginning of the End” (study Three);
2012 - “Inevitable” (album of the group “OU74”) Song: “More expensive than gold”;
2012 - “Fat” (album by Viti AK) Song: “As long as there is something to say”;
2012 - “Blueberries” (album Rem Diggy) Song: “Mystery”;
2012 - “Better than yesterday” (Lyon album) Song: “Dances with Wolves”;
2012 - “Demo In Da Moscow III Kniga Rifm” (mixtape by the group Triagrutrika) Song: “Let them not fuck”;
2013 - “Bulletproof” (album ST) Song: “Well, what?”;
2013 - “Trinity (part 1)” (mini-album of the group “Caspian Cargo”) Song: “Everything for $1”;
2013 - 25 (ST collection) Song: “In a different way.”
2014 - “Jackets” (album of the group “Caspian Cargo”) Song: “Winter” (study Slim).
2014 - The Best(Slim's collection) Song: Air
2014 - “Fresh relaxation” (Kravets album) Song: No conflict
2014 - “On the Bottoms” (Boring album) Song: Killer City
2015 - “On real events” (joint album of Rigos and Bluntcath) Song: Ram’s Horn

Tracks not released on Guf's albums

2000 - “Chinese Wall”
2007 - “Our Yard” (study Sidr)
2008 - " Big business"(study Batishta, Roma Zhigan, Chek, Basta, MC Bely, Kos)
2008 - “Wider Circle” (study Noggano, Vitya AK, 5 Plyukh)
2009 - “Sketches” (study Principle)
2009 - “Brother” (study Principle)
2009 - “Next People” (study Dino MC 47, Mili-JJ)
2009 - “Three Dots” (Good Hash)
2009 - “If a friend suddenly turned up” (study Negative)
2010 - “100 lines”
2011 - “It Takes Place”
2011 - “200 lines”
2011 - “The cold is no problem” (study Smokey Mo, “AK-47”)
2012 - “Car enthusiast”
2013 - “Sad”
2014 - “Pedestrian”
2014 - “Surely” (study Gino)
2014 - “Yana” (student Misha Krupin)
2014 - “It became so” (study Kriple, Rigos)
2014 - “Bad-Good”

Audio invitations to concerts

2011 - “Invitation to Moscow” (study “OU74”, “TANDEM Foundation”)
2012 - “Invitation to the Ukrainian Tour” (TANDEM Foundation)
2013 - “Until the end” / “Invitation to “Kamester” / Hip-Hop All Stars 2013”

Filmography

2009 - “Hip-hop in Russia: from the 1st person” (episode 32)
2014 - “Gas holder”

Dubbing

2009 - "9" - 5th (John C. Reilly)

Soundtrack

2006 - “Heat” - “Heat 77” (as part of the Centr group)
2014 - “Gas Holder” - “Boarded Up” (ft. Basta)
2015 - “Is it easy to be young?” - “Is it easy to be young?” (as part of the Centr group)

Videography

Video clips

As main artist

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)

As a guest artist

2007 - “My Game” (Basta with Guf)
2009 - “In a different way” (ST with Guf)
2010 - “Swing” (Noggano with Guf)
2010 - “To those who are with us” (Noggano with Guf, “AK-47”)
2011 - “Red Arrow” (Smoky Mo with Guf)
2012 - “Once” (Obe 1 Kanobe with Guf)
2013 - “The Secret” (Rem Digga with Guf)
2013 - “Dances with Wolves” (Lyon with Guf)
2013 - “420” (Rigos with Guf)
2013 - “Everything for $1” (“Caspian cargo” with Guf)
2013 - “No conflict” (Kravts with Guf)
2014 - “Ram’s Horn” (Rigos with Guf)
2014 - “Killer City” (Bore with Guf)

As part of the Centr group

2008 - “City of Roads” (study Basta)
2008 - “Traffic” (study Smokey Mo)
2008 - “Night”
2009 - “Winter”
2009 - “Is it easy to be young”
2014 - “Turns”
2015 - “On the Tin”
2015 - “Houdini” (study “Caspian Cargo”)

Project "Basta / Guf"

2011 - “Accordingly”
2011 - “Samurai”
2011 - “Another Wave”
2014 - “Emergency”
2014 - “Boarded Up”

Invitations to concerts

2010 - “Rostov/Krasnodar” (training Basta)
2011 - “Summer of proper rap” (student Basta)
2011 - “Invitation to Moscow” (study “OU74”, “TANDEM Foundation”)
2012 - “Invitation to the Ukrainian Tour” (TANDEM Foundation)
2012 - “Invitation to Hip-Hop All Stars 2012”
2012 - “Invitation to” Green Theater“” (student Basta)
2013 - “Invitation to Izvestia Hall” / “Sad”
2014 - “Invitation to a tour in support of the film Gazgolder”
2014 - “Invitation to the Green Theater”
2015 - “Invitation to the Green Theater” Song - Houdini (Together with the group CENTR and Caspian Cargo)
2015 - “Mowgli” Clip Mowgli - Producer of the video, international label Kol Records

Concert video

2009 - “Centr: Air is normal”

Awards and nominations

Winner of the A-One RAMP 2009 award in the Urbana category.
In 2008, as part of the Centr group, he won a matryoshka doll as “The Best Hip-Hop Project” at the MTV RMA ceremony.
In 2009 he was nominated for the “Hero of the Runet” award, where he took 6th place.
In 2009, he became the winner of the vote on the Rap.ru website in the following categories:
- Best domestic performer of the year;
- Album of the Year (“At Home”);
- Best video (“For Her”).
He won in the same categories in 2008 as part of the Centr group:
- Best Artist (Centr);
- Best Album of the Year (“Air is Normal”);
- Best video (“Night”).
Winner of the Russian Street Awards 2010 in the category Artist of the Year.
Winner of the 2011 Muz-TV Award in the category Best Hip-Hop Project of the Year

Interesting facts

Guf lived in China for seven years, but he had to leave because of drug problems.
He calls the area where Guf lived, to whom he dedicated more than one song, and where his grandmother Tamara Konstantinovna lived, ZM, which means Zamoskvorechye.
Guf “supports” the Liverpool football club.
Sometimes in songs he calls himself jokingly: Kagtavy Guf, Gufaka. And also their relatives: Tamara Konstantinovna (grandmother) - Original Ba XX (Russian) Original Ba Two X); Aiza Dolmatova (wife) - Ice Baby (Russian) Ice Baby); and son Sami Dolmatov - Gufik (Russian) Gufik).
His dad is from Rostov, and Guf visited there often, so he is well acquainted with the Casta group. He even took part in the filming of a video for the song “We take it on the streets”, and Caste member Shym wrote the music for his “New Year’s”. Guf also participated in the recording of the “Casta” group’s track “New Step”, which was released in 2010 on the album “XZ”.
He calls American rapper Nas his favorite artist.
Has two higher education: economic and linguistic (Chinese).
Claims to pray before performances.

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. Alexey is listed as Guf aka Rolexx on the back of the packaging of the CD with the album “Turtle Races” by the group “Negative Impact”, 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 filmed a video for the popular composition “New Year’s” for the documentary “Drug Users” (Russian: Drug Users) from the series “Project Reflection”, 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 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 in the 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, a big concert of Basta and Guf took place 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 out 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 girl- 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