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Timati in 2012
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Background information | |
Birth name | Timur Ildarovich Yunusov |
Born |
Moscow |
August 15, 1983
Genres | Hip hop, R&B, House |
Labels | Black Star inc. Timati |
Website | timatimusic |
Timur Ildarovich Yunusov (born August 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Timati (Russian: Ти́мати), is a Russian artist of Jewish and Tatar descent, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, marketer and entrepreneur.
Timur Ildarovich Yunusov (Russian: Тиму́р Ильда́рович Юну́сов) was born on August 15, 1983 in Moscow to an ethnically mixed family of Tatar father Ildar Yunusov and Jewish mother Simona Yunusova (née Chervomorskaya), he also has a younger brother, Artyom. His current stage name "Timati" has stuck with him since he was young. Yunusov lived in Los Angeles for 3 years, and now lives in Moscow. At the urgent request of his grandfather, composer and conductor Yakov Chervomorsk, Timur graduated from a violin class at the four-year music school He later became associated with the YPS squad. His first single came out with Konaldo.
He became well known to the Russian community from the music reality show Star Factory 4, but before it he collaborated with Detsl. Member of the group Banda (Russian: Банда; lit. "Gang") and co-founder of VIP 77. Ex-owned B-Club nightclub, the bar Black October and the stores Ё-Life. Also is the CEO of his own label called "Black Star Inc". In 2006, was featured in Heat produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk. In 2008, Timati was featured in a Fat Joe song called "Put U Take It", also featuring Nox and Raul, produced by Scott Storch, which references Jacob Arabo. In 2008 Mario Winans featured Timati in the single "Forever". Timati, in 2009, featured Snoop Dogg in the single "Groove On".