Kasta
| Каста | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Respect Production |
| Associated acts | DJ Hobot |
| Website | www |
| Members | Vlady (Russian: Влади) Shim (Шым) Hamil (Хамиль) Zmey (Змей) |
Kasta (Russian: Каста, Russian for caste) is a Russian rap group from Rostov-on-Don. The group is led by MC and producer Vladi. Other members include MCs Shym, Khamil and Zmey, as well as DJ Khobot. Kasta is notably influenced by New York City rap tradition, especially Wu-Tang Clan.
Vlady, Shim and Hamil all started listening to rap at a very young age. Vlady created his first song when he was just 13 years old. In 1995, he and his friend Tidan (Тидан) made a group Psycholyric (Russian: Психолирик). One year after that Shim joined Psycholyric. In 1997, Psycholyric and other rappers from Rostov-on-Don made a group with the new name Kasta, the successor of Psycholyric (The name Kasta was created by the one of the new participants, Basta, who soon left the group and started the solo career) . Shortly afterwards, Tidan left the group. In 1999, Hamil joined Kasta. Kasta then created a group called Объединенная Каста (Obiedenennaya Kasta) which means United Kasta, due to the fact that the original group was becoming too large. Their first show was in Rostov's famous rap club Duncan and Comanchero.
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