Oxxxymiron
| Oxxxymiron Оксимирон |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Miron Yanovich Fyodorov |
| Born |
January 31, 1985 Leningrad, USSR |
| Genres | Hip hop, grime, dubstep, alternative hip hop, battle rap, freestyle rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter, CEO |
| Years active | 2001 (as MC Mif) 2008–present |
| Labels |
Optik Russia (2008–2010) Vagabund (2011) |
| Associated acts | , Madchild, , , Porchy, OHRA, , Jacques Anthony, Rigos, , Horus / Luperkal', dom!No, I1, MC No Limit, Markul, Den Bro, Damany, Chronz |
| Website | oxxxymiron |
Miron Yanovich Fyodorov (Russian: Мирон Янович Фёдоров, born 31 January 1985 in Leningrad), better known by stage name Oxxxymiron is a Russian rapper.
Miron Yanovich Fyodorov was born on 31 January 1985 in Leningrad in a Jewish family. His father is a theoretical physicist and his mother is a librarian. When he was 9 years old, his family emigrated to , Germany. During his studies in Maria Wächtler School, Miron was bullied by his classmates because of his social standing and poor German. At the age of 13 Fyodorov began to write lyrics and rap in German and Russian under the name MC Mif (from Miron Fyodorov) and he was sure that he was the first person to rap in Russian. When he was 15, the Fyodorovs moved to Slough, United Kingdom. In 2004 Miron Fyodorov began studying at the University of Oxford in the faculty of English. During his studies Fyodorov was the president of the Russian community of Oxford. In 2006 he was diagnosed with manic depression and had to stop studying, however he managed to continue studying after a break. In June 2008 he graduated from the university with a degree in Middle English literature.
After university, Fyodorov moved to East End where he restarted his musical career under the name of Oxxxymiron. The name is formed from his first name Miron, rhetorical device oxymoron and triple X, denoting the large amount of profanity in his lyrics. He was not able to find a job because of his perceived overqualification and had to work as a cashier, a translator, a loader, a guide, a stallman, a tutor, an MC and an office clerk.
In 2008, after a seven-year break, Oxxxymiron published a new track London Against Everybody (Russian: Лондон против всех). In the same year he joined a German label Optik Russia where he met Dmitry Khinter aka . In 2008 Oxxxymiron published his first music video, I'm a Hater (Russian: Я хейтер).
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