Potap

Alexey Andreevich Potapenko better known as Potap (born May 8, 1981 in Rivne, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian singer, composer, and producer. He usually sings with Nastya Kamenskih or with Dyadya Vadya (Дядя Вадя) and UGO. Currently, he is the producer of the "Empire Label".

Official website of Potap & Nastya: http://potapinastya.com/

Potap was born into a Ukrainian family. He was formerly part of the hip-hop group Vkhid u Zminnomu Vzutti (Вхід у Змінному Взутті) in 2006. He produced one album entitled "Prosto". He also made three video clips to the songs Shtolnya, Prosto and Super, and a soundtrack to the movie "Shtolnya". During the time he was in VUZV he sang in Ukrainian. Potap now sings alongside Nastya Kamenskih in Russian, and they have released many hits that are popular in Ukraine and Russia. Their musical duet has been a great success since their first song, "Ne Para" (не пара).

In 2014, Potap and Kamenskih were criticized in Ukraine for continuing to attend award ceremonies in Russia, while many Ukrainians believed their country was a victim of Russian aggression. On this they responded: "It's a shame that we have to collect the journalists to tell that we are from Ukraine and love our country!" In 2016 "Potap and Nastya" concerts were disrupted in Ukraine in protest of them continuing to tour in Russia.

In spring 2016 all concerts in Western Ukraine were banned due to local activists. Local governments of all capital cities of Western region (Rivne,Lviv,Lutsk,Ivano-Frankivsk,Khmelnytskyj) decided to ban Potap i Nastya concerts because the majority of citizens was against organised events. The same thing happened in other parts of Ukraine.

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