Jah Khalib
{{Short description|Kazakh-Azerbaijani rapper (born 1993)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Bakhtiyar Mammadov
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|09|29}}
| birth_place = Almaty, Kazakhstan
| origin = Azerbaijani, Kazakh
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Rapper
- singer
- songwriter
- record producer
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| years_active =
| label = Warner Music Russia
| website = {{URL|jahkhalib.com}}
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Bakhtiyar Mammadov ({{langx|az|Bəxtiyar Məmmədov}}, {{langx|kk|Бахтияр Мамедов}}; born 29 September 1993), known professionally as Jah Khalib is a Kazakh-Azerbaijani rapper, singer and record producer.
Biography
Bakhtiyar Mammadov was born on September 29, 1993, in Almaty to an Azerbaijani father and Kazakh mother.{{cite web |url=https://news.day.az/culture/1100821.html |title=Jah Khalib рассказал об азербайджанском характере и джаду |author= |date=11 March 2019 |website=news.day.az |publisher= |access-date=20 February 2021 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://1news.az/news/20190403023403113-Jah-Khalib-V-Azerbaidzhane-moya-krov-nachinaet-bushevat-FOTO-VIDEO |title=Jah Khalib: "В Азербайджане моя кровь начинает бушевать" |author= |date=3 April 2019 |website=1news.az |publisher= |access-date=20 February 2021 |quote=}} He studied musicology and management in the Kazakh National Conservatory.{{cite web |url=https://ztb.kz/persona/jah-khalib-mne-dostatocno-odnogo-lejbla-eto-moj-kazahstan |title=Jah Khalib: "Мне достаточно одного лейбла - это мой Казахстан" |author= |date= |website=ztb.kz |publisher= |access-date=20 February 2021 |quote= |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424100432/https://ztb.kz/persona/jah-khalib-mne-dostatocno-odnogo-lejbla-eto-moj-kazahstan |url-status=dead }}
When starting his solo career, he took on the stage name of Jah Khalib. According to him, Khalib is a fictitious name, while Jah is the name of God in Rastafari. Among his early works, the most popular were "Твои сонные глаза", "SnD", "Сжигая дотла" and "Ты для меня". Soon after, his popularity grew outside Kazakhstan.{{cite web |url=https://forbes.kz/ranking/object/819 |title=Jah Khalib |author= |date= |website=forbes.kz |publisher=Forbes Kazakhstan |access-date=20 February 2021 |quote=}} He released his first solo album in 2016, named "Если че, я Баха".
In 2015 and 2016 he was included in the list of stars of show business and sports of the Forbes Kazakhstan magazine. In June 2017, he won the Muz-TV 2017 Prize for the "Breakthrough of the Year" nomination.{{cite web |url=https://informburo.kz/novosti/kazahstanec-jah-khalib-poluchil-premiyu-muz-tv-v-nominacii-proryv-goda.html |title=Казахстанец Jah Khalib получил премию Муз-ТВ в номинации "Прорыв года" |author= |date=10 June 2017 |website=informburo.kz |publisher= |access-date=20 February 2021 |quote=}} In 2018, he received his first Golden Gramophone Award for the song "Медина" in Moscow.{{cite web |url=https://tengrinews.kz/music/jah-khalib-poluchil-pervyiy-zolotoy-grammofon-358347/ |title=Jah Khalib получил первый "Золотой граммофон" |author= |date=25 November 2018 |website=tengrinews.kz |publisher= |access-date=20 February 2021 |quote=}}
In the summer of 2019, he moved to Kyiv, where he continued to work on his album "Выход в свет".{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDwf0Olv6eY&ab_channel=%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B8 |title=Куда пропал JAH KHALIB ?! ВЫХОД В СВЕТ. Трек с Джамалой. Ходят слухи #51 |author= |date=5 September 2019 |website=youtube.com |publisher= |access-date=20 February 2021 |quote=}} He released the album on 29 October 2019, which contained 14 tracks.
Personal life
He got married in the summer of 2020.{{cite web |url=https://tengrinews.kz/music/jah-khalib-jenilsya-426732/ |title=Jah Khalib женился |author= |date=22 January 2021 |website=tengrinews.kz |publisher= |access-date=20 February 2021 |quote=}} In 2022 he revealed that his wife is Ukrainian, who converted to Islam.{{YouTube|7vltCnW9KhU|Год детей {{!}} Лучшие ценности в воспитании {{!}} Статус женщин в Исламе {{!}} ORTA season 2|t=52m26s}} "...I'll tell you my story, right? I have a wife, she's Ukrainian, she converted to Islam,..." ("...Я расскажу свою историю, да? У меня жена, она украинка, она приняла Ислам,...")
Discography
= Studio albums =
- KHALIBания души - released in 2015
- Джазовый грув - released in 2016
- Всё что мы любим - released in 2016
- Если чё, я Баха - released in 2016
- E.G.O. - released in 2018
- Выход в свет - released in 2019
- 911 - released in 2020
- Баха и Дмитрий Карантино - released in 2020
- Мудрец - released in 2021
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Category:English-language singers from Russia
Category:Azerbaijani musicians