Skryptonite

Adil Kulmagambetov was born on 3 June 1990{{cite web|title=Taxpayer Search|url=http://kgd.gov.kz/ru/services/taxpayer_search|website=kgd.gov.kz}} in the village of Leninsky (now Atameken), Pavlodar Region, northeastern Kazakhstan.{{cite web|author=Andrey Nikitin|title="This is about the guys from the places where I grew up": interview with rapper Skriptonit|url=http://vozduh.afisha.ru/music/eto-pro-pacanov-iz-teh-mest-gde-ya-vyros-intervyu-so-skriptonitom/|website=vozduh.afisha.ru|date=17 July 2015}} He is the son of Oralbek Zhalelovich Kulmagambetov (born 1 September 1953).

Zhälelov developed an interest in music during his teenage years, citing rap as a primary influence by age 11. By 15, he had begun composing his own music.{{cite web|author=Natalya Nagovitsyna|title=Skriptonit: "I do not want people under eighteen to listen to my songs"|url=http://www.sobaka.ru/city/music/42476|website=www.sobaka.ru|date=27 December 2015}} He later reportedly changed his surname from Kulmagambetov to Zhälelov (a patronymic derived from his father’s first name, Oralbek), though official records, including the Kazakh State Revenue Committee registry, continue to list him under his birth name.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJv3hKzViZ0|title=Rapper Skriptonit from Leninsky settlement|date=August 14, 2016|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=2016-08-15}}

In 2009, Skryptonite co-founded the hip-hop group JILLZ alongside collaborator Anuar Baimuratov (stage name Niman). The lineup also included Yuri Drobitko (Yurik Thursday), Sayan Zhimbaev (Truwer), Azamat Alpysbaev (Six O), and Aidos Dzhumalinov (Strong Symphony). Prior to signing with the Russian label Gazgolder, Skryptonite independently released several singles that gained traction, establishing him as a pioneer of authentic trap music in the CIS region.{{cite web|author=Alexey Aleev|title=Nothing to do at home|url=http://www.zvuki.ru/R/P/73110/|website=www.zvuki.ru|date=25 November 2015}}

A pivotal moment came in 2013 with the release of the music video for «VBVVCTND» (stands for "Vybor bez variantov — vse chto ty nam dal") (Russian: «Выбор без вариантов — всё что ты нам дал»; {{Translation|Choice without options is all you gave us}}),{{cite web|author=Nikolai Redkin|title=8 new faces of hip-hop|url=http://daily.afisha.ru/archive/volna/heroes/8-novyh-lic-hiphopa/| website=daily.afisha.ru|date=7 July 2015}} a collaboration with Niman. The track’s success attracted attention from Gazgolder, which signed Skryptonite on 27 February 2014.{{cite web|author=Nikolai Redkin|title=6 facts about Skriptonite, told by himself|url=http://the-flow.ru/features/skriptonit-interview|website=the-flow.ru|date=24 November 2015}} He later cited 2014 as the defining year of his career.

In 2015, Skryptonite contributed to the collaborative album Basta / Smokey Mo with Russian rappers Basta and Smoky Mo. Its single «Cosmos», featuring singer {{ill|Dasha Charusha|ru|Чаруша, Дарья Борисовна}}, peaked on iTunes charts and ranked 22nd on The Flow's "50 Best Tracks of 2015".{{cite web|title=50 Best Tracks of 2015, Part 3|url=http://the-flow.ru/features/treki-2015-30-21|website=the-flow.ru| date= December 27, 2015}} Concurrently, his music videos for «Ice» and «Slumdog Millionaire» amassed millions of YouTube views,{{cite web|title=Scriptonite's debut album is out|url=http://aonehiphop.ru/news/Vyshel_debyutnyy_albom_Skriptonita/|website=aonehiphop.ru|date=25 November 2015}} with the latter securing #2 in Rap.ru’s Best Russian Clips of 2015. The Flow also ranked «Ice» at #46 in its annual top tracks list.{{cite web|title=50 Best Tracks of 2015|url=http://the-flow.ru/features/treki-2015-50-41| website=the-flow.ru| date=25 December 2015}}

By October 2015, Skryptonite was shortlisted for the Hip-Hop Award at the Jägermeister Indie Awards.{{cite web|title=Jagermeister Indie Awards finalists announced|url=http://www.colta.ru/news/8944|website=/www.colta.ru|date= October 21, 2015}} In 2016, he was nominated for Discovery of the Year by GQ Russia.{{cite web|url=http://www.gq.ru/moty/question/2016/|title=Voting 2016 | GQ Man of the Year|publisher=www.gq.ru|access-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814140214/http://www.gq.ru/moty/question/2016/|archive-date=August 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}

Skryptonite released his debut studio album, House with Normal Phenomena (Russian: Дом с нормальными явлениями; stylized as an allusion to the film "House with Paranormal Phenomena") on 24 November 2015. The album debuted at number two on the iTunes album chart in Russia, surpassing rapper Oxxxymiron’s Gorgorod and trailing only British singer Adele's then-new release.

Gazeta.Ru columnist Yaroslav Zabaluev praised the album’s conceptual depth and genre diversity, noting: "In an hour and a half, [Skryptonite] delivers not just atmospheric work but a stylistic mosaic—from trap and New York hip-hop to near-gospel."{{cite web| author=Yaroslav Zabaluev|title=5 best November albums|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2015/11/26/a_7917389.shtml|website=www.gazeta.ru|date=26 November 2015}}

The album became one of the most acclaimed Russian-language rap releases of 2015,{{cite web|author=Kirill Molokov|title=Scriptonite - "House with Normal Phenomena"|url=http://www.rollingstone.ru/music/review/22420.html|website=www.rollingstone.ru|date=26 November 2015|access-date=3 October 2021|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101137/http://www.rollingstone.ru/music/review/22420.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|author=Andrey Nikitin|title=What happened to the music. Scriptonite, Tesla Boy, Coldplay, M.I.A, Tame Impala and more|url=http://vozduh.afisha.ru/music/skriptonit-tesla-boy-coldplay-mia-tame-impala-i-drugie/|website=vozduh.afisha.ru|date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100445/http://vozduh.afisha.ru/music/skriptonit-tesla-boy-coldplay-mia-tame-impala-i-drugie/|archive-date=2015-12-22}}{{cite web|author=Lesha Gorbash|title=Review: Scriptonite "House with Normal Phenomena"|url=http://the-flow.ru/music/skriptonite-dom-review| website=the-flow.ru|date=31 December 2015}} earning Skryptonite Rapper of the Year honors from Colta.ru.{{cite web|author=Denis Boyarinov|title=Totals of the Year. Our pop music|url=http://www.colta.ru/articles/music_modern/9686|website=www.colta.ru|date=23 December 2015}} It ranked among the year’s best albums in multiple publications:

• #6 in Afisha's 30 Best Albums of 2015{{cite web|title=30 Best Albums of the Year|url=http://daily.afisha.ru/music/202-30-lchshih-albomov-goda/|website=daily.afisha.ru|year=2015}}
• #1 in Rap.ru’s and The Flow’s respective rankings of top Russian-language albums{{cite web|title=Total year: best Russian albums, part 2 |url=http://www.rap.ru/reading/20271|website=www.rap.ru|date=31 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=33 best Russian albums of 2015, final|url=http://the-flow.ru/features/2015-nashi-albomi-3|website=the-flow.ru|date=15 January 2015}}
• Included in Gazeta.Ru's 20 Best Albums of 2015{{cite web|author=Yaroslav Zabaluev |title=20 Best Albums of 2015|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2015/12/30/a_8003723.shtml|website=www.gazeta.ru|date=31 December 2015}}

Three tracks from the album garnered significant attention:

• «Style»: Its music video ranked #5 in Rap.ru’s Best Russian Videos of 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/reading/20263|title=Total year: best Russian videos|date=2015-12-25|website=www.rap.ru|access-date=2015-12-28}} while the song placed 15th in The Flow’s Top 50 Tracks of 2015.{{cite web|title=50 Best Tracks of 2015, Part 4|url=http://the-flow.ru/features/treki-2015-20-11|website=the-flow.ru|date= December 28, 2015}}
• «Dance by Yourself»: Ranked #3 in the same Top 50 Tracks list.{{cite web|title=50 best tracks of 2015, final|url=http://the-flow.ru/features/treki-2015-10-1| website=the-flow.ru|date= December 28, 2015}}
• «Priton»: Its video was included in Afisha’s 100 Greatest Clips of 2015.{{cite web|author=Andrey Nikitin|title=100 Greatest Clips of the Year. Part Five: From Skriptonite to "Silver"|url=http://daily.afisha.ru/music/167-100-velikih-klipov-goda-chast-pyataya-ot-skriptonita-do-serebra/|website=daily.afisha.ru|date=December 30, 2015}}

Skryptonite initially planned to release his second studio album concurrently with his 2015 debut, House with Normal Phenomena. In a January 2016 interview with Meduza, he announced the near-completion of an album titled 3P (stylized as Tripy), slated for release that month.{{cite web|author=Alexei Ponomarev|title="Our upbringing is different, the mentality is different": Interview with rapper Scriptonite who released one of 2015's best albums in Russian|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2016/01/21/u-nas-vospitanie-drugoe-mental-drugoy| website=meduza.io|date=21 January 2016}} However, the project was delayed indefinitely and later retitled Hotel Everest.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://pianokafe.com/artist/skriptonit/about/|title=Skryptonite - Biography / History|website=pianokafe.com|access-date=2021-09-01}}

In September 2016, Skryptonite was named Discovery of the Year by the Russian edition of GQ magazine.

On 29 October 2016, the collective Jillzay Band—of which Skryptonite was a member—released the 18-track album 718 Jungle.{{cite web|url=http://the-flow.ru/releases/jillzay-718-jungle|title=Jillzay group, which includes Scriptonite, has released "718 Jungle"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2016-10-29|access-date=2016-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029175618/http://the-flow.ru/releases/jillzay-718-jungle|archive-date=2016-10-29}} Skryptonite contributed vocals and production to half of the album’s tracks.

On 7 March 2017, the collective Jillzay released the mini-album Open Season.{{cite web|url=http://the-flow.ru/releases/jillzay-open-season-ep|title=Jillzay's new EP - "Open Season"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2017-03-07|access-date=2017-03-28}}

Skryptonite’s second studio album, A Celebration on 36th Street (Russian: Праздник на улице 36), was released on 24 May 2017. Hours prior, he dropped the single «Outro»{{cite web|url=http://the-flow.ru/news/skriptonit-outro|title=Scrantonite released the new track "Outro," helped by fellow Jillzay|publisher=the-flow.ru|date=2017-05-24|access-date=2017-05-24}} and a dual music video for «Party» (as Skryptonite) and «Bar "2 Lesbuchi"» (as Jillzay).{{cite web|url=http://the-flow.ru/videos/scriptonite-jillzay-vecherinka-bar-lesbuhi|title=Scriptonite and Jillzay "Party" / "Bar '2 Lesbuchi"|publisher=the-flow.ru|date=2017-05-24|access-date=2017-05-24}} At the album’s launch event on 26 May 2017 at Saint Petersburg's Club A2, Skryptonite announced plans for another album—initially titled Street 36—to be released later that year. In an interview with L'Officiel editor-in-chief Ksenia Sobchak, he described Street 36 as a double album diverging stylistically from his earlier work and addressing personal struggles.

Following the dissolution of Jillzay, Skryptonite founded the music label Zorski,{{cite web|title=rap-singer 104: "For me the most important thing is to make the music sound"|url=http://www.trendspace.ru/culture/chetverg/|date=2017-09-23|website=www.trendspace. ru|access-date=2018-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609020747/http://www.trendspace.ru/culture/chetverg/|archive-date=2018-06-09|url-status=dead}} signing artists 104 (Yuri Drobitko), Truwer (Sayan Zhimbaev), and Benz (Altynbek Merkanov). In September 2017, 104 and Truwer released their collaborative album Safari, co-produced by Skryptonite.{{cite web|title=104 and Truwer released album "Safari"|url=http://the-flow.ru/releases/104-i-truwer-safari|date=2017-09-21|website=the-flow.ru|access-date=2018-01-07}}

On 16 December 2017, Skryptonite unveiled his third studio album, the double concept work {{ill|Uroboros (Skryptonite album)|lt=Uroboros|ru|Уроборос (альбом)|italics=on}}, comprising Uroboros: Street 36 and Uroboros: Mirrors.{{cite web|title=A new album by Scriptonite was released. In two parts! Listen to it now|url=https://meduza.io/shapito/2017/12/16/vyshel-novyy-albom-skriptonita-v-dvuh-chastyah-poslushayte-ego-pryamo-seychas|date=2017-12-16|publisher=Meduza|access-date=2017-12-16}} The title references the uroboros, a mythical serpent symbolizing cyclicality. Explaining the choice to Gazeta.Ru he stated:  

"...I realized this image resonates with me, tied to the number 36. The ouroboros—a snake devouring itself—embodies self-improvement through self-destruction, which mirrors my journey."{{cite news|title=I could take pictures with stacks of money from morning till night|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2017/12/28/a_11558348.shtml|website=www.gazeta.ru|access-date=2018-02-04}}

The album premiered at Club A2 in Saint Petersburg. During an Instagram Live broadcast that day, Skryptonite declared rap "outdated" and announced a 2–3 year hiatus from solo projects.{{cite web|url=http://the-flow.ru/news/skriptonit-aga-nu|title=Skriptonit "Rap as a format is outdated for me. I have nothing more to say in rap format"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2017-12-16|access-date=2017-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216222926/http://the-flow.ru/news/skriptonit-aga-nu|archive-date=2017-12-16}}

On 9 August 2018, Skryptonite released «Glupye i Nenuzhnye» (transl. Stupid and Unnecessary), the first single from his new collective Gruppa Skryptonite.{{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/gruppa-skryptonite-1-single|title=Skryptonite released the debut song of his new project|website=the-flow.ru|date=2018-08-09|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812092049/http://the-flow.ru/news/gruppa-skryptonite-1-single|archive-date=2018-08-12}} Notably, its music video premiered on the group’s official YouTube channel instead of Gazgolder's.{{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/videos/gruppa-skryptonite-glupye-i-nenuzhnye|title=Gruppa Skryptonite "Stupid and Necessary"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2018-08-09|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812092148/http://the-flow.ru/videos/gruppa-skryptonite-glupye-i-nenuzhnye|archive-date=2018-08-12}}

On 24 October 2018, Skryptonite collaborated with T-Fest, 104, and Niman on the single «Multi-Brand».{{cite news|title=Scrantonite, T-Fest, 104, Niman "Multi-Brand"|url=https://the-flow.ru/videos/skriptonit-t-fest-104-niman-multibrendovyy|work=The-Flow.ru|access-date=2018-10-29|language=ru}} The same day, he appeared on the premiere episode of GazLive’s second season, announcing his return to rap and work on an EP featuring unreleased material from the Ouroboros sessions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo34Nr6sQzI|title=GAZLIVE {{!}} Скриптонит|author=ТО "Gazgolder"|website=YouTube|date=2018-10-24|access-date=2018-10-29}}

In 2019, Skryptonite co-founded the label Musica36 with collaborators 104, Truwer, and Dose.{{cite web|title=Hot in hell today: Skryptonite, 104 and Dose release track in new mystery publisher|url=http://www.rap.ru/news/11164|date=2019-02-14|website=the-flow.ru|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402112739/http://www.rap.ru/news/11164|archive-date=2019-04-02}}{{cite web|title=104 released track "In Hell Is Hot Today"|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/scriptonite-104-dose-v-adu-segodnya|date=2019-02-14|website=the-flow.ru|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214080927/https://the-flow.ru/news/scriptonite-104-dose-v-adu-segodnya|archive-date=2019-02-14}} The label released five singles between February and March:

• «It’s Hot in Hell Today» (104 featuring Dose and Skryptonite){{Cite web|url=https://textic.ru/272949-skriptonit-104-dose-v-adu-segodnja-zharko.html|title = Listen to music online for free | Popular music}}
• «Liquor Bath» (Dose){{cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/news/11250|title=Dose "Liquor Bath": debut rap track by Kazakh producer Strong Symphony|website=rap.ru|date=2019-03-04|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402113239/http://www.rap.ru/news/11250|archive-date=2019-04-02}}{{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/dose-likernaya-vanna|title=Dose "Liquor Bathtub"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2019-03-04|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304140324/https://the-flow.ru/news/dose-likernaya-vanna|archive-date=2019-03-04}}
• «Podruga» (Gruppa Skryptonite; accompanied by a music video){{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/gruppa-skryptonite-podruga-teaser|title=Gruppa Skryptonite has a "Podruga" music video out. There is a teaser|website=the-flow.ru|date=2019-03-04|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304140305/https://the-flow.ru/news/gruppa-skryptonite-podruga-teaser|archive-date=2019-03-04}}{{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/videos/gruppa-skryptonite-podruga|title=Gruppa Skryptonite "Podruga"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2019-03-06|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306104204/https://the-flow.ru/videos/gruppa-skryptonite-podruga|archive-date=2019-03-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/news/11264|title=Gruppa Skryptonite "Podruga": second clip of Skrpitonite's new project|website=rap.ru|date=2019-03-06|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306104326/http://www.rap.ru/news/11264|archive-date=2019-03-06}}
• «Sinsemilla» (104 with Skryptonite, Vander Phil, and Rigos){{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/104-skriptonit-vander-fil-i-rigos-sinsemilla|title=104, Scriptonite, Vander Phil and Rigos - in the track "Sinsemilla"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2019-03-08|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308104354/https://the-flow.ru/news/104-skriptonit-vander-fil-i-rigos-sinsemilla|archive-date=2019-03-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/news/11270|title=Scriptonite, 104, Vander Phil, Rigos "Sinsemilla": a track for March 8 in which a woman is not singing|website=rap.ru|date=2019-03-08|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402113906/http://www.rap.ru/news/11270|archive-date=2019-04-02}}
• «Danced» (Dose featuring Andy Panda){{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/dose-andy-panda-tancevala|title="Tancevala" is a fit of Dose and Andy Panda|website=the-flow.ru|date=2019-03-10|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310125134/https://the-flow.ru/news/dose-andy-panda-tancevala|archive-date=2019-03-10}}

Gruppa Skryptonite performed «Podruga» live on 31 March 2019,{{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/gruppa-skryptonite-live-studio|title=View fresh Gruppa Skryptonite live performance of the song "Podruga"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2019-03-21|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321231922/https://the-flow.ru/news/gruppa-skryptonite-live-studio|archive-date=2019-03-21}} followed by reworked versions of «Priton» and «Suka tashit nas na dno» (originally from House with Normal Phenomena) on 1 April.{{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/gruppa-skryptonite-live2|title=Gruppa Skryptonite performed covers of Skryptonite songs|website=the-flow.ru|date=2019-04-01|access-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401110551/https://the-flow.ru/news/gruppa-skryptonite-live2|archive-date=2019-04-01}}

On 5 April 2019, the collective released their debut EP, Solitude, featuring six tracks including earlier singles.{{cite web |date=2019-04-05 |title=Gruppa Skryptonite "Solitude" |url=https://the-flow.ru/releases/gruppa-skryptonie-solitude |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405024956/https://the-flow.ru/releases/gruppa-skryptonie-solitude |archive-date=2019-04-05 |access-date=2019-04-05 |website=the-flow.ru}}{{cite web |date=2019-04-05 |title=Gruppa Skryptonite "Solitude": debut EP of Skryptonite side-project |url=http://www.rap.ru/discography/1867 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405025638/http://www.rap.ru/discography/1867 |archive-date=2019-04-05 |access-date=2019-04-05 |website=rap.ru}}

On 28 June 2019, Skryptonite dropped the maxi-single Frozen, containing collaborations with Andy Panda and solo tracks.{{cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/releases/skriptonit-zamerz|title=Skriptonit unexpectedly released the single "Freeze"|website=the-flow.ru|date=2019-06-28|access-date=2019-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628143337/https://the-flow.ru/releases/skriptonit-zamerz|archive-date=2019-06-28}} His fourth studio album, 2004, followed on 24 December 2019, featuring guest appearances by Andy Panda, 104, Truwer, MDee, and Ryda.{{cite web|language=ru|url=https://the-flow.ru/releases/skriptonit-2004|title=Scriptonite "2004"|website=the-flow.ru|access-date=2021-09-01}}

Reflecting on the album for Apple Music, Skryptonite stated:

"I started writing this album a little over a year ago. I wasn't going to write a rap album, but nevertheless new songs were written and for some reason quite easily.

This is the first album that I wrote all the music on myself, even though on the other records most of the music was mine too. It doesn't have any narrative concept or storyline stretching from beginning to end, but it sounds solid and very special to me personally. Probably because it's almost all done with all sorts of analog synths and drum machines and sounds warm, like the 2000s.

For me, it's the first album that I can listen to in the background and not think about it being my record."

On 20 February 2020, 104 released the album Cinema Without Cigarettes, with Skryptonite contributing to three tracks: «Not Sorry» (with {{ill|MiyaGi & Endshpil|lt=Miyagi|ru|MiyaGi & Эндшпиль}}), «Snow», and «Pipes» (with Saluki).

On 13 November 2020, Skryptonite and Niman unveiled the collaborative EP PVL Is Back, featuring four tracks addressing themes of excess, relationships, and legal struggles.

Skryptonite describes his music as "Kazakh rap" and rejects being labeled a "Russian performer" or his work as "Russian rap". His early lyrics focused on childhood experiences and school life, later transitioning to self-referential "rap about rap" before shifting to socially relevant themes in the early 2010s.{{cite web|author=Radif Kashapov|title=Scryptonite: "I do not like when they say that I make Russian rap"|url=http://www.colta.ru/articles/music_modern/9760|website=/www.colta.ru|date=4 January 2016}}

Unlike many Russian-language rappers who prioritize complex lyricism, Skryptonite emphasizes production and musicality, often handling composition and instrumentation himself. Critics and fans note his distinct vocal delivery—a slurred, laid-back style humorously dubbed "Yeltsin-flow"—which, paired with his gritty timbre, defined the experimental sound of his debut album House with Normal Phenomena.{{cite web|author=Tagir Vagapov, Andrey Nikitin, Nikolai Ovchinnikov, Sergey Stepanov, Nikita Velichko|title=New albums by Coldplay, Adele, Scriptonite, Cobain, Arca, Erica Badu and others|url=http://daily.afisha.ru/archive/vozduh/music/coldplay-adel-skriptonit-kobeyn-arca-erika-badu-i-drugie/|website=daily.afisha.ru|date=10 December 2015}} To maintain artistic independence, he avoids listening to Russian-language music, including works by peers.{{cite web|author=Ruslan Munnibaev|title=Basta to Scriptonite: "Helping is a fucking burden"|url=http://www.interviewrussia.ru/music/basta-skriptonitu-pomogat-eto-pipec-obremenenie|website=www.interviewrussia.ru|date=December 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221012132/http://www.interviewrussia.ru/music/basta-skriptonitu-pomogat-eto-pipec-obremenenie|archive-date=2015-12-21|language=en}}

Following House with Normal Phenomena's release, Skryptonite received widespread acclaim. Russian rapper Oxxxymiron praised the album’s "musical frenzy and originality,"{{cite web|title=Oxxxymiron: "Rap has finally become the number one genre in Russian music"|url=http://the-flow.ru/features/oxxxy-o-duhe-vremeni|website=the-flow.ru|date=25 November 2015}} while artists such as: Pencil (Denis Grigoryev), Johnyboy (Denis Vasilenko), ATL (Sergey Kruppov),{{cite web|title="He fired Russian rap": how the Internet met Skriptonit album| url=http://www.rap.ru/news/6890| website=www.rap.ru|date=24 November 2015}} Ivan Dorn,{{cite web|author=Lesha Gorbash|title=Ivan Dorn: "I want to dive into the underground"|url=http://the-flow.ru/features/dorn-interview|issue=the-flow.ru|date=December 16, 2015}} and Guf (Alexei Dolmatov) lauded its innovation and production.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcW8p345I1E|title=Guf - about heroine, divorce and new life / Revealed interview|time=2301s}}

• 2015 — House with Normal Phenomena
• 2017 — A Celebration on 36th Street
• 2017 — Ouroboros: Street 36 / Mirrors
• 2019 — 2004
• 2021 — Whistles and Papers
• 2021 — Bad Habits (with Indablack & qurt)
• 2023 — YEAHH, Pt. 1
• 2024 — YEAHH, Pt. 2

• 2017 — Open Season (with Jillzay)
• 2019 — Solitude (with Gruppa Skryptonite)
• 2019 — Frozen
• 2019 — Don't Lie, Don't Believe (with 104)
• 2020 — PVL is Back (with Niman)

• 2015 — To You (with Gazgolder artists)
• 2016 — 718 Jungle (with Jillzay)
• 2019 — Musica36: How I Spent This Summer (with Musica36 artists)

Skryptonite maintains strict privacy regarding his personal life, abstaining from sharing family photos or details on social media. However, in April 2017, a brief appearance in Basta's music video for «Sansara»{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiCL0-U9WxI|title=Basta - Sansara (featuring. D.Arbenina, A.F. Sklyar, S. Bobunets, SunSay, Ant (25/17) and Skriptonit)|author=TO "Gazgolder"|website=YouTube|date=2017-04-10|access-date=2018-02-20}} showed him holding an infant. He later confirmed the child was his son, Luchi (named after Skryptonite’s mother), born on 19 January 2016. The mother, Nigora Abdiganieva, is a dancer and choreographer from Shymkent, Kazakhstan, whom Skryptonite met years prior to his fame. The couple dated for several years before separating.

Abdiganieva, credited as Nigora, appeared in multiple music videos prior to 2013, including:

• «Это ЮГ» (This Is the South) with rapper Aidan (2012), featuring her rapping and dancing.
• «Джага» with B. Jigga and Davinci.
• A cameo in Kazakh rapper HIRO’s «Вверх» (Up) (2012).
• Skryptonite’s «Green Theater» concert invitation video.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqTf3vJDTAw|title=Скриптонит - Приглашение в Зеленый Театр 2014|author=ТО "Gazgolder"|website=YouTube|date=2014-07-14|access-date=2018-02-20}}

In a 2018 interview with journalist Yuri Dud,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erg5QTkY4xI|title=Scryptonit - big candid interview / inDud|author=inDud|website=YouTube|date=2017-06-06|access-date=2018-02-20}} Skryptonite revealed that after Luchi’s birth, he relocated his family to Moscow. Abdiganieva later returned to Shymkent with their son, resuming her career at a local dance studio. The rapper acknowledged infrequent visits due to his demanding work schedule, stating he rarely travels to Kazakhstan to see them.

• 2016 — GQ Russia — Winner, Discovery of the Year ("Man of the Year" awards).{{cite web |url = http://www.gq.ru/moty/gq_chelovek_goda_2016/163685_otkrytie_goda_2016_skriptonit.php |title = Discovery of the Year 2016: Scriptonite |date = 2016-09-13 |publisher = GQ |access-date = 2016-09-13 |archive-date = 2016-09-14 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160914143745/http://www.gq.ru/moty/gq_chelovek_goda_2016/163685_otkrytie_goda_2016_skriptonit.php |url-status = dead }}
• 2016 — The Real MusicBox Award — Winner, Out of Format category.
• 2021 — Apple Music Awards — Winner, Artist of the Year (Russia).{{Cite web|title=Apple announces third annual Apple Music Award winners|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/11/apple-announces-third-annual-apple-music-award-winners/|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Apple Newsroom|language=en-US}}

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