Timati

Timur Ildarovich Yunusov ({{langx|tt|Тимур Илдар улы Юнусов|Timur Ildar Uly Yunisov}}, {{langx|ru|link=no|Тиму́р Ильда́рович Юну́сов}}) was born on 15 August 1983 in Moscow to an ethnically mixed familyKamenev, Marina (January 18, 2008). "[http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=24774 The word on the street] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120918104933/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=24774 |date=September 18, 2012 }}". The St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2009-06-14. of Tatar father Ildar Vakhitovich Yunusov and Jewish mother Simona Yakovlevna Yunusova (née Chernomorskaya); he also has a younger brother, Artyom. He grew up in a wealthy industrialist family, saying "I have very wealthy parents", but "I was never spoiled."[http://www.mk.ru/old/article/2006/12/25/173568-timati-ya-sovershenno-unikalen.html Timati: I'm totally unique!] December 25, 2006

He was raised mainly on Mira Avenue in Moscow. His current stage name "Timati" has stuck with him since he was young.Redeeva, Elena (December 25, 2006). "[https://archive.today/20130113143437/http://www.mk.ru/none/173568.html Тимати: Я совершенно уникален!]" (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets. Retrieved 2009-06-14. Yunusov also lived in Los Angeles for 3 years. At the urgent request of his grandfather, composer and conductor Yakov Chervomorsky, Timur graduated from violin class in music school.Gasparyan, Artur (November 18, 2009). "[http://ulture/article/2009/11/18/387691_timati-pontyi-i-revolyutsiya.html Тимати: понты юция]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}" (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets. He studied at the Higher School of Economics, and finished his third year, but left to focus on his music career. He later became associated with the YPS squad. His first single came out with Konaldo.

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He became well known to the Russian community from the music reality show Star Factory 4, but before it he collaborated with Detsl. Member of the group Banda ({{langx|ru|link=no|Банда}}; lit. "Gang") and co-founder of VIP 77. Former owner of B-Club nightclub, the bar Black October and the stores Ё-Life. He is the CEO of his label called "Black Star Inc". In 2006, was featured in Heat produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk. In 2008, Timati was featured in a Fat Joe song called "Put U Take It", also featuring German rapper Nox and Raul, produced by Scott Storch, referencing Jacob Arabo. In 2008 Mario Winans featured Timati in the single "Forever". In the same year, Timati appeared in the comedy film Hitler goes Kaput!. Timati, in 2009, featured Snoop Dogg in the single "Groove On".

Michael 'Mike' David is currently Timati's UK producer. He is responsible for Timati's collaborations with foreign artists, such as Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, and Mario Winans, and much of Timati's popularity in the Western world.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

In summer 2011, he topped the charts in Luxembourg, Poland, and Romania with the single "Welcome to St. Tropez" vs. DJ Antoine and feat. Kalenna Harper from Diddy – Dirty Money, shortly after being nominated for the best clip in Russia's Capital Moscow with "I'm on You" feat. P Diddy. The clip was created by Timati's old friend and partner, Pavel Hoodyakov, in the U.S.

In 2016, Timati gave his biggest solo performance in the Olympic Stadium in Moscow. The concert was attended by 15,000 people and featured a 3D installation, a car on stage and other spectacular show elements.{{Cite web|url=https://www.muz1.tv/events/7314|title=Тимати покорил главный Олимп страны - Музыка Первого|website=www.muz1.tv}}

On the night of 21 June 2018 Timati and Egor Kreed held an unauthorized mass event in Moscow on Bolshaya Dmitrovka by staging an impromptu performance right on the roof of a car, which caused a major traffic jam on the street.{{cite web |url=https://www.dni.ru/showbiz/2018/6/21/400633.html |title=После бессовестной выходки Тимати грозит арест |author=Алексеева Руслана |date=2018-07-21 |publisher=Дни.ру |access-date=2018-07-21}} This action was devoted to the opening of Timati's beauty salon. The next day, lawyer Alexander Khaminsky filed an application to initiate a case on this incident in the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tver and the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate.{{cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/social/2018/07/12/na-timati-i-krida-zaveli-delo-za-probku-v-centre-moskvy.html |title=На Тимати и Крида завели дело за пробку в центре Москвы |date=2018-07-12 |publisher=Московский комсомолец |access-date=2018-07-21}}{{cite web |url=https://ura.news/news/1052343594 |title=Тимати и Егору Криду грозит арест |author=Береснев Вячеслав |date=2018-07-20 |publisher=Ура.ру |access-date=2018-07-21}}{{cite web |url=https://kp.ru/daily/26854/3896924/ |title=Тимати и Егора Крида, станцевавших на крыше внедорожника в Москве, могут арестовать на 15 суток |author=Еленин Семён |date=2018-07-13 |publisher=Комсомольская правда |access-date=2018-07-21}} The court was appointed on 1 August 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3042267 |title=Искусство или хулиганство? Творчество Тимати и Егора Крида оценит полиция |date=2018-07-25 |publisher=Вести.ру |access-date=2018-07-21}}

In 2021, Timati's music video Scandal featuring Hanza and Oweek received a nomination at the Berlin Music Video Awards for Best Visual Effects. The VFX company behind the music video is HoodyFX.{{Cite web|last=Berlin Music Video Awards|date=30 April 2021|title=2021 Nominees|url=https://www.berlinmva.com/2021-nominees-full/|website=www.berlinmva.com}}

Timati calls the Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov a friend and brother.{{Cite web|title=Звездный скандал: за Тимати вступился Кадыров, за Билана - Басков|url=https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2115795|date=2014-11-11|website=vesti.ru|language=ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111160932/https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html%3Fid%3D2115795|archive-date=2014-11-11}}{{Verify source|date=May 2020}} In 2017, Timati shared an Instagram post of himself posing in Kadyrov's private jet.{{Cite web |last=Rothrock |first=Kevin |date=2017-03-08 |title=Opulence, Chechnya's Ruler Has It |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/03/08/rapper-accidentally-reveals-lavish-private-jet-apparently-belonging-to-chechen-ruler-ramzan-kadyrov-a57370 |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}} When anti-corruption activists highlighted this, Timati removed the Instagram post.

He participated in a political video to support Vladimir Putin during the 2012 Russian presidential election.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/1PGxy57RBqU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229134421/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PGxy57RBqU&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PGxy57RBqU| title = Тимати: Я голосую за Путина | website=YouTube| date = 23 February 2012 }}{{cbignore}} During the 2018 Russian presidential election, he endorsed and was an official supporter of Vladimir Putin.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/gKxx9euGKh8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20191001045035/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxx9euGKh8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxx9euGKh8| title = Путин - о Тимати | website=YouTube| date = 20 December 2018 }}{{cbignore}}

During the repression of candidates for the election of the Moscow State Duma, police brutality was used to hold back protestors and Timati collaborated with another rapper "Guf" to make "Москва" (Moscow), a song including the chorus "my best friend is President Putin", dissing the protesters and Russian opposition movement while praising the mayor of Moscow, the Kremlin, and Vladimir Putin and the video amassed 1.48 million dislikes on YouTube, the highest amount for a Russian video on YouTube before Russian rapper MORGENSHTERN broke the record for a music video for song "Pososi". Later, Timati deleted the "Moscow" video due to a "wave of negativity".{{Cite web |date=2019-09-10 |title=Pro-Putin rapper sets record for unpopularity on Russian YouTube |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/pro-putin-rapper-sets-record-for-unpopularity-on-russian-youtube |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Саша Чест feat. Тимати - Лучший друг (Премьера клипа, 2015) | date=6 October 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp9pfvneKf4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/jp9pfvneKf4 |language=en |access-date=2021-04-25 |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web |title=Timati - Лучший друг (Lučšij drug) lyrics + English translation |url=https://lyricstranslate.com/en/%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3-best-friend.html |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=lyricstranslate.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-09-13 |title=Pro-Putin Rapper Pulls YouTube Video After Backlash |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pro-putin-star-pulls-youtube-video-rap-becomes-political-battleground-1239104 |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2019-09-10 |title=Moscow rap becomes most-disliked Russian YouTube video |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-49647759 |access-date=2021-04-25}}{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Moscow |date=2019-09-09 |title=Pro-Government Rap Video Smashes Russian YouTube Record With 1M Dislikes |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/09/pro-government-rap-video-smashes-russian-youtube-record-with-1m-dislikes-a67206 |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}{{Citation |title=САМОЕ ХУДШЕЕ ВИДЕО НА РУССКОМ ЮТУБЕ (Тимати, Гуф, Москва) | date=10 September 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Nb5qTr8oU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/V-Nb5qTr8oU |language=en |access-date=2021-04-25 |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web |title=Новое самое дизлайкнутое видео на российском ютьюбе — последний клип Моргенштерна |url=https://daily.afisha.ru/infoporn/15890-novoe-samoe-dizlayknutoe-video-na-rossiyskom-yutyube-posledniy-klip-morgenshterna/ |access-date=2021-05-28 |website=Афиша}}

On 18 March 2022, Timati sang at Vladimir Putin's Moscow rally, celebrating the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation from Ukraine and justifying the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |title=По приколу пошли, не всерьез |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/03/19/po-prikolu-poshli-ne-vseriez |work=Meduza |date=18 March 2022 |language=ru}}

On Timati's merchandise store, Black Star Wear, Timati collaborated with the Russian Army with military-style clothes but users found nearly identical clothing being sold on Chinese online marketplace AliExpress being rebranded and price gouged on Black Star Wear. Similarly, the wireless earphones also sold on Black Star Wear that were branded as "unique" also were traced back to near identical AliExpress counterparts. Timati then did a brand deal with AliExpress, making a short rap video promoting AliExpress, praising AliExpress for delivery speed and good deals on the website.{{Cite web |last=Guzeva |first=Alexandra |date=2019-07-12 |title=Who is Timati, the Russian rapper behind Black Star Burger's global ambitions? |url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/330652-timati-black-star-russian-rapper |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=www.rbth.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Щербаков |first=Александр |date=2019-03-21 |title=На AliExpress нашли наушники "от Тимати". Цена удивляет |url=https://hi-tech.mail.ru/news/naushniki-timati-kopiya/ |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=hi-tech.mail.ru}}{{Cite web |title=Пользователи Сети уличили Тимати в подделке наушников с AliExpress |url=https://teleprogramma.pro/news/542950-polzovateli-seti-ulichili-timati-v-poddelke-naushnikov-s-3434/ |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=teleprogramma.pro |date=March 22, 2019 |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Тимати выпустил наушники за 7000 рублей. На AliExpress такие стоят 2000 |url=https://www.iguides.ru/main/gadgets/timati_vypustil_naushniki_za_7000_rubley/ |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=iguides.ru/|date=March 21, 2019 }}{{Cite web |title=Тимати уличили в подделке наушников с AliExpress и продаже втрое дороже |url=https://point.md/ru/novosti/v-mire/timati-ulichili-v-poddelke-naushnikov-s-aliexpress-i-prodazhe-vtroe-dorozhe |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=point.md |language=ru}}

• 2008 – "The Moor"{{Cite web|url=https://kino.mail.ru/news/16120_timati_sygraet_v_kino_mavra/|title=Тимати сыграет в кино Мавра|date=September 1, 2008|website=Кино Mail.ru}} – producer books
• 2009 – "Audio of Audi. History of the brand"{{Cite web|url=http://5koleso.ru/news/vse-novosti/na-knizhnoy-yarmarke-v-moskve-audi-predstavit-audioknigu|title=На книжной ярмарке в Москве Audi представит аудиокнигу|date=July 13, 2009|website=5koleso.ru}}{{Cite web|url=http://5koleso.ru/news/2009/09/30/Audi_vipustila_audioknigu_pro_Audi|title=Audi выпустила аудиокнигу про Audi|date=September 30, 2009|website=5koleso.ru}} – Executive audiobooks
• 2010 – "Tatar folk tales" – Executive audiobooks
• 2012 – "A boy of twelve. Tatar folk tale" – Executive audiobooks
• 2012 − "A white serpent. Tatar folk tales" − Executive audiobooks
• 2012 − "Kamyr-Batyr. Tatar folk tales" − Executive audiobooks

Timati has several successful businesses including:

• "Black Star Wear" - clothing line.
• "Black Star Burger" - restaurant opened in 2016 in Moscow, it later became a franchise with several locations such as Los Angeles and Chelyabinsk.{{Cite web|title=Black Star Burger LA|url=http://www.blackstarburger.com/|access-date=2021-04-25|language=en}} The burger restaurant is popular among the youths in Russia.{{Cite web |title=Who is Timati, the Russian rapper behind Black Star Burger's global ambitions? |url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/330652-timati-black-star-russian-rapper/amp |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.rbth.com}}
• "13 by Black Star" - barber shop and a tattoo shop in Moscow.
• "Stars Coffee", taking over the former Starbucks coffees in Russia after the company withdrew due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/aus-starbucks-wird-stars-coffee-rapper-timati-eroeffnet-erste-filiale-in-moskau-a-c1db8f40-3869-4db5-847f-8694dde5d055 Putin-Fan und Rapper Timati eröffnet erste Caféfiliale in Moskau], Spiegel Online, (in German), August 19, 2022

• 2009–2010 – The Boss Tour
• 2011 – Carrera Tour 2011 [30]
• 2015 – GTO (with L'One)
• 2016 – Olimp tour

• Black Star (2006)
• The Boss (2009)
• SWAGG (2012)
• 13 (2013)
• RELOAD (2013)
• Audiokapsula (2014)
• G.T.O. (With L'One){{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/news/4908|title=L'One: "Не знаю, можно ли об этом говорить — пишем альбом с Тимати" | RAP.RU|website=www.rap.ru}} (2015)
• Olimp (2016){{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/news/6821|title=Тимати выпустит новый альбом под названием "Олимп" | RAP.RU|website=www.rap.ru}}

• Tranzit (2020)
• Шипы и Розы (2021)
• Banger Mixtape (2021)

• Noviye Lyudi (New People) (2004) – with Banda
• The Album (2006) – with VIP77

;Others

• Forever
• Love You
• Money in the Bank
• Top of the World
• Not All About The Money
• Gucci (feat. Egor Kreed)
• Khavchik (feat. GeeGun & Danya Milokhin)
• Rolls Royce (feat. GeeGun & Egor Kreed)

• Best Visual Effect Scandal - 2021 (nominated)

• Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2007 (nominated)
• Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2008 (nominated)
• Best Artist – 2008 (nominated)
• Best Male Act – 2008 (nominated)

• Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2009 (nominated)
• Best Hip-Hop Artist – 2010 (won)
• Best Album "The Boss" – 2010 (won)
• Best Video "Love You" – 2010 (won)
• Best Video "I'm on You" – 2011 (won)

• Best Russian Act – 2009 (nominated)
• Best Russian Act – 2010 (nominated)
• Best Russian Act – 2011 (nominated)

• Award winner for the "I love you..." song – 2008
• Award winner for the "Moscow Never Sleeps..." song − 2009
• Award winner for the "London" song (together with Grigory Leps) − 2013

• Best club hit – 2003
• Best club figure of the year − 2007

• Best R'n'B artist – 2007
• Fashion R'n'B project − 2008

• 2008 − MTV RMA Award (Best club project for the Black Star Club)
• 2009 − In Da Awards (Best album according to Indarnb.ru)
• 2010 − Love Radio Awards (Best artist according to Love Radio)
• 2010 − "Trud" newspaper award - (Best-looking man)
• 2014 − World Music Awards (Best Russian Artist and Best RnB Artist of Russia)

His 2019 pro-Kremlin and anti-gay music video "Moscow" became the most disliked Russian video on YouTube, with 1.48 million dislikes before it was removed from YouTube.[https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/timati-most-disliked-youtube-video-russia-moscow/ "Everyone hates this Russian rapper’s pro-Putin music video"], Daily Dot, 17 September 2019

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he argued in favor of the Russian attack.[https://jordanrussiacenter.org/news/what-russian-rap-can-teach-us-about-anti-war-discourse-in-russia/#.YwAhOXZBxEZ "What Russian Rap Can Teach Us About Russian (Anti-)War Discourse"], Jordan Russia Center, 17 May 2022

• 2004 − Countdown
• 2006 − Heat
• 2008 − Albania!
• 2008 − Monday Twist
• 2008 − Daddy's Daughters
• 2008 − Hitler Goes Kaput!
• 2009 − Little Red Riding Hood
• 2010 − How the Cossacks...
• 2012 − My path to success (a videoseminar)
• 2013 − Odnoklassniki.ru
• 2014 - Capsule
• 2015 − Zero
• 2016 − Russian Hip Hop Beef
• 2019 − Hot!
• 2019 − Mafia
• 2020 − Mafia 2

Translation dubbing:

• 2006 − Arthur and the Invisibles
• 2007 − Surf's Up
• 2009 − District 13: Ultimatum
• 2009 − Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
• 2014 − Brick Mansions

Timati was in a relationship with Alexa – his colleague from the “Fabrika Zvyozd” – a popular Russian television talent show. The pair split up in 2007.

He was also in a relationship with model Alena Shishkova. They share a daughter named Alisa (born 19 March 2014). https://www.frivolette.com/art/acting/alena-shishkova-is-dating-the-17-year-old-son-of-politician-vadim-tyulpanov , https://www.instagram.com/p/BDIhTbGAUoE/, https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/russian-supermodel-alena-shishkova-dating-17078066 , and https://web.archive.org/web/20140822195540/http://instagram.com/p/lulImivITK/

Since 2015, Timati has been dating Russian model Anastasia Reshetova. On 16 October 2019 the couple had a son, named Ratmir.{{cite web | url=https://ria.ru/20191016/1559867020.html | title=У Тимати родился сын | date=16 October 2019 }}

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