CYGO (rapper)
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CYGO | |
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| Birth name | Leonid Vakulchuk |
| Born | 6 June 1998 Mogilev, Belarus |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Labels | Klever Label |
Leonid Vakulchuk (Russian: Леонид Вакульчук; Belarusian: Леанід Вакульчук; born 6 June 1998), known professionally as CYGO, is a Belarusian rapper and songwriter. He became famous in 2018 with the song "Panda E", which eventually became the most popular song of the whole year on the social network "VKontakte".[1][2][3][4]
Early life
[edit]Vakulchuk was born on 6 June 1998 in Mogilev, Belarus. Since the 5th grade he began to participate in vocal and reader contests, where he won prizes. When he was 10 years old, his parents divorced and he decided to live with his father and moved to Brest.[5]
Career
[edit]In the summer of 2018, Cygo presented the single "Panda E", which took the leading places in the well-known charts and went double platinum. The song entered the Apple Music charts (1st place), Boom (1st place), Top YouTube Hits (1st place), Top Radio Hits (5th place), iTunes (9th place), Yandex.Music (14th place).[6] Later the video was shot on the single.[7] The Ukrainian comedy project «Chotkiy Paca» together with the artist and actor Aleksandr Zherebko made a parody of this composition. The Music video-parody «True» immediately after the premiere appeared in the "Trends" section on YouTube.[8][9][10] His second song was "Thaw now", which he presented in the same year.[11] The next song of the singer was "Sick in the head".[12]
In 2019, Cygo released an album called Crazy can't live without her. The album includes 4 songs: "Crazy can't live without her", "Black Rose", "You are a sin" and "Ааа".[13]
Discography
[edit]| Year | Name | Detailed |
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| 2019 | Crazy can't live without her |
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| «Low Love E» |
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References
[edit]- ^ ""ВКонтакте" назвал самые популярные треки года". Super.ru. 25 December 2018.
- ^ "«ВКонтакте» назвала самые популярные треки 2018 года". Интернет-издание «Сова». 26 December 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Названы самые популярные песни 2018 года". В городе N. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ ""Panda E" стала самой популярной песней уходящего года "ВКонтакте"". InterMedia. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
http://super.ru/a/vkontakte_treki_goda/
https://rg.ru/2018/12/25/vkontakte-rasskazala-kakuiu-muzyku-liubiat-v-rossii.html
https://afisha.tut.by/news/anews/621004.html?crnd=96215 Archived 3 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine - ^ "CYGO - биография". the-flow.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "CYGO – Charts". tophit.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Cygo "Panda E" — now the clip". the-flow.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Actor Alexander Zherebko saved a man's life with the help of a Kherson watermelon" (in Russian). khersondaily.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Actor Alexander Zherebko showed the backstage from the filming of the "watermelon clip"" (in Russian). KHERSON Online public political Internet edition. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ TV channel «Dnestr TV». "Chotky Patsa feat Alexander Zherebko – Truth". YouTube.
- ^ ""Thaw now" — Cygo released a new song". the-flow.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Cygo released a new song "Sick in the head"". the-flow.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "11 albums of february". kommersant.ru. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Сygo |". iTunes. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Low Love E (CYGO)" (in Russian). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Официальная страница Cygo в социальной сети «ВКонтакте»
- CYGO on Instagram