[5] Born in a small town in Siberia, Russia and raised in Dnipro, Ukraine, he and his mother moved to Berlin, Germany in the early 2000s.

The follow-ups Makarov Complex and Blyat were released in February and September 2017 and peaked in the top 5 of German-speaking Europe.

Vladislav Balovatsky was born on 23 November 1994 in Siberia, Russia to Ukrainian parents,[1] who worked in the petroleum industry.

His last competition against Master Marv was the most-watched Rap am Mittwoch battle on YouTube, with more than 7.8 million views as of January 2019.

[11] Three more singles have been released, including "Kuku Habibi", "Fluchtwagen glänzen" and "Kreide", all three alongside German rapper King Khalil.

None of them entered the charts however and the album was released on 29 January 2016 through Baba City, Chapter One and distributed through Universal.

Makarov Komplex was released on 3 February 2017, through Auf!Keinen!Fall!, Chapter One and Team Kuku.

[27] The three follow-up singles "Neymar", "One Night Stand" and "Berlin lebt", all topped the charts in Germany and Austria.

Berlin lebt was released on 22 June 2018 and became Balovatsky's first album to top the charts in German-speaking Europe.

[28] A week prior, he split from his record label Team Kuku, citing differences in interest.

[32] In the end of July, Balovatsky teased "Melodien", a song with Juju from the rap duo SXTN.

It was released in early August and became his first song to top the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

[34] Balovatsky announced his fifth studio album, Allein, on 20 August 2018 on Instagram,[35] which was made available for digital download and streaming on 2 November 2018, as his last release through Team Kuku.

[37] In early November, Balovatsky created his own YouTube channel, where he began regularly uploading freetracks.

[47][48] Balovatsky founded his own label Bra Music in March and announced a collaborative studio album with Samra, scheduled for release in 2019.

[53] Furthermore, "Cherry Lady" accumulated the most streams in Germany across all platforms ever, with 11.5 million in its first week.

[58] In July, GfK Entertainment reported that "Benzema" and "Prinzessa" ranked in the top five of the best-performing singles of the first half of 2019.