Johnyboy - Biography, Photo, Personal Life, News, Songs 2021

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Biography

Johnyboy, despite the young age, is called one of the best rappers in the post-Soviet space and the best performer in Latvia. The last couple of years, rapper does not show activity on a music front, the army of his fans is very concerned.

Childhood and youth

Denis Olegovich Vasilenko (so calling Joniboy in life) was born in the Latvian city of Salaspils, not far from Riga, at the end of November 1991.

Only from a few interviews of the singer is known about Denis's childhood, and he says that he told about himself in the songs. The father left the family because of alcoholism when the child was 3 years old and, although he lived in a nearby house, did not communicate with his son.

Johnyboy.

For years to 15, the boy did not have a computer, so he spent his free time actively, on the street, playing football. Once it was possible to go to study to England, but Denis decided to finish school in Riga, because she considered that from England to return to the musical community of Latvia and Russia would be more difficult. And besides his mind and soul already convinced Rap. By the age of 16, Vasilenko appeared their own developments, the first song was recorded on the school studio. In general, with Rap Denis, Mom introduced the mother who listened to Eminem's car. Later, the guy met the work of Noize MC, Russian Ripers.

From the first earnings at the Metallurgical Combine, Denis bought a computer to participate in Internet battles. At first, as Vasilenko admitted, he was engaged in trolling on specialized sites. He also met MS and Bitmeters.

Johnyboy in childhood

For two years, the novice musician won in three such meetings, including in the largest hip-hop battle Indabattle 2. Victory brought awareness that the network passion is time to bring to concert sites, in clubs, to live people. At one of the sites, Vasilenko met with the Latvian rapper SIFO, who owned the recording studio. Sifo Denis recorded the first forty-chained track under the pseudonym Johnyboy, friends organized the Undercatz group.

The pseudonym is Nick Denis on the social network. Since the name John or Johny is widespread, rapper to stand out, added the word "Boy".

Music

In 2010, Johnyboy released the first video "Summer in Moscow" and an informal demo album "Draw up to ten". Denis concluded a contract with Moshkanov Films. With this company, a few more clips were removed, including a broad response "Unborn", in which Raper touched the problems of abortions. Denis Moshkanov is a clipmaker famous in the Baltic States - since that time he became a manager and just a friend of Denis. On the termination of the collaboration of Vasilenko reported on the page in Facebook in the summer of 2015.

Rapper Johnoe

A year later, the release of a full-fledged album "Cold" took place in the music biography of Joniboy. The album announcement says that all songs are based on real events from the life of Rapper. The album was downloading hundreds of thousands of listeners on the Internet, sold more than 5,000 copies.

In support of the debut album, the musician released 4 clips, organized a tour of 30 cities called "Baltic Storm". In the video, Denis and younger brother Timur starred on the song "My room". Johnyboy said that in the album he tried to honestly, without censorship, as a friend to share his experiences.

2012 brought the Jonobo Prize Stadium Ruma 2012 in the nomination "Breakthrough of the Year." The winner was determined by the vote on the network, which caused the discontent of the musicians of the old school, hurried to call Joni with a mixture of Eminem and Justin Bieber. The musician considered such a comparison is pleasant, since both singers lead the charts, have millions of fans, successful and are engaged in their loved things, despite the haters.

In the same year, Johnyboy signed a contract with the Creative Management Agency "Supervisors of Culture", presented another album - "past shadows", reprinted the "cold" for Russia. Cooperation lasts until the end of 2013, finally came out a single "at any cost".

SD and Johnoe

On the songs from the new album - "When we take off" and "Methamphetir" - clips were removed. Methamfetamir took the 7th place in the ranking of the Rap.ru portal for 2012, Ksenia participated in the track records.

Since 2013, Joni is among the best participants of the show on Youtube - Versus Battle, where it was raised with the Moscow executor of the SD, St. Petersburg Rapper Jubilee. After Battle with the last "green", according to part of the listeners, Denis gained impudence to cause a colleague on the workshop - oxxxymiron. Oximiron generously sent Joni to take the queue.

In 2014, Jonibie released the third studio album - "My Book of Sins" and Single "Soliter".

Oxxxymiron and Johnyboy.

In April 2015, the most popular Battle became a roller with the confrontation of Joni and Oxymon - more than 30 million views. Compared to him could not except the meeting of Loonie / Abra and SheHyee / Smugglaz held by the Fliptop Filipino Liga. The experience took the top over youth: Denis lost perfectly. Schokk Rapper on the wave of a statement that Oxxxymiron refuses Battle with him, said that Oxymyron agreed to a meeting with Joni only because of the views, moreover, I was imposed by the Jonobo image of the pop boy, and that Joni after defeat fell into depression.

Indeed, after Battle, the number of performances Johnyboy decreased sharply, the Werdy glory went to the decline. On social networks, comments on sites, fans write encouraging posts, ask questions about where Johni disappeared and when he returns. During this time, the rapper released only two clips - "Bad Guy's Day" and "to the first storm" and a mini-album "Allin EP".

The disappearance from the musical community himself, the rapper himself explained that he was tired - from tours, photo shoots, publicity, to participate in Battlah still does not want. But I did not throw music, writes "on the table", edits old records.

Johnyboy successfully collaborated with Elvira T ("I hate, but love"), Tanya Tereshina ("War"), H1GH ("We will love tomorrow"), Keam and Sifo ("Do not look back"), Harry Topor ("Angry Rap" ), Sasha Rap ("on the wave").

Personal life

The relationship of Joni with the opposite sex is known a little. The first girlfriend was the name of Nadezhda Aseev, on unconfirmed information, the couple broke up in 2010.

Johnyboy and Anastasia Chibel

After a couple of years, Denis met Anastasia Chibel, a student of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Riga. Photos with Jonoboam girl published on the page in "Instagram", but in 2016 access to the page closed and questions about relationships with rapper responds evasively or in general.

Johnyboy now

In 2016, Joni marked the co-associate called "Alcohol and Smoke" with Ivan Reys, with whom she had previously released the tracks "under the kayf" and "real love". According to Ivan, in the near future, Joni does not plan to return to the scene, but when it happens, it will be happy to work with a young rapper.

Johnyboy (Denis Vasilenko)

Denis considers himself a big kinoman and is ready to play in the cinema, I agree even on a minor role. According to Vasilenko's own recognition, now he is with his head in business - he opened the coffee shop in Riga, considered the possibility of buying a fastest food restaurant, but there is no appropriate capital.

In the spring of 2017, on the hosting Youtube, a track "With Me" is published, but instead of the video detect the photo of Joni. However, the Internet filled the joyful comments on the johnyboy return.

Discography

  • 2009 - "Boy'ing Contact Towers"
  • 2010 - "Discount up to ten"
  • 2011 - "Cold"
  • 2011 - "Whiskey, money, two trunks"
  • 2012 - "past shadows"
  • 2014 - "My Book of Sins"
  • 2015 - "Allin EP"

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